Help for a NOB?

Living in the Colorado foothills that were completely flooded recently, now having hit or miss power/propane availability and with the want to revisit my childhood memories when an old wood stove in the farm house brought much comfort....... I started out by making every mistake possible to this point.

Craigslist last weekend started it all, and I now own a Coles Hot Blast New 13 (I think). Missing the finisher, the top Nickel plated ring, the small cover for the down tube... and goodness knows what else. I know I will be doing some crack welding, most likely a new drum fabrication, plenty of bead blasting and new plating..... heck, I don't even have a hole in the wall yet.

Having paid a little too much already, I would like to stem the flow of mistakes and start doing this correctly by advise from those that have been there before. Is there anyone knowledgeable to the Coles where I could post some photo's of what I have and get the advise flow started? Suggestions on where I might find some small bits noted prior to starting the fabrication of new? Once I have a viable unit, then I seek advise on the setup and use for either coal or wood.

All Google searches on the subject point here.... so here I am.

Thanks, Dave

Welcome to the FORUM Dave. Be patient, there's a lot of info here concerning your particular stove which will be forthcoming--kool word-- shortly:)

DaveH welcome to the forum. The sooner you post some pictures the better. As others have said we love pictures. Matt

WOW... there is hope yet! Being a consultant on slightly different Net topics, I am amased how much help can be found and how willing folks are to lend a hand... Thank You!

I will take some photo's when I get into the shop this AM and then start the quest to learn how to post them

Thanks Again,

Dave

Hit post reply, upload attachment, browse, add file done. Just make sure you type the text after you upload the attachment. I usually save the pictures to my desktop and upload from there. Easy for me. I'm very computer illiterate. Good luck. Matt

I did some quick research and found some information on #15 and #25 but zippo zilch on No 13's. I found lots more on unidentified round Coles Hot Blast stoves so we are gonna need some photo's. Take a bunch of the front, back, and the inside showing the grate arrangements. You would also need to take measurement of the grate and the depth of the fire pot. That should be enough to get us going.

Rev. Larry

DePippo79 wrote:Hit post reply, upload attachment, browse, add file done. Just make sure you type the text after you upload the attachment. I usually save the pictures to my desktop and upload from there. Easy for me. I'm very computer illiterate. Good luck. Matt

Yeah, saving to the desktop give one a chance to fix the 90*degree rotation that way too many miss before posting pics. here

oh my aching neck

does it look like this one ? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coles-Wood-Parlor-Stove-C ... 19e41d6f80
their are a few models listed here... maybe you can look for yours without actually paying the theivin' bastard http://www.ebay.com/itm/COLES-HOT-BLAST-STOVE-RAN ... 1e811bda4d

get that baby broken down and start snapping photo's of everything for us :punk:

lets try this...

First thing I notice...only bottom primary air control...no secondary...is this for anthracite?
Tricky, comes down from overhead to just above burning gases.

McGiever wrote:First thing I notice...only bottom primary air control...no secondary...is this for anthracite?

one more control to note... I am so far beyond my area of knowledge I cant begin to answer the question

DaveH wrote:

McGiever wrote:First thing I notice...only bottom primary air control...no secondary...is this for anthracite?

one more control to note... I am so far beyond my area of knowledge I cant begin to answer the question

I did later it is for bit coal.

That control in last pic is called a check damper...used b4 barometric dampers were invented.

Holy Cat's ! It looks like we're puttin' 'Ol Arnold "The Terminator" back together again ! Wait 'till Sherrick get's his hooks on this one with you guys ! You've already started covering it from mild to wild already ! Great Project ! Also,great encouragement and mental stabilizing factors being thrown like a Life Ring to the new guy ! Welcome Aboard,Daveh. !

Hi daveh, I had read an old advertisement made by the company that was producing the "Hot Bast" furnace and it was very over the top like most ads of that day! Similar to a carnival barker..."step right up ladies and gentlemen, what you are about to see before your very eyes will amaze you, like no other, never before"...etc. anyway the tube in these stoves delivered the gas to the top with a "blast" or from what I could remember a secondary burn chamber promising the most efficient stove on the planet the sciences were probably like witch doctors and snake oil salesmen, very charismatic to sell to the lady's of the house and it worked for the most part. I believe they burn soft coals.

Hi dave and welcome to the forum. These first posts you got are only the ""presentation"" ones
Just be patient for a short while and the best is coming soon for you and for the little stove