Looks like you made yourself a controlled forge. Gotta love steel, cut it, weld it, grind it.
I really missed the boat when the PH came out with introductory prices and again when I was at the factory and they had a blow out on rebuilt...
That can be important if you have to fly out the door in the morning and do not have time to baby sit burning down a huge pile of coals. The...
Got a pretty good wind clip going and supposed to be a low of 5 tonight. Ice is already forming on the lakes, I've burned almost a cord of wood...
You all bring up great points for anyone reading about firebox size and heat output. X amount of wood gives Y amount heat. Z is the variable on...
Good point, I've noticed that too with front loaders, more smoke escaping. Wish I could swap an IS just for a day to see for myself on my setup!
I've been down that road against advice before too with a baro, works as advertised but I did not like the results it did on the first 4 feet of...
For the record, I have a 6" center brick chimney lined and insulated. Without measuring and remembering correctly its about 24-26 feet total. I...
My wife shares your opinion on this one. Soapstone is beautiful, and holds great heat. I've torn the fireview all the way down and rebuilt it...
Follow up Q Branch, what's your pick the Ideal or Absolute? I see you were a beta tester.
Hey old buddy- in suffering with the aka (Jokewood saga) Satisfied with the IS? If I remember correctly, we have similar setups with flues....
Apologies to all, it has been a while since I have been on! We are 5 weeks into burning wood this year already. Wife said the house is too...
I wonder if there have been instances of more smoke roll out with the big front loading vs side loaders? I know with the fireview over past other...
8 hours with the disgusting -30 below not including windchill Sunday Morning? My fireview struggled to pull 6 hours of meaningful heat with a...
To support this argument, think of the thousands of stoves out there over the years and currently that are not upkeep with leaky gaskets around...
Been very happy with our Fireview for a number of years now. Sure keep eyeing up an IS or Progress for the larger firebox but cannot bend to the...
Interesting, I had chased this similar situation around for years myself. I have a very tall stack, great draft and if ait was throttled down,...
Looks like you are experimenting with a baro? I have similar draft and chimney as you and tried this with the fireview, it ran rock solid with...
Hey fellow fabricators. I'm working on adding a hydraulic log lift. I am wondering what any of you have for length and width of the table...
Wow that's a good N/S stack! What is the cut length of those pieces?? This will be an interesting test.