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Lopi Liberty... era 1970's

Discussion in 'Non-EPA Woodstoves and Fireplaces' started by oppirs, Oct 4, 2013.

  1. oppirs

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    Old smoke dragon when choked down. A wonderful performer with dry wood! Too warm yet for pics, so last year pics.

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    It won't be long! here there calling for lows in the 30's this weekend.
     
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    That's a sweet old beauty, There is something about the old smoke dragons:)
     
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    It was the old age quality built by American hands.
     
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    In the signature, a Fisher Grandma bear, (circa) 1980 and a Fisher Baby bear (circa) 1978 there or about..... One in my upstairs (Baby) and Grandma downstairs
     
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    Dave, it's a notable reference too my Lopi... I'll Stick too Smoke-dragons all the way!
     
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    OK I'll add to most threads. I also burn COAL in my Russo #2. Good 'Ol Southern Illinois
    coal.

    I was bringing up a Coal topic. (Would I be maybe banned) Did you ever use coal in your Fisker's

    Do you use Coal?
     
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    Wow, nice clean-up. Mods hat's off 2 you! I knew I deleted for a reason. Won't put ya thru it again.
     
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    An update I painted my Russo. #2
     
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    A few pic's of my Russo. Can't get much info on this stove, era 1980's.
     

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    My old Buck Stove is going on 40 years and still heating my house. She creeks and moans sometimes but still does the job. I’m old and so is she but I think we’re going down together :thumbs:
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    Manuals - Discontinued


    https://www.travisindustries.com/Docs/93508000.pdf

    Three nice looking stoves in this thread. Burning anthracite coal myself in a Hitzer 354 wood/coal stove.

    Have a used Lopi Liberty in the garage waiting for a chance to “shine”. I love the looks of those 520’s. Sharp stoves built like a tank too. My Liberty is older, but only .1 of a gram in emissions and a several grand cheaper than a new one. I’ll take mine or yours any day and keep my money in my pocket. I actually prefer the 520 and plan on buying one first chance I get.

    Good looking Russo and Buck stoves too.
     
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    My old Buck is certainly built like a tank. It was way ahead of it’s time when built in the 80’s. It burns very clean. Checked but have not had to clean my chimney for years. Chief
     
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    Yes sir, Bucks were and are still very well built.
     
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    As an update to my comments above...and for those in this thread burning black rocks that might be interested in my information, below are some stats.

    I burned them (anthracite nut) from Jan.4-
    April 4. My average over that time was .87 lbs/hr (.86795 for those so inclined). For $282.00 for that time span...and my wood is still drying.

    During the last month burning 170F I averaged .58 lbs/hr. During that time OAT’s to low 70’s and mano was reading -.01wc down to -.005wc with no trouble holding it there.

    That’s a 7” outlet stove into an 8”x8” clay lined inside the home masonry chimney that is just shy of 15ft from the top to the firebox floor. Needless to say my concerns about burning wood and needing to update my chimney have been put to rest. If it will draft a coal stove that low with the CO detectors never coming off of zero and no issues what-so-ever, then it will certainly work for a wood stove. When I do my repairs I am seriously considering rebuilding it to exact same specs.

    Will be cleaning stove out tomorrow and sweeping the chimney, placing my bricks over my coal grates and I’m going to load some wood in it just in case of a cold snap. Looking forward to trying some wood in this stove so I can document how it burns. Then I’m going to build a removable re-burn kit for it and see how that improves the burn for wood saving. I’ll be removing the 354 from the house to build the secondary kit.

    Then to tie this back into this thread...
    While the Hitzer 354 is in the garage the Lopi Liberty will be moved into the house so I can try burning it for a season. That’s the plan, but it is subject to change. I really need to wait another year so the wood is 3 years seasoned when I light the Lopi.
     
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    It still annoys me when people call the old stoves "smoke dragons" LOL. They work so well with dry wood, i am sure that Lopi will serve u well.
     
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    x2, I'm not annoyed but the name is misleading.
     
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    I agree. I haven’t looked to see if I used the term. If I did it is only because others call them that.

    Even using my old “smoke dragon” there may be more non-visible particulate, but there certainly is zero smoke when I use, as you said, good and dry wood.

    I have two year seasoned wood here. It in no way is as seasoned as the wood I had been burning covered under the shed that was 10-15 years seasoned. We had just moved here and I burned up what was left of my grandpa’s stash. Gosh that stuff burned so hot in that old stove.

    I have never thought the stoves were the problem. The problem is the lack of people burning wood that dry and the room to store that much dry wood in advanced and keep it covered so it doesn’t rot. It can’t rot if it’s properly covered...even in open air. If it would rot, then it would have rotted down in this damp valley I live in. Cover it well and season it long, and it’ll reward you with much heat and zero sizzle while it’s burning.

    That’s what I’m doing now...building towards three year minimum seasoned wood while burning coal.

    I have no plans to season much more than 4-5 years. I was just saying grandpa’s stash was superbly dry giving off tremendous amounts of heat. No way I could have filled the firebox full with that stuff in such a big stove. I’m sure very little of it in a modern stove would only call for a few pieces rather than a full box.

    Other mileage may vary and that is fine.
     
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