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Anyone know anything about wood stoves?

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussion' started by GreyToy, Oct 1, 2021.

  1. Oct 1, 2021 at 4:42 PM
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    Any idea of what this one is? I found this on the back part of my property with a tree growing through it. Finally got around to cutting down the tree last Fall and dragged it back to the House. Wife wanted to use it out back. Cleaned it up, burned in it. Getting ready to replace the fire brick that was in it. It's not home made, I know that much, the only photo of one similar I could find was a Sears & Roebuck. There are no markings. But the Sears & Roebuck had one with the same type of rear legs and round front legs.

    Also found at the time is the door sitting on the top, not from the same stove but from a Glenwood No. 14, I also have the remnants of a post-colonial House on my property that finally fell down in the 1950's or so. The fireplace bricks and stone are piled up about 300 feet from where this stove and door was. Putting 2 and 2 together I would say the Glenwood No.14 was probably in that house. This one, I don't know what i is. There was never a wood or coal stove in my house.

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    Its in good shape that is for sure. Lots of possibilities for use outdoors if you want to.
     
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    I wire brushed the rust off and painted it with high temp paint.
     
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    keeps the area warm and you can cook on top of it. Works best indoors for heating purposes. Thats my understanding. If you have a lot of extra trees you can save on heating bills.
     
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    Regardless of what model it is, I'd hold onto it for dear life. Obviously you can still buy them but I pretty much guarantee that one is built better than most stuff you can buy today. Nice find!
     
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    It looks like a simple steel stove. It is pretty big, so it was designed to heat a large area. Since it does not have a hatch to feed it from the top then it was probably not a higher end stove when new. Also, I don't see any way for air to enter the fire box, so there is probably an adjustable vent on the bottom of the door to let air in control the burn.
     
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    it doesn't appear to be one that was utilized (or it shouldn't have been at least) indoors since there doesn't appear to be a latch system (unless it was on the door itself) to keep it tightly sealed, no vents to let heat get to exterior, and not an ash catch tray. seems more like an outside or shop wood burning stove. my dad had one used inside his house for about 25 years and another one used at his shop, but that one had parts on top to remove. the ones used in the house had a "seal" to keep the smoke from entering the room/house.
    still a pretty cool find. I'd definitely keep and use outside. getting a simple door made for it shouldn't be too hard.
     
  9. Oct 4, 2021 at 12:23 PM
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    my dad, grandfather, and 2 uncles all had ones similar to this we'd have to split wood for yearly that heated the houses.
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    my dad had the one very much like this in his mechanic shop that we'd cook chili on sometimes when I worked there during christmas break.
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    As a teenager, we heated our 2-story house with full basement (three total levels) with a wood stove for the better part of 3 winters. This was the late 70's when oil shot up in price. This was north of Minneapolis. My grandpa had 40 acres that we lived on that needed a lot of trees removed so we pretty much had an endless supply. Nothing feels as warm as a house heated with wood. BUT...given the constant harvesting of trees, hauling the wood back, splitting stacking hauling wood in and hauling ashes out, cleaning the chimney and just the constant feeding the wood into the stove...frankly I was traumatized to the point I will not even burn a single duraflame log in our fireplace. I would rather wear 5 sweaters and shiver than even think about burning wood. Lucky I live in South TX now!
     
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    Thanks to these posts I found out what it is. I know nothing about wood stoves. It is a Scandinavian Wood Stove made by Morso and imported. These were also called Nordic Box Stoves and they became so popular American companies started making them. American companies still called them Scandinavian and Nordic stoves but Sears sold a version called the Wood Box Heater. This one would have ran about $80-$100 1975-1978. If anyone is interested, these are more efficient than American style wood stoves according to the Wood Stove Handbook (1978). Because they were more efficient, more and more Americans began turning to wood for heating in the 1970's. And these got very popular so everyone began making them. Scandinavian wood stoves are solid and completely sealed. There is an American version in the Handbook that uses a soapstone slab mounted on the side for convection. This one still has the baffle mounted in the top.
     
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    We heat our house with a wood stove insert to avoid using the electric baseboard heaters. Love the Jotul Rockland. That find looks great for sitting outside for so long
     

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