I am doing a short update on the primer and am open to suggestions for the update. All suggestions will be appreciated. Thank you.
Not sure you can make perfection better! I learned a ton from it when I joined about 5 years ago! Still review it occasionally!
I'm going to need to review it again, but the one thing that I usually have a question about is getting a good night burn without making a smoldering creosote factory.
One thing we do is to shove the coals to the front of the stove. Then in that pocket in back we like to put a large square or rectangled piece so it is right against the back wall. Sometimes we'll use a good sized round for that. If the coals aren't very deep, we'll put a small split, one that lights fast and burns hot (soft or red maple fits the bill nicely and even pine will work). Then we fill the stove with good sized pieces, including some rounds if need be. Get the stove lit off but not into a roaring fire, turn the draft down and wait about 5 minutes. Check the fire and draft, make any final adjustment with the draft and go to bed. Hope this helps. It works well for us and even my wife can do it if I'm not able. Sometimes she needs a little coaching on what wood to use though.
"Even my wife can do it"....what exactly are you trying to say? That's good to know. I have tried a few times, but I think two things are happening. 1) I let it get too far going 2) I have a stove with terrible draft control. Usually what would happen is I would over fire it followed by a brief panic. When I get my new stove I will have to give it a shot again. That stove should be a lot better for doing that sort of thing.
