A Huge Thank You to Wanna Bee

slinger100 · Post by **slinger100** » Tue. Dec. 31, 2013 5:14 pm

Okay guys. I wanted to send out a huge thank you to one of our NEPA members "Wanna Bee". If you look back you can see the post he made about his fabrication of a new firepot for his baseburner and the obvious skill and time it took to complete this. Some time later I found a Red Cross baseburner and picked it up for a great price. The biggest problem was that the firepot was missing. Now everyone knows that missing parts to the more scarce stoves can be a huge problem and it could have been. I posted on here about my newest stove and Wanna Bee replied with an offer to let me use the firepot mold he made because it was the same size as my stove needed. He asked for my address, boxed, and shipped his mold to me. I have recently gotten my new cast firepot and the mold back from the foundry and everything is perfect. This kindness to a complete stranger is very uncommon these days and very much appreciated. I will be sure to pay it forward the first chance I get Sir. Thank You

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Tue. Dec. 31, 2013 5:28 pm

Good, now cut with all the mushy crap & get an Avatar pix up there!!!

That, slinger, is what this FORUM is all about. Have yourself a real good New Year my friend.

slinger100 · Post by **slinger100** » Tue. Dec. 31, 2013 5:43 pm

Lol! I hear you Fred. I have been trying to but for whatever reason it's Not letting me put pics up. I never had trouble before. Maybe its because I'm trying to use my smart phone to do it now. I'l . Figure it out. Happy New Year.

Hambden Bob · Post by **Hambden Bob** » Tue. Dec. 31, 2013 6:18 pm

Well, as my Crusty Native American Friend,Mr.FreeTown Fred has previously elaborated,we try to make it a habit to do wonders for each other on this Board. Trust has turned into a real nailbiter in our times. Stories like this make a reputation for this Forum,and the Folks that are in it. Thanx,Wanna Bee, for the huge leap of Faith. And,in closing,Thanx,Slinger100 for calling him on it.....

P.S.-Fred taught me to type like this,and he also said I was a dress wearin' Pansy that speaks like I was raised inside of a mushy American Greetings Card !

michaelanthony · Post by **michaelanthony** » Tue. Dec. 31, 2013 6:34 pm

[quote="slinger100"]Lol! I hear you Fred. I have been trying to but for whatever reason it's Not letting me put pics up. I never had trouble before. Maybe its because I'm trying to use my smart phone to do it now. I'l . Figure it out. Happy New Year.

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Dumb phone!

Nice Wanna Bee way to go! That's how the torch gets passed around these parts. I bought a stove from a complete stranger but he is a friend of a forum member (Freddy)...well make a long story short Freddy insisted delivering it with his buddy 160 miles round trip! That's how these folks roll

Wanna Bee · Post by **Wanna Bee** » Tue. Dec. 31, 2013 8:15 pm

Glad I could help.
As I said, after I got my use from it, it would have just become a lost relic in my house of wonders. My work not only saved my stove, it gives hope that another of these beautiful works of art from the past will burn again.

Sunny Boy · Post by **Sunny Boy** » Wed. Jan. 01, 2014 7:18 am

Good on you James !!!!!!!

Paul

wsherrick · Post by **wsherrick** » Wed. Jan. 01, 2014 3:28 pm

Anytime one of these masterpieces get restored is cause for celebration. We are in this coal thing together.

Post by **Rob R.** » Wed. Jan. 01, 2014 3:37 pm

Great story, and thanks for sharing.

As for the pictures, sometimes it is easier to email yourself the pictures from the phone and then post via your laptop or whatever. If you continue to have problems send me a PM and we will figure something out.

Post by **dcrane** » Wed. Jan. 01, 2014 7:48 pm

fantastic story! wannabee is the "Man"

(huge problem solved like "butta" simply because this forum exists)!
pattern making is all but lost and wannabee really showed us it Can Be DONE!