Those look nice, certainly easier to read from a distance than mine!The first one I'm buying for stovetop. Second one is going on the stovepipe.
WHat plate? hell I just burn wood in mine. Other then not having a ash grate its pretty nice.I checked yesterday because I read this thread, and that plate does indeed lift on mine as well. I never noticed it. Now, it does go back to its original shape when cool and it does not lift as high as yours.
Interesting...but I assume it is intended to happen. Metal moves and grows when it gets hot. That is normal.
WHat plate? hell I just burn wood in mine. Other then not having a ash grate its pretty nice.
The plate around the hood.WHat plate? hell I just burn wood in mine. Other then not having a ash grate its pretty nice.
The plate around the hood.
When you load the stove leave a small tunnel for the dog house air to travel back to the rear wall. This will cause a better preheat of the secondary air and get the secondaries going faster. Also it is not a good idea to load the stove right to the tubes ( manual says top of bricks ) reason of course is it needs the space to fire the secondaries- Got mine a little too full this morning #3 tube 15min. in was glowing red from the secondaries firing of #4 tube. #4 is the rear most tube and doesn't always fire that much - so this was a bit of a new experience and I've had the 30 for 5 years now. I do have different boards above the pipes( 1" thick vs the oem1/2", fit tight with no wiggle room) because of those the firebox runs at a higher temp than oem, although the external numbers are about the same- just a more complete combustion over a bit longer duration - haven't had dirty glass since I went to the thick boards. Note it gits loaded around 5 am and then reload around 6 pm - in the past the glass would be pretty well sooted up- fuel is mixed hardwoods at apx 15% moisture or possibly a bit drier.Okay, I'm used to two different stoves that is why I ask. One was a soapstone H1 and the other was a Ashley wood circulator. I know none are remotely close but had to ask. Never really noticed it till now that the back basically shuts off. Thanks.
From a local kiln and heat treat furnace building company - over 2000 deg temp rating. Might have been about a half sheet 4'x4' around $65 at the time some 7 or 8 years agoAwesome thanks. Where did you get the 1" boards, and did you have to trim to fit? Thanks.
Cut them to fit tight. removed #1 and #2 secondary tubes and of course reinstalled them.How did you get the boards in there?
Interesting. How do you remove the tubes?