Should I Buy This Stove?

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Post by grumpy » Sun. Jul. 03, 2011 10:43 am

I found this stove on CL near me, The man is asking $250 for it, anyone know anything about it, it's Built by the Chicago Stove Works. I don't need another stove but for $250?

What do you guys think?

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Post by franco b » Sun. Jul. 03, 2011 11:38 am

Of course you need another stove if only to look at. If the grates are good and there are no holes or cracks in the rest you should buy it. It looks like it might be missing legs though.

 
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Post by grumpy » Sun. Jul. 03, 2011 11:46 am

franco b wrote:Of course you need another stove if only to look at. If the grates are good and there are no holes or cracks in the rest you should buy it. It looks like it might be missing legs though.
Yes of course, lol. I think it has legs, look at the last photo bottom right corner, is that not a leg?


 
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Post by franco b » Sun. Jul. 03, 2011 11:56 am

grumpy wrote:
franco b wrote:Of course you need another stove if only to look at. If the grates are good and there are no holes or cracks in the rest you should buy it. It looks like it might be missing legs though.
Yes of course, lol. I think it has legs, look at the last photo bottom right corner, is that not a leg?
Looks very short for legs. You have to go look at it.

 
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Post by grumpy » Sun. Jul. 03, 2011 12:04 pm

Yeah, they are short..

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Post by wsherrick » Sun. Jul. 03, 2011 12:50 pm

This is what I would call an, "OK" stove. There's nothing really bad about it, but; nothing really special about it either. It is rather modern as the simplified trim and the door design tells me it was built in the '20's, this stove is one of the last of it's race. It is a plain, direct draft, oak stove from what I can see. It would be a great stove for Bituminous Coal, and that's most likely what it was made for. If it is in sound shape, with no cracks or missing pieces, the price is worth it. If the stove has issues, then the $250 is merely a down payment on the cost of getting the stove restored and operational.


 
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Post by grumpy » Sun. Jul. 03, 2011 12:54 pm

Thanks, Do you think it would be worth more cleaned up? and if it is in good shape. It is a plain Jane thou..

 
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Post by wsherrick » Sun. Jul. 03, 2011 1:08 pm

grumpy wrote:Thanks, Do you think it would be worth more cleaned up? and if it is in good shape. It is a plain Jane thou..
Keep this in mind. When it comes to a lot of items, something is worth what someone is willing to pay for it. You might get maybe $400 for it selling it yourself. If it was another Florence like you have now, I would say jump on it. Your Florence Hot Blast is a much better stove than this one. This stove would be an alright heater once it was taken apart and re worked. Any stove that has been out of service for decades needs to be totally resealed. I would tell you this if you found the stove unused in its original packing crate. Time and humidity are deadly enemies.

 
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Post by grumpy » Sun. Jul. 03, 2011 1:28 pm

wsherrick wrote:
grumpy wrote:Thanks, Do you think it would be worth more cleaned up? and if it is in good shape. It is a plain Jane thou..
Keep this in mind. When it comes to a lot of items, something is worth what someone is willing to pay for it. You might get maybe $400 for it selling it yourself. If it was another Florence like you have now, I would say jump on it. Your Florence Hot Blast is a much better stove than this one. This stove would be an alright heater once it was taken apart and re worked. Any stove that has been out of service for decades needs to be totally resealed. I would tell you this if you found the stove unused in its original packing crate. Time and humidity are deadly enemies.
Yes how true. If this was a Hot Blast I would be camped out on his front lawn ! I have seen a few Hot Blast stoves but none for less that 3k.

Well I will think about it and maybe go take a look at it as it's only a few miles away.. Thanks for the input.

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