G111 Season 2

Post by **Lightning** » Wed. Jan. 25, 2017 8:28 pm

joeq wrote:Marty. Who's Marty

Back to the Future?

coalnewbie · Post by **coalnewbie** » Wed. Jan. 25, 2017 9:09 pm

Back to the Future?

The superior intellect shows again - - or you have been watching c rappy old movies again.

Post by **Lightning** » Wed. Jan. 25, 2017 9:15 pm

It's one of my all time faves lol.

The only thing that can generate that kind of power is a bolt of lightning. What? A bolt of lightning. Unfortunately you never know when or where one is gonna strike. We do now....

joeq · Post by **joeq** » Wed. Jan. 25, 2017 11:30 pm

Sunny Boy wrote:
joeq wrote:Marty. Who's Marty
Mellow's brother . Quite rightly!

Paul

Paul, Paul, Paul, (sigh)

I know the song, but don't remember all the words. So I sat hear listening to the entire stupid lyrics, waiting for a "Marty" reference, and didn't hear a thing. Now were do I go? could you at least give me another clue? I won't tell anyone

Sunny Boy · Post by **Sunny Boy** » Wed. Jan. 25, 2017 11:39 pm

Marty Yellow,.... ya know,... Mellow Yellow's brother.

Paul

joeq · Post by **joeq** » Thu. Jan. 26, 2017 6:24 am

Sunny Boy · Post by **Sunny Boy** » Thu. Jan. 26, 2017 12:15 pm

joeq wrote:

A little 60's humor.

Paul

joeq · Post by **joeq** » Sun. Jan. 29, 2017 9:54 am

My 111s load door mica, is really taking a beating. When I restored the stove a couple years ago, I purchased some new glass, and 2 sheets came in the package. Cutting and installing it was easy, and it looks like I'll be changing it out again this spring. Sometimes the coal popping is so loud and violent, I swear a piece of shrapnel will come blasting out the glass.

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Post by **Lightning** » Sun. Jan. 29, 2017 10:09 am

Oh yeah man! Sometimes those nuggets explode with such force it scares the bejeezus outta me!

scalabro · Post by **scalabro** » Sun. Jan. 29, 2017 11:03 am

The first time I ran my Crawford, a rock popped and sent a piece of coal right through the single layer of mica Emery had installed. I now use two sheets of mica in each pane. No big deal now.

joeq · Post by **joeq** » Sun. Jan. 29, 2017 12:10 pm

Whoa! That's a scary thought Scott. Hope you were around to capture the burning nugget then went through.

Sunny Boy · Post by **Sunny Boy** » Sun. Jan. 29, 2017 12:55 pm

scalabro wrote:The first time I ran my Crawford, a rock popped and sent a piece of coal right through the single layer of mica Emery had installed. I now use two sheets of mica in each pane. No big deal now.

And some use brass screen placed inside the mica, ..... only to find that causes problems with cleaning the mica.

Just a note. Some mica suppliers carry different thicknesses. However, I haven't compared the prices per square inch to see how it compares with using two thinner layers. I know that bigger pieces go up in price per square inch, so maybe the same for thicker pieces, too, or one thick piece might be a savings over a double layer ????

Paul

joeq · Post by **joeq** » Sun. Jan. 29, 2017 3:21 pm

I assume the thicker pieces are pliable enuff to follow the door radius?

Sunny Boy · Post by **Sunny Boy** » Sun. Jan. 29, 2017 4:22 pm

joeq wrote:I assume the thicker pieces are pliable enuff to follow the door radius?

I never used the thicker mica, Joe.

I just noticed that the thicker mica was available when I ordered a bunch of the thinner stuff to turn my range's unused secondarys into windows.

I doubled them like Scoot did, but more to take up the gap between the slide damper and the broiler door it mounts on. The gap was caused by a too-weak damper spring. Two layers of the thin mica was prefect for taking up that slack and sealing the air leaks around that loose slide damper.

Paul

joeq · Post by **joeq** » Sun. Jan. 29, 2017 5:03 pm

Hey Paul, was there a framed area around the slide damper to accept the mica you put in?
On my 111, where the draw center handle sticks through the stove, there's a sliding plate that is "suppose" to seal off the opening. But the gaps are very loose, and I know there's air leaking through it. It wasn't a priority at the time to address it, but now that I'm up and running, I need to re-evaluate how I can seal it off.