Glenwood No. 8 Wood Plates

BlueMountains wrote:I might have a lead on the grate rack but the gas ring front along with the grates themselves will be difficult. That would be great if he was actually doing casts on them, I believe the contact for him was listed here on the thread. I will keep you guys posted.

Edit: I just talked with Wilson this morning and he has been very helpful in getting my stove back to origional. I'm looking foreward to getting the parts needed so she can hum in all her glory again.

Toleja....he's the shizzle when it comes to stoves/parts.
Be forewarned, though, make sure he UPS's you the parts. YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TO HIS PLACE TO GET THEM. Your head will implode and you'll never be the same again.

Pancho wrote:

BlueMountains wrote:I might have a lead on the grate rack but the gas ring front along with the grates themselves will be difficult. That would be great if he was actually doing casts on them, I believe the contact for him was listed here on the thread. I will keep you guys posted.

Edit: I just talked with Wilson this morning and he has been very helpful in getting my stove back to origional. I'm looking foreward to getting the parts needed so she can hum in all her glory again.

Toleja....he's the shizzle when it comes to stoves/parts.
Be forewarned, though, make sure he UPS's you the parts. YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TO HIS PLACE TO GET THEM. Your head will implode and you'll never be the same again.

A trip to stove heaven !

Paul

Total wealth of knowledge, hes very cool and information flow freely from the man. LOVE IT!!!!!

I cant image the sad state these stoves would be in without guys like him putting forth the effort to keep these modern (old school) marvels together, saving them from the scrap piles.

Sunny Boy wrote:
A trip to stove heaven !

Paul

Yep. Next thing ya know you'll be bidding on E-Bay stoves in the middle of the night......and waking up the next morning wondering how much it sold for only to find YOU WON IT.

.....just have him jam your stuff in one of those 'if it fits, it ships' boxes.

Im already looking for another one, a hot blast! but I want to rebuild it myself if possible. Make it stop!!!! I feel like Golumn in Lord of the Rings "my precious stove"

UPDATE: !!!!

Wilson came through in a huge way, I have almost all the parts needed from him for the job to be moved foreward. I will post up pics of the refractory work and install, my wife was excited to pitch in and help so I let her put in the refractory and sealed up the crack that I believe Poncho saw.

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Bluemountain,
Another 'Attaboy' for Wilson. As Pancho said, "don't go there"(You will not want to leave). "A trip to stove heaven"-absolutely!!!
Cheers

Patch work ongoing by the wife, shes really good at putting the stuff in that Wilson recomended. A little on the thick side but still looks good, like spreading cake topping she said. I let it cure for about 5 days then started 3 seperate kindling fires on 3 different days for curing.

Finally got the stove Installed and plumbed in place, I don't have teh damper controlled elbow so I have a replacement one for now installed. The fireplace ring will be installed next week as well.

Wilson is still making a few other items for me like the exhaust grate piece to keep out the coal/wood. Once again.....shout out to Wilson for his help and his knowledge.

I know im doing the cardinal sin by burning wood (some think so anyways) in this thing but it is a wood/coal burner. I plan to buffer the front and back end of winter with wood, I will write down some info for anyone esle who decides to do this. I pulled out the Soapstone beast stove (Hearthstone Equinox) and put this baby in place.

NOTE TO SELF: don't start a fire in baseburner mode.....Even if you think your not. It looked like a train going up hill when I fired it up. Poured out of every orifice of my poor stove, meanwhile the wife kept saying "I think something is wrong, is it in baseburner mode?" I confidently say "NOPE" because I taught her all about the stove and know what position the lever needs to be in. I ate some pride and crow that day. GRRRRRR still running charcoal air filters to remove the smoke smell.

Nice stove & surround, BUT, I still like floor mount best,just hard to get my head strait with those wall mount options.

Bluemountain,
Real nice, looks sooopa!!!
By the way, does 'crow' taste like chicken?
Sorry, had to say it.
Cheers

Hope you don't mind me rotating the photos for you. That is too pretty a stove to lay on its side.

Randy

BlueMountains wrote:Finally got the stove Installed and plumbed in place, I don't have teh damper controlled elbow so I have a replacement one for now installed. The fireplace ring will be installed next week as well.

Wilson is still making a few other items for me like the exhaust grate piece to keep out the coal/wood. Once again.....shout out to Wilson for his help and his knowledge.

I know im doing the cardinal sin by burning wood (some think so anyways) in this thing but it is a wood/coal burner. I plan to buffer the front and back end of winter with wood, I will write down some info for anyone esle who decides to do this. I pulled out the Soapstone beast stove (Hearthstone Equinox) and put this baby in place.

NOTE TO SELF: don't start a fire in baseburner mode.....Even if you think your not. It looked like a train going up hill when I fired it up. Poured out of every orifice of my poor stove, meanwhile the wife kept saying "I think something is wrong, is it in baseburner mode?" I confidently say "NOPE" because I taught her all about the stove and know what position the lever needs to be in. I ate some pride and crow that day. GRRRRRR still running charcoal air filters to remove the smoke smell.

Yeah, ya don't wanna start out in road gear.

As for the wood, it's not a cardinal sin. Your stove will burn wood just fine in the shoulder months when you don't need a rippin' fire. You WILL have to feed it often and there is no comparison.....coal is SO much of a superior fuel source......but the wood will be fine and won't hurt a thing.

OH....you WILL want to make sure your wood fuel is properly seasoned...not seasoned-ish or kinda seasoned. You will have cool exhaust gasses with the wood which is a bad formula for creosote. Good dry wood and you'll be fine.

THAT is one BEEEEUTIFUL stove you have. Ya done good!!!.

Is it just trick lighting or is the nickel "bronzed" instead of "chromed"?. My wife & I like that look much better than the "chrome" that most all have. That stove really looks much better with the floor mount option NICE stove

Its Nickel, just has that look to it with all the antiques in the room pouring out their love for it.