Purchased a Baseburner!

It may not refer to marine growth that makes up reefs, but rather the color "coral" - which is similar to the reddish-yellow or pinkish yellow colors of burning coal ???

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_(color)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_(color)

Like many color names it may have fallen out of common use after those stoves were made.

Paul

Well 24 hours in, had a high today of 22, garage has been a steady 68 degrees, 480/201 with infrared gun this morning at 8, and before tending tonight at 8 PM I had 462/178, loaded it tonight with 15 lbs of Kimmel nut from TSC, my magazine bridged, so had to kinda hit the coal down, I believe some of the problem is because its 2 pieces of pipe so there is a slight lip inside the pipe that is probably hanging the coal up, I need to buy a new piece of pipe and make it one piece now that I know the correct length.

Those names they came up with for stoves, and nearly everything else back when the those stoves were made were mostly romantic telegraph code names. That way no mistakes were made when ordering stoves or parts for stoves. Most of the time, they were just trying not to offend Victorian sensibilities with the names they were coming up with, but they also were fairly creative about it as well. I saw an old stove with "Vesuvius" in the name and got a chuckle out of that. Mark Twain mentioned he bought the furnace for his house because it had "Volcano" in the name..... Probably had a 40" firepot! And I'm sure you've figured out that the firepot size is usually coded into the number in one way or another. The Favorite stove I use is a #251 and has a 15" bowl and that little Keeley stove I have is an A2, so it has a 12" bowl. Sometimes those numbers don't reference that, but they usually do. But some of them also measure to the outside rim of the bowl as well, thus handling the truth recklessly. Ha!
I had one called "Windsor Viking" and gave that to a stove guy. It wasn't really in too good of shape and he sold it to a Minnesota Viking fan after the guy had him paint it purple. It was a low end Montgomery Ward stove. But that's what all those names were about. Nearly every single kitchen clock and every other 19th and early 20th Century clock has a "name" as well. Pianos & organs got that treatment as well, but those names were in the catalogs and not plastered all over the cabinets.

Earl thanks for that info!

Some photos showing a mag. I made from a cast iron drain pipe.

I remember the nice job you did, but you never gave is a report on how well you liked it.

Thanks for that nor can,exactly what I'm lookin for, just trying to find some pipe

franco b wrote:I remember the nice job you did, but you never gave is a report on how well you liked it.

I did not get a big difference with or without the mag. But the pipe was given to me from a friend having a plumber business, nothing to lose
The advantage of the mag was to heat the anthr so the recovery time was shorter. I should say that the mag for the Golden Bride was a small one.
The Sunny had the mag when I got it. But the mag was bolted under the stove's top so a lot of work if wanting to remove it. The Sunny is a mica BB having small windows so the mag would have been in the way for lighting or re-lighting the stove.
or for a full cleaning...

hotblast1357 wrote:Thanks for that nor can,exactly what I'm lookin for, just trying to find some pipe

Maybe if you know someone having a plumber business or someone working in one , they often have some used pipes and don't know what to do with these old pipes. Mine comes from an old drain pipe, once cleaned and painted it looked very nice and very solid.
Good luck

For the cat to be any closer she would have to be on top of the stove.