Bought a Grandpa Bear Today

[Todd67]

Maybe a TF-88?

 

[CamFan]

I have the blue prints for the tf-88. You don’t want that one. The doors will be to big. I have some of the hard to make parts but. Na

I built some that were the width of a gma and depth of a papa. I did one grandpa. If you want a cut sheet let me know.


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[Todd67]

I saw a stove today on CL that appeared to have grandma doors with the depth of a Papa.

Pardon my "ignorance", but what is a cut sheet?

 

[Don H]

Make sure you add some to the legs too!

 

[CamFan]

I saw a stove today on CL that appeared to have grandma doors with the depth of a Papa.

Pardon my "ignorance", but what is a cut sheet?

Parts you’ll need to make the stove. Where was the stove you saw on Craig list? I was the only one that made them. That I know of.


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[Todd67]

Parts you’ll need to make the stove. Where was the stove you saw on Craig list? I was the only one that made them. That I know of.


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Philadelphia, PA. But the seller isn't selling the stove he has the picture of
(broken link removed to https://philadelphia.craigslist.org/fuo/d/kennett-square-fisher-wood-burning-stove/6783939369.html)

 

[CamFan]

Lol. I made that one. The ash fender gives it away. SB with a squiggly line under the SB how I signed them.


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[Todd67]

With my grandpa bear, I figure that a fabricator might've experimented with a one piece back/bottom/ash fender, for whatever reason. Maybe to save time, or save money on materials?

 

[Todd67]

Lol. I made that one. The ash fender gives it away. SB with a squiggly line under the SB how I signed them.


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That's cool! Are you going to contact the seller? It looks like a very large & heavy stove. I wonder why he has a pic of that stove, but it's not the stove he is selling. Some sellers...

 

[Todd67]

Did your shop put any letters or numbers on the stove like the PA stoves have?

 

[CamFan]

No. I have no need to. They are brutal heavy.


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[Todd67]

It looks like he just painted that stove. Looks like a good "rare" stove for coaly's collection

 

[CamFan]

That’s what mine should be close to


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[CamFan]

Probably only 25 of them.


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[Todd67]

That's cool! Whose idea was that design, and who was the intended "buyer"? It looks too big for an average size house.

 

[CamFan]

My idea, I just used gma back , front, baffle and did the bottom width of gma and depth of papa. Same with the top


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[Todd67]

Were they ever sold, or what happened with them after you made them?

 

[CamFan]

They were sold as home made cook stoves


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[Todd67]

Nice! We're they all rear vented?

 

[CamFan]

I thought this looked familiar
It’s my picture. I built that stove to get the first stove built at the ga factory


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[Todd67]

That's some great information. I wonder why the seller is using your picture to sell a stove that he doesn't have a picture of...

 

[CamFan]

I posted it here.


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[Todd67]

Yep, that's your picture.

 

[Todd67]

The Grandpa Bear is standing on it's own four legs now. After a thorough search for markings, I can't find a single stamped or welded marking anywhere on that stove. It looks like we'll never know where it was made.

My hunch is that it was possibly an experimental stove with a one piece back, bottom & ash fender.

Here is the bent rear (top half of the pic) & bottom


It doesn't have a baffle in it, but it has a long "shelf" under the vent


It's in real good shape now, not much rust because it's been in their house. I'll clean it up and paint it this summer, and hopefully then, I will find some markings. But I'm not counting on it.

 

[Todd67]

With a good coating of WD-40 on the Stove yesterday, I managed to find a marking. It's an upside down B on the upper right rear plate (facing the rear of the stove). It looks like any other markings might be covered up by the rear leg.

Did any of the Canadian stoves have a one piece back/bottom/ash fender? None of the US states have a "B" in their two letter abreviation.