Home Sparkle #12 Is Home
- freetown fred
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- Location: Freetown,NY 13803
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YUP, come on MA--PIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- michaelanthony
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- Location: millinocket,me.
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Vigilant 2310, gold marc box stove
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Gold Marc Independence
- Baseburners & Antiques: Home Sparkle 12
- Coal Size/Type: 'nut
- Other Heating: Fujitsu mini split, FHA oil furnace
As promised Paul, A.K.A. sunny boy, the polishing has begun.
- Sunny Boy
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- Coal Size/Type: Nuts !
- Other Heating: Oil &electric plenum furnace
Thanks for the pix, Mike ! It's lookin' real good !!!!! Will it be ready for the start of cold weather up your way ?
Did you use the shoe-shine brush, or buff it with a cloth ?
Paul
Did you use the shoe-shine brush, or buff it with a cloth ?
Paul
- michaelanthony
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- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Vigilant 2310, gold marc box stove
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Gold Marc Independence
- Baseburners & Antiques: Home Sparkle 12
- Coal Size/Type: 'nut
- Other Heating: Fujitsu mini split, FHA oil furnace
Tomorrow I pound the NoxRam in the fire pot and inventory my nuts and bolts. I have the threaded rods, no springs yet though lol!
I used a brush which really helped in all the raised areas, thanks for the tip. My plan is to have sparkle running as soon as the fire pot cures. My plans are to assemble her in the basement and run it there. the last 5 - 6 yrs my box stove has been running down there blowing hot air into my cold air returns. If sparkle runs smooth I plan to bring it up to the living room and have the Vigilant down in the basement. Hoping to heat without electricity and run 2 stoves that can sip coal.
Mike
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- Coal Size/Type: Stove / Anthracite.
- Other Heating: Oil fired, forced hot air.
Mike ... that's sweet!
I love the deep oven under the bonnet.... the huge baseburner chamber in the base casting...,, what appears to be a four leg grate support (very cool) and the really cool secondary air vent in the load door .... looks like spokes on a wheel
The more I see different brands of base burners the more I'm in awe of their design!! Can't wait till you it !
Good on you my friend!!
I love the deep oven under the bonnet.... the huge baseburner chamber in the base casting...,, what appears to be a four leg grate support (very cool) and the really cool secondary air vent in the load door .... looks like spokes on a wheel
The more I see different brands of base burners the more I'm in awe of their design!! Can't wait till you it !
Good on you my friend!!
- auntievintage
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- Location: Etna, ME
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Glenwood 116
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- Other Heating: Oil forced luke-warm air
This makes me SO happy!
- Pauliewog
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Looks great Mike, and just in time for the heating season !
Paulie
Paulie
- auntievintage
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I think you'll be amazed at how she runs. Here are a couple of pics of the "fraternal twin" to yours. Unfortunately, I only was able to burn in her one time. I had the "test-run" in my un-insulated garage with a stub-of-a-stove-pipe (just barely over the roof line).
It was 20 degrees out and had dropped to 13 overnight. At 1pm, I got the barrel temp up to 500, shut her down and let her go. She didn't begin to drop in temperature until 10am the next morning. I was SO impressed that it was hard to watch her leave.
...Also, that will be the last time I restore a stove for anyone as a "nice gesture" but that's a story for a different day.
BTW - they've got it up for sale now but I couldn't attest to the operating condition after they used it for a season.
It was 20 degrees out and had dropped to 13 overnight. At 1pm, I got the barrel temp up to 500, shut her down and let her go. She didn't begin to drop in temperature until 10am the next morning. I was SO impressed that it was hard to watch her leave.
...Also, that will be the last time I restore a stove for anyone as a "nice gesture" but that's a story for a different day.
BTW - they've got it up for sale now but I couldn't attest to the operating condition after they used it for a season.
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WOW what a machine !!
- michaelanthony
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- Location: millinocket,me.
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Vigilant 2310, gold marc box stove
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Gold Marc Independence
- Baseburners & Antiques: Home Sparkle 12
- Coal Size/Type: 'nut
- Other Heating: Fujitsu mini split, FHA oil furnace
Nice job auntieV...too bad they're selling, must have been too warm lol!
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- Other Heating: LP Hot air. WA TX for coal use.
Mike, does your dump grate (I'm guessing that is what it's called, the part in the middle of the shaker grates) fit the shaker grate? Mine does not. It's too wide for the slot. Almost beginning to wonder if someone, somewhere along the line replaced this one with another from a different stove. Will get some pics on here some day so you can see what I mean.
- michaelanthony
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- Location: millinocket,me.
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Vigilant 2310, gold marc box stove
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Gold Marc Independence
- Baseburners & Antiques: Home Sparkle 12
- Coal Size/Type: 'nut
- Other Heating: Fujitsu mini split, FHA oil furnace
Hi Bob, my center fork A.K.A. dump grate fits as it should. I checked both the new and old one. does you dump grate have a hole in the end to except a cotter pin?cabinover wrote: ↑Tue. Oct. 31, 2017 6:38 pmMike, does your dump grate (I'm guessing that is what it's called, the part in the middle of the shaker grates) fit the shaker grate? Mine does not. It's too wide for the slot. Almost beginning to wonder if someone, somewhere along the line replaced this one with another from a different stove. Will get some pics on here some day so you can see what I mean.
...give me a minute and I'll get a picture.
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- michaelanthony
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- Location: millinocket,me.
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Vigilant 2310, gold marc box stove
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Gold Marc Independence
- Baseburners & Antiques: Home Sparkle 12
- Coal Size/Type: 'nut
- Other Heating: Fujitsu mini split, FHA oil furnace
does yours look like this one?
- Sunny Boy
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- Location: Central NY
- Hand Fed Coal Boiler: Anthracite Industrial, domestic hot water heater
- Baseburners & Antiques: Glenwood range 208, # 6 base heater, 2 Modern Oak 118.
- Coal Size/Type: Nuts !
- Other Heating: Oil &electric plenum furnace
cabinover wrote: ↑Tue. Oct. 31, 2017 6:38 pmMike, does your dump grate (I'm guessing that is what it's called, the part in the middle of the shaker grates) fit the shaker grate? Mine does not. It's too wide for the slot. Almost beginning to wonder if someone, somewhere along the line replaced this one with another from a different stove. Will get some pics on here some day so you can see what I mean.
Also called a "draw center" grate....if you ever have to go hunting for parts.
Paul