With all the pics coming in of first fires I figured I'd post one of the IS I stripped down tonight. I always seem to be going against the grain....
My new office is across the street from the 4Aces.
I wouldn't start ANY fire in my stove if I wasn't 100% confident in its ability to be safe.
I'm not near my stove to take measurements but- the legs are adjustable, just not easily adjustable. That's why they ask for the height you need...
After you get the door, ash lip, lid, sled assembly, side panels, collar, and the liner out I think you are under 500lbs. I didn't weight mine...
In my experience, a stripped down IS is not much heavier than a HS Shelburne. In fact, you can take a bunch of weight off the IS pretty easily....
Not to reopen the debate but a lot of people say that cat stoves perform much better than non cat stoves with marginal wood:...
I think this graph is helpful as you think about continued service after the sale. [ATTACH]
An observation for everyone on measuring the temps. I use both a probe thermometer 18 inches above the stove and a surface thermometer on the...
Yesterday I used the method someone mentioned of running smaller (5 smaller splits) hot fire starting at 4:30p and it noticeably helped when I...
Mine does it all the time. The only downside is that on occasion it will create a back puff out the air intake. The solution is to open the air...
In my opinion there is a huge difference between running at those temps and hitting them before backing it down. That said...I wouldn't want to...
I think you need over 4 inches of slate to get up to .41 Brian.
Some of those European foundries have been operating for hundreds of years. My old hearthstone stove was cast in Spain and had the cleanest...
I'm looking forward to comparing notes again Brian.
About the same for me. Closed a little more when it was minus 4 one night.
Interesting. At one point I had three different valves here at the same time and they all had near identical bends.
It had some field testing I know about, but really have you watched how far it opens? That bimetallic strip bends pretty far and that air comes...
Take off the sides, sled, door, collar, lid, and firebrick (but note where they fit), and use one of those flat furniture dollys that is wide...
