I thought you friendly forum folks might like to see some photos of the first "real" Progress Hybrid coming together. This is the stove that will travel to WA for EPA testing. These were taken yesterday as we were dry fitting the firebox shell to the base (with grate and ash box), along with the primary air channels and the secondary fireback. We don't have the first batch of all the exterior castings yet (they're on the way) so some exterior parts will be steel (like the lovely and slender angle iron legs). There will be stone on both the inside and outside of the steel firebox shell and the C clamps will be painted the same color as the stove so you won't even notice them. More to come later as it grows. (BTW, on an entirely different note, the reconditioned stoves were all gone by the time we closed on Tuesday.)