Wings Best Is Home

 
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Post by coalnewbie » Sat. May. 17, 2014 7:00 pm

Complete with a fake light for the summer. God bless you Wilson Skip. My world is now complete. Now my incredibly boring summer life can continue and I can dream of winter. I will hook the Hitzer out in Sept and install it, easy. Can't wait.

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Post by Rob R. » Sat. May. 17, 2014 7:12 pm

Looks great!

 
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Post by wsherrick » Sat. May. 17, 2014 7:34 pm

It's about darn time. The stove looks excellent. The resemblance to a Glenwood is remarkable. You are going to be very pleased with this stove. Just remember to open the doors and windows when you light it for the first time. That paint is going to smoke quite a bit.

 
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Post by KLook » Sat. May. 17, 2014 8:20 pm

I was going to comment about the bottom door being crooked......but I knew it was to perfect for that and knowing you....... :lol: Then I blew it up and realized it is slightly open. That is a beauty for sure. Enjoy.

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Post by SWPaDon » Sat. May. 17, 2014 9:05 pm

Wow, sure is purty.

 
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Post by chrisbuick » Sat. May. 17, 2014 9:08 pm

It was great to meet both you and Skip today, and give a bit of a hand loading your beautiful stove. It was great to finally meet a couple of fellow Nepacrossroads members.

My wife and I stayed till about 2PM, having seen about every base heater he owns, plus his wonderful house and carriage shed - reminds me of our place! It's amazing how many base heaters he's collected and the similarities between the different manufacturers.

He's got the Crawford No. 2 and all the trim pieces he had to replace the missing ones fit perfectly! We still need the front trim piece and a small piece of the top rim (broken away).

Hopefully he'll be able to get it done by the end of the Summer.

We both really look forward to a return trip.

He's pumped about the Glenwood 50 I'm getting - he eventually will restore it, and we plan to extend the barrel in height a bit (6-8 inches?)

I'll call Emery soon to check up on the Crawford No. 3. Hopefully he's made some progress on it.

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Post by dcrane » Sat. May. 17, 2014 9:49 pm

Wings Best... Supposedly the Glenwood Baseburner that remedied the lower pan issue and beefed up construction of the Glenwood 6/8 and called it a Wings Best :clap: Greats on a very rare stove my friend... cant wait to see her fired up!


 
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Post by Pancho » Sat. May. 17, 2014 9:55 pm

That's frickin' awesome.
I wish I could go back today and kick around more.

BEAUTIFUL stove ya got.

This fall should be bangin' for 'new stove fire-up' pics. :up:

 
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Post by coalnewbie » Sun. May. 18, 2014 1:13 am

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It's about darn time. The stove looks excellent.
Well William it's thanks to you that I got to this point, you have been an inspiration. I need to watch all your Youtube offerings again as now I am sure there is no cure for the dreaded BB disease. Please tell me that the bowler hat and Victrola are optional for full membership of this exclusive society, I mean a man has to have limits. As I was salivating over Skips other stoves a recurring theme from him was that base heaters are just different in how they perform. Yes Doug, you sure know your stoves. That is why I marginally preferred the Wings (geez, it's heavy) but that 24" height to the bottom of the breach was the real clincher. The Glenwood is a fine stove. Just remember, do not to drop one on it's base. More pics coming this fall but one interesting note, The refractory lining is or at least looks like, bricks. Skip is a master stove builder.

Finally of course, thank you Skip for your patience and expertise.

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Sun. May. 18, 2014 4:44 am

Congrats CN. I'm sure your going to get many years of warmth and enjoyment from it !!!!!

Looks even better than when I last saw it. I'm guessing by the shiny black finish, Wilson put a good coating of Thermolux on it ?

Paul

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Sun. May. 18, 2014 4:49 am

dcrane wrote:Wings Best... Supposedly the Glenwood Baseburner that remedied the lower pan issue and beefed up construction of the Glenwood 6/8 and called it a Wings Best :clap: Greats on a very rare stove my friend... cant wait to see her fired up!
Doug,
Wilson has a bullet-proof cure for those cast iron GW #6 lower pans. ;) Mine's been bounced and skidded a few times on it's new, plate steel belly pan. It's now stronger than a Bahia road rally car's skid plate ! :D

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Post by Freddy » Sun. May. 18, 2014 5:06 am

Lookin' good! Thanks for sharing.

 
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Post by lsayre » Sun. May. 18, 2014 7:30 am

That is one fine looking stove!

 
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Post by Photog200 » Sun. May. 18, 2014 7:55 am

Beautiful stove! (wiping the drool from my chin)

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Post by Merc300d » Sun. May. 18, 2014 10:11 am

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Congrats on bringing her home. I could nt resist posting this pic when I saw yours. This was also one of Skips. Hope you enjoy yours as much as I enjoy mine. Bring on old man winter


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