Woodburners Encyclopedia by Jay Shelton comes up on eBay from time to time. A few others are listed as well in the back of every Fisher manual,...
Information condensed from Woodburners Encyclopedia; Water vapor is a by product of combustion when hydrogen is present. Oven dry wood contains...
You don't mention your CHIMNEY. It's ll about the temperature of flue gasses within the flue. 2 things must be present to form creosote. Smoke...
Agreed, coal is much cleaner. That comment comes from the finer fly ash that can become airborne when operators don't know how to prevent the ash...
Here's a 3 piece Papa that got hot. No damage done, just the paint. [ATTACH] Actually Bob Fisher's own stove had a few white spots as well as the...
The original poster pic is a much newer stove. Notice the small trees compared to the first style in '76 below. It also has newer spring handles...
Yeah it is, I just added the newest addition to my last post; Just bought the house with 2 acres next to us for another rental so I have plenty of...
Cold If you get skiing this year stop by to see the lighted Fisher Authorized Dealer signI found in Canada! [ATTACH]
No, only the Fireplace Series with double doors have screens for open door burning. They are not radiant heaters in Fireplace Mode. First, you...
OK, that is a pre 1980 Grandpa Bear. Could be late '78 or a Model III from 1979. They were UL listed but tags didn't start until 1980 so it is...
If this stove has the older flat top doors it is a left over, if it has the newer Cathedral arched top doors it is a Series III and can be made...
The stove pictured in post #1 is a "wide body" Grandpa. (not made to Fisher specs) They were made with wider side plates in the front and modified...
Cement board transmits and conducts heat very well. As is, it needs to be 36" away from wall. Solid brick in contact with the wall allows 33%...
Yeah, block with 6 inch round in center for coal upstairs, and two 8 inch down for downstairs stove and boiler if I ever need it for automatic...
I have a couple. Tried a Buckwalter Park Oak 15 Parlor with replaceable sheet metal cylinder (15 for inches across burn pot) on 6 inch Dura-Vent...
My only heat source is a Kitchen Queen 480, capable of heating 3000 s.f. and we only heat 1880 square feet with minimal creosote. It's not the...
Yeah, I've been looking at that stove for a couple days. I worked at Steamtown and saw a lot of equipment used to heat strange stuff, but not...
Actually your flue is for approx. 380,000 BTU input. I only posted 6 and 8 inch. At 30 feet, 9 inch or 78 sq in. is 490,000 and 10 inch (113 sq...
Physics normally works out. Perhaps you think operation is the same, but you have a cleaner flue and a couple degree warmer house? I'll bet it...
The smaller the stove the more noticeable it becomes since you have less waste to use on a larger chimney. Chimney diameter is more decisive than...
