Here is new thread for the season.
Link to old thread https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads...ce-thread-everything-bk-part-2.159901/page-56
Link to old thread https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads...ce-thread-everything-bk-part-2.159901/page-56
Over the weekend I swept the BK chimney and vacuumed out the firebox of all 2016-2017remnants. I found one broken brick on the side up front! I removed the top half and behind those side bricks found quite a void. It's not like the sides of this stove are flat but there is an intentional weird shaped void behind the side bricks. So folks, be careful loading the stove since there is no support behind the side bricks.
If the sides of the stove are flat, can you explain what causes the void behind the bricks on your Princess?
On my Chinook the bottom corner weld means the corners have a fillet or radius instead of being a perfect inside corner. Because the firebricks have sharp corners, they either need to stand slightly off the wall or the tops lean towards the center of the stove. This can be fixed by abrading the appropriate corners off the offending bricks with a coarse abrasive stone or tile file to allow for the weld fillets. It doesn't take long but I would like it better if they paid attention to this detail at the factory.
They need gaskets! Ignore the misinformed. If you purchase from firecatcombustors.com, they come with the gasket.Here it is, July 16, and I needed to start a fire in my King.
After lighting it, I remembered that I was supposed to have a look at my cat combuster.
I will be ordering and installing one this year either way, as I have had the stove nearly 5 years.
Having said that, I was looking at them online, and all that I have found are saying that they no longer need gaskets installed. Is this some thing new?
Thank you BKVP. It just didn't make sense that they didn't need gaskets.They need gaskets! Ignore the misinformed. If you purchase from firecatcombustors.com, they come with the gasket.
Getting closer. I got raspberries coming in faster than the wife and I can eat them. After the wife and I ate our fill today I put another pint in the freezer to make fruit leather from with the dehydrator later.
After raspberry, there will be blue berry picking, "summer" caribou season, and it'll be time to light the stove. I give it 5 more weeks of late summer tops.
Getting closer. I got raspberries coming in faster than the wife and I can eat them. After the wife and I ate our fill today I put another pint in the freezer to make fruit leather from with the dehydrator later.
After raspberry, there will be blue berry picking, "summer" caribou season, and it'll be time to light the stove. I give it 5 more weeks of late summer tops.
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I just realized something... I've never seen a blueberry in the woods, or a blueberry farm off the side of a road, or anything.
I basically don't know if they come from a bush or a vine or if they're mined or ranched ("just pick all them little legs off and toss 'em in the plastic bins, son. Ignore the screamin'.").
What the heck?
Bush. We have domestic blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, and then miles of wild raspberries. Despite many blueberry bushes, we really don't get to eat many, but our birds and deer are remarkably well fed (and probably chit blue). They don't touch the wild raspberries, and even leave about half the domestic raspberries for us. I don't think I've ever gotten a single blackberry, as they go directly from "almost ripe" to "disappeared", probably thanks to the deer.I just realized something... I've never seen a blueberry in the woods, or a blueberry farm off the side of a road, or anything.
I basically don't know if they come from a bush or a vine or if they're mined or ranched ("just pick all them little legs off and toss 'em in the plastic bins, son. Ignore the screamin'.").
What the heck?
Bush. We have domestic blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, and then miles of wild raspberries. Despite many blueberry bushes, we really don't get to eat many, but our birds and deer are remarkably well fed (and probably chit blue). They don't touch the wild raspberries, and even leave about half the domestic raspberries for us. I don't think I've ever gotten a single blackberry, as they go directly from "almost ripe" to "disappeared", probably thanks to the deer.
Our area is thick with himalayan blackberries. Miles of them. We get pails filled with them every year. The birds get some and yes they chit purple, but there is plenty for all. In our yard we have an old cherry tree stump from which a big blackberry sprouted. I keep that bush trimmed so that we have very easy picking there. Besides being an aggressive grower the other problem with these big plants which are all along the yard perimeter is their thorns. They poke tiny holes in the lawn tractor tires. Fortunately green slime works well as a sealant.Bush. We have domestic blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, and then miles of wild raspberries. Despite many blueberry bushes, we really don't get to eat many, but our birds and deer are remarkably well fed (and probably chit blue). They don't touch the wild raspberries, and even leave about half the domestic raspberries for us. I don't think I've ever gotten a single blackberry, as they go directly from "almost ripe" to "disappeared", probably thanks to the deer.
I don't want to even look at my stove or wood stacks it's so hot...