Glenwood 111

What does a Glenwood 111 weigh?

Good question Asea. Haven't made the time to weigh it yet. I can say my old Surdiac weighed about 400lbs, and even tho the 111 is twice as big, I'ld be surprised if it weighed half. Maybe 200 tops, going by how easily it maneuvered around the garage.

Well Gents, the picture says it all. The sun has set, and the fire is out.

My 1st 1/2 season is complete with the 111. I say "1/2" season, because I don't think I got it running until January, and there wasn't much of a winter this year anyway. But there were some cold weeks that I got schooled on operating these base heaters, and towards the end, I was relatively comfortable with the routine I/we developed. As I've mentioned before, this stove really shined in these shoulder months when it wasn't extremely cold. It kept the rooms warm at night, with very little tending, and could be lowered down in heat out-put in the daylight hours, and not bake us out, when the temps began to rise. And it was the 1st stove I've got to burn "stove" size coal, and I really like how it performs. I hope to do more experimenting next season, but for now, I need to clean it up, and finish my brick molds. Till next season, well, it seems like a million months away. Enjoy your summer all, and I'll be checking in once in a while.

Table of contents, 1st page, and page 60.

TOTP

The sun has set, and the fire is out.

and next weekend the sun is rising ... My first step is to leaf blow the back passages and the base burner parts before installing it. Outside of course. TONS of crap comes out and that has to help efficiency. Don't worry little stove, Simon will not cast you out, but it's time to go to work.
Here is the parent that gave it up for adoption ... he looks worried.

CN, William passed on his 111 to you? Congrats! Lightened his inventory, and added to yours. Guess you're both winners. Do you have an extra chimney for it, or will it be a swap for one of your other stoves?
I keep gleaming at my 111 every time I walk passed it. At night, I keep a light on inside the ash pan area, and the glow looks like it's been running all summer. Waiting impatiently for Thanksgiving. (Or Halloween, depending what mother nature has in store for us this winter.)

Being basically lazy, it is hard to get motivated to get a stove going with a 100* heat index today. I am going to change out the Wings Best and install this baby just as soon as mother nature turns bitchy. Our Maine based weather guru says that will be very soon.

Joe.....what is the diameter of your 111 grate and what is the fire pot depth?

10 1/4" W X 12" deep Scott.

joeq wrote:10 1/4" W X 12" deep Scott.

Thanks Joe. I did not realize the 111 had that size grate I thought it was 9.5 inches.

So if the specs for the Glenwood No 6 are,

Grates: 12"
Firepot: 11" deep
Top diameter, 16"
FIREPOT CAPACITY: 60-70 pounds

Do you have estimate of the Firepot capacity. I worry a bit about becoming a stove mistress.

Simon

I think your being generous to the #6. Measured, a #6 holds about 50 pounds of nut,..... with original firebricks.

60-70 pounds is more likely what would fit in the 18 inch firepot of a #8.

Those deep pot base heaters not only can hold alot of coal, I suspect that the deeper-than-it-is-wide firebed probably gives them a bit of an advantage of more complete coal burning than the wider, shallower firepots of the #6 and #8.

As William says, the stoves that sip coal.


Paul

joeq wrote:10 1/4" W X 12" deep Scott.

I thought the grate and pot would be wider and deeper. My G109 grate measures 9" wide and the pot is 12" deep, that's with the pot lined with refractory. Amazing to think that extra 1 1/4" width makes a big difference!

I have the 109, 111, G6 and G8 side by side in my basement. I can tell you the 111 is close to the G6 and is my choice and is why I bought it. Now I have 60 pages+ on exactly how to use it. The 109 needs more punch in my application. but has great control. The 111 will give me the superb control benefits with enough heat.

The Red Cross Garnet 48 blows them all away, simple as that. I would buy another if I could find one.

Sermon over.