Grandma and Grandpa for Christmas

Picked up my Christmas presents today.
Grandma



And Grandpa



Happier than a pig in @#$%. Thanks, but I already cracked a cold Premium.

 

Got plans for the stoves?

 

Grandpa going in the basement after refurbish and adding a baffle.
Grandma going in the Oak Hill Saloon after refurbish and adding a baffle.

 

Lots of good folks here. I started out looking for info on a baffle for our Fisher at camp and 2 months later I jumped in with 2 of my on.

 

Welcome and keep us posted on the progress with lots of pictures. I love these stoves.

 

The bi-centennial -1976 is the GrandPa stove, specs are;

Requires 6 bricks across back, 4 sides
Flue size 8 inch top or rear

The Grandpa Bear was the largest at the time, only one other Fisher model, the XL was ever made larger. Grandpa measures 29 1/2 inches across the top plate, with the box measuring 28" wide X 23" deep. Comfortable heating 2000 s.f. as suggested in Fisher literature, the stove is capable of even more.
The first stoves had stars on the doors, and a 76 in the largest star on the right door. Like all other Fisher Stoves with solid cast iron doors, they do not use gasket material for a door seal.

GrandMa specs;

Grandma UL Unlisted pre 1980 with 2 square doors;

Width ; 25 1/2" across top plate.
Depth ; 28 1/4" overall with ash fender (shelf)
Height ; 30 1/2" rear, 24 1/2" front
Approx. weight 406 pounds
Logs to 20" across stove
Heats approx. 1500 s.f.
Requires 5 bricks across back, 4 sides
Flue size 8 inch top or rear
Door opening ; 17" wide X 10 1/2" high

 

The pictures I posted are of a GrandPa not a 76 and a GrandMa which is a 76

 

Forgot I had this pic

You can see both on the trailer.

 

WeldrDave knows a few things about them stoves.

 

Thanks WeldrDave. I've read the posts from you and coaly which is what inspired me to jump on the Fisher stove train.
Neither stove has visible cracks, and when I do the walnut blasting I will be able to do a better inspection.
I will post pictures as I make progress.
But its good weather today for skidding ash out of the ravine.

The EAB killed off a bunch of large ash beside our powerline and fortunately the power comany sent in a crew fromWV to cut em down.
This guy showed himself during the rut and my wife shot him from the barn with her Iphone.

 

I stand corrected, very nice stove as I have three myself and missed out on another Tuesday.

 

The couple I got these 2 from had 2 more. I couldn't convince the wife she needed a Fisher for her birthday.

 

Is that a piece of plate at the front of GrandMa with the doors open?

 

Now that's a nice weld!