Really!!!!!!! Someone actually made a stove like that? Sounds interesting.lewis wrote:What you are describing is a late 70's early 80's "Franco Belge" Hopper fed unit or its American knockoff the "Victory"
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oliver power
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If you devised an electric motor setup to give a shake every hour or so you would have a stoker.
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Dining room is about 15x15x8. Works out to about 24 tons 
Note to self: buy load of 4x4's to sure up dining room floor from below 
Note to self: buy load of 4x4's to sure up dining room floor from below