Mum always said I wore my heart on my sleeve and I won't contest that. The person stated I did not want to help anyone; I came close to crying over that last night. This post was suppose to be about my hearth pad, not some old stove. However, I know that posts here almost always go off topic. It was stated to me that I could sell the old stove on Craigslist to help recover some costs. I have not won the lottery or suddenly had an increase in income. I am in debt for the hearth pad and the stove; yes, it is family debt but still debt. Yes, I had thought about using the old stove to maybe heat the shed; I have been working out there today and it is cold; or at least to me. Someone mentioned that I had help with getting the old stove shipped and that is true. I will see about repaying those that helped me with the shipping.
Kimberly, the nice thing about getting that stove up and running is that over time, your other form(s) of heating will decrease. Should greatly slow the outflow of cash, so you'll start paying yourself back in short order. Have you managed to get the pipe installed yet? Soooo close.
Good point Dave Kim ,once you get the stove broke in and choochin your electric heat should be zero and you'll be nice n warm too Waiting to see some FIRE
Nice redirect papadave and HDRock.... I've literally got no fingernails left, and I need my fingertips for 3D modeling on the computer at my job!
What do you work with? What do you model if I may ask? Years ago my friend; the machinist that was killed, and I drove up to Roanoke to attend a seminar by AutoDesk on their new 3D modeling programme. At the time we thought we were going to get to play with it. Turned out to be a sales event so we were a bit disappointed.
I use AutoDesk Inventor 2016. I've been to Roanoke too- EDSI hosted a beginner training course that I attended 2 years ago. The software is way, way powerful! I design and model dry type transformers.
Neat. I was never able to get into anything. I probably should have took the position with the box company. They advertised for a cad position and I applied. They used cad to design the dies that cuts out the box shapes. When I saw the outdated DOS cad application I decided I did not want the job. They were offering $7.00 an hour and the drive was around 40 miles one way/80 miles a day. I figured I would be working to put petrol in the tank and tyres on the wheels. If they had been using AutoCad I would have taken the position just so I could have put experienced AutoCad on my resume. I had played with AutoCad during university but never in a work related environment.
Actually, the drafting positions would be using AutoDesk Inventor...which is reeeeaally intuitive. And Awesome. Not at all like that stingy, musty, "My Great Aunt's old crusty tea cooz" autocad
A couple thoughts here. I for one would not help with something like that and ever want to be repaid in any way other than seeing you succeed with your wood heat goal, and BTW, that means lots of toasty warm pics posted on FHC...oh, and then pay it forward when the opportunity comes up, which I'm sure you will. Regarding that old stove...I wouldn't put the time into it. There are lots (tons!) of people like me out there that have the skills and equipment to repair a stove like that with no problem, heck, it sounds like fun to me. Now, if I found a deal on a stove like that needing repair, I would jump on it...and then if I found that same stove, already repaired and priced at a appropriate "repaired stove" market price...I'd probably pass on it unless I REALLY wanted that specific model or something...my 2 cents
Well, now is as good as any to learn. I would suggest some protective clothing including gloves though. Find some pieces of angle iron or other steel that might be lying about. Take a steel brush and remove any excess rust where you want to join the two pieces. Then clamp two pieces together and give it a go. Think of it as sewing, with just a slight movement back and forth at an angle between the two pieces. The angle will help blow the slag away from the weld as your going. Stay a fraction of an inch or a couple millimeters above your work once you create the arc from the rod to the metal. Otherwise the rod may become welded to your work, and you don't want that. I've only used the helmets with the glass that was already dark so your already one up on me with the self darkening lens even before you start. Just practice on the scrap metal until your comfortable and not leaving piles of pigeon poop. That's piles of welding rod and slag that hold basically nothing. Take your time, be patient, and I think you'll be surprised how well you do. Remember, you've only failed if you refuse to try!AND, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again! Making the repairs to the stove could be on your horizon, but only after you've become proficient in welding.
