With a recommendation from Steve, Matt and Dave must have created a 'Gold Standard' for the '2011 Best of Class in Furnaces and Boilers'. I am impressed from afar !
It is great to see how far someone from a different background can elevate simplicity and quality to a still affordable level. KISS works almost every time......Keep it Simple Stupid.......
Thank you for the patience of those who took delivery without the jacket, I now have the design/production completed for all aspects of the boiler, UL testing was completed (still have a few items to complete for stickers to be issued, but boiler passed all requirements). I have attached a pic sent me by one of our dealers in Connecticut. Only issue now is keeping up with production on both the WL110 and AA220 units.
I'm not fussy about the 'Skin' after all these years with AA's, but that is a damned fine looking 'finished product' to be sure. Hopefully someone will start a "Users Club" and offer periodic newsletters. I know, like anyone has any extra time to do that.....Maybe it will be' Red, White and Blue' in 'special anniversary models'. Nice work.....and yes, you can put off any sleep until May, 2012 when the weather gets better. Pete Axeman has to be happy to see his expertise being utilized also.....again and again.
When Ford announced the 6.4 with the added feature of an exhaust flamethrower I dreamed of placing the mother in law in a chair by the exhaust and gunning the engine. No luck- by the time I got to the Ford dealer they had "fixed" it. Now my AnthraKing is humming along I placed her chair in front of the stove, put it on max=40 and feed +10 and ran upstairs and stuck my fingers in my ears. All that happened is I got hot and the cats ran downstairs and curled up by the stove. Now if I am going to invest in your boiler I demand the explosion feature that the lucky AA and AHS folks get for free.