Burning Coal In Modified Wood Stove

Peter, go over and read my coal burning saga, to if what you might learn.
Really temperamental stove/draft !!

I have an antique parlor stove that I've retrofitted for improved (wood burning) efficiency and safety. I've used it in modified form for quite a few years and am happy with its performance.
However, it has been a nasty winter here in SW Wisconsin, and my wood supply is running low. I am thinking - as an experiment - of trying to burn coal in the same stove, as a supplement to wood.
I don't as yet know what type of coal (if any) might be available locally.
Peter B.-----[/quote]
Not too far from Madison is Pardeeville, where you will find an Amish community; which uses and sells coal. Since they use the gravity flow stoves, it might be the nut size of Anthracite. In Mukwonago along I-43 a business by the name of Horn Feeds Inc, located at 728 Claredon Ave. (262-363-7116) has the soft coal that would work best for your application. I know because I went and bagged some for myself and a farmer friend, who was correct that it starts easier and doesn't fall through the grates.

you keep trying (basically) the same thing and expecting different results. make the coalbed as deep as you can get it ! NO, 6" is NOT deep! 8-9" minimum. close off ALL secondary draft. then you will get the coal to burn. there is a reason why everyone is telling you to make a deep coalbed, because it HAS to be that way. adjust heat ouput w/ air control, not amount of coal !