Old Mill Gravity Feed??

Does anyone know of an Old Mill coal stove that had a gravity feed hopper??? I can not find any information online. I found the company that produced Old Mill products and nothing more. Any help would be appreciated!

Can you post a photo?? I've never heard of that brand,, maybe it will look like another more familiar brand.

Greg L.

Unfortunately I can't post a picture until next weekend. I'll try to describe it. Very heavy steel made unit has double doors in front. "Old Mill" is labeled on the doors. There is a lower ash pan door. The unit has a top feed hopper in the back that uses an adjustable plate to control the feed rate. Has a motor for forced air. The odd thing though is the ramp that is used has a lot of small holes in it. I am told that the coal comes down the chute and sits there until burned. I'm not sure how effective it may be. Sound like anything familiar or am I not doing very well explaining?

Devault Fab and Welding Co. is the company that made them. I can't find much information beyond that.

What you have there is a Old Mill stoker. That feeder has gone through about 4-5 different companies that tried to build stoves after Old Mill went out. That feeder is now the same one that Alaska company uses. They have made some very needed changes to the unit for use in their stoves.
Jerry

Jerry, Thanks for the info! I could only find information on one Old Mill coal stove (Model OM80). How old do you suppose this stoker is? Do you have any idea where I might find some more information on it? I'd like to locate any literature or manuals. I would have to believe that the feeder design is ok if it is still being used. Now I need to know what size coal it was designed for, BTU output, and usage rates. Thanks again.

Here are some pics of the Old Mill unit. She is a bit rusty, in need of gaskets, noisy fan motor, cracked glass, etc. But other then that, it appears to be in great shape. Anyone have an idea as to an approximate BTU output on something like this? I have no idea of the age. Or coal size to use?

As an afterthought, I have 200 dollars and some tweaked back muscles in this unit. Is this worth fixing?

I would say around 50,000 BTU and uses rice or buck wheat coal. Looks like a Tri-burner style stoker with a separate combustion fan and different linkage. As Jerry said this is like what Alaska used before the updates.

Definitely worth fixing, have fun!

Thank you for the info. I'll keep everyone posted on the outcome.

Any idea where I could find replacement glass for this Old Mill unit? I'm trying to get this old unit in working order.

I have one of these stoves heating my garage, I would say 50,000 BTU is about right. I love the stove but I cannot find out what the OEM feeder motor should be. I bought the stove last year and the motor mounted for the feed control is a Dayton 3m103 gearmotor but it has burned up twice already.
I read in this post that someone had information that Alaska used the same feed/burn plate setup, you wouldn't happen to know what the correct feed motor should be would you?

New to Coal,
If possible could you take a pic of your feed motor (top & bottom) and post it or email it to me? If you could provide any motor numbers or ID for the motor it would really be appreciated. Hopefully you still have the correct feed motor on yours, it would help me alot. I have been running mine for the past 2 seasons and besides the feed motor going twice it has worked great. If you need any help on getting it up and running shoot an email ([email protected])

Thanks in advance.

Old Mill was built by Devault Fab-Weld & Pippin Co. in Exton Pa.
304 Old Mill Lane
Clover Mill Business Park, ph 215 363 5580
That was about 30 years ago.
Ray

I will post some pics of the motor today. I'm not sure if it is original or not. But it is a Dayton motor 3350 rpm? More to follow. Thanks for the info!

Thank you! I'll check the post later for the pics. Like I said if you need any help/info when you start the stoker up let me know. I can walk you through it.