Have been reading the forums here for a few hours to see what its all about. Great site and I am glad I found it. I purchased a new to me stove yesterday off Craigs List - and have a few questions - should be a piece of cake for the knowledgable posters here.
Anyway - the stove is a Sears model 143.84521 - Early American Franklin Stove.
It looks exactly like the Vogelzang Model FS 260E.
But there are differences that I am interested in understanding.
The Vogelzang website says their model FS 260 E is ALL CAST IRON. The stove I have has cast iron front/doors - but the rest is plate steel.
Vogelzang says the vent outlet can be top or back mounted - mine is top only.
Did Vogelzang allow Sears to use their face/doors or did someone do a different casting for Sears so they could market a knock-off?
As far as condition of what I bought - there is some surface rust but nothing serious - I will look into having the whole thing sandblasted to remove multiple coats of old ill-applied paint and scale.
Also - Sears parts shows the bottom plate as insulated - this stove does not have any insulation - can the bottom plate be poured with refractory?
Again - love the site, and thanks in advance for the help.
Anyway - the stove is a Sears model 143.84521 - Early American Franklin Stove.
It looks exactly like the Vogelzang Model FS 260E.
But there are differences that I am interested in understanding.
The Vogelzang website says their model FS 260 E is ALL CAST IRON. The stove I have has cast iron front/doors - but the rest is plate steel.
Vogelzang says the vent outlet can be top or back mounted - mine is top only.
Did Vogelzang allow Sears to use their face/doors or did someone do a different casting for Sears so they could market a knock-off?
As far as condition of what I bought - there is some surface rust but nothing serious - I will look into having the whole thing sandblasted to remove multiple coats of old ill-applied paint and scale.
Also - Sears parts shows the bottom plate as insulated - this stove does not have any insulation - can the bottom plate be poured with refractory?
Again - love the site, and thanks in advance for the help.