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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2018 10:58:31 GMT
I spotted this on eBay and had to have it. Hopefully they'll pack it well ! Look at this on eBay www.ebay.co.uk/itm/152990376690It's 18 inch high 6 inch diameter with a 3" flue outlet. What I was wondering is how many kW it would chuck out burning smokeless fuel. Or wood. Not sure if this is a standard thing or if it depends on too many factors. I reckon about 1kW heating. Looks quite interesting. all cast iron and the top plate is in several rings to accommodate expansion. The dutch stove i put in my barge is similar. Would make a handy little cooking plate. I reckon the usable fire box volume is about 2 litres.
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Post by naughtyfox on May 5, 2018 15:09:52 GMT
There's no chimney you will die.
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Post by bargemast on May 5, 2018 17:33:51 GMT
There's no chimney you will die. My central heating system has a nice stainless steel chimney, but I don't think somehow that that will prevent me from dying . Peter.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2018 18:25:21 GMT
There's no chimney you will die. As I said it has a 3" (a Bitmore as its 80mm) flue exit. Out the back. All part of the casting. Its a proper stove just a very small one
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Post by Andyberg on May 5, 2018 22:12:28 GMT
Its shite.....get more heat just farting in bed!! 🙄
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Post by naughtyfox on May 6, 2018 7:31:09 GMT
Imagine, if you will, this scenario: you're lying comfortably in bed, about to drift off into a peaceful slumber when your dearest darling partner lets one rip. Repeatedly. The smell is so vile that you're forced to leave the room! www.findmeagift.co.uk/gifts/cure-for-farting-in-bed.htmlAvailable from Secret Santa £2.99 sale. Warning - also comes with dismissal from Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2018 10:19:48 GMT
It'll definitely do something. The Davey hotpot is a mini stove with a slightly bigger firebox and has a quoted output at 2kw.
I reckon 1.5kw from this little unit is probably manageable but it would probably glow a bit if pushed too hard.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2018 11:37:32 GMT
I would be worried about it cracking and falling apart, whilst alight!
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2018 11:42:05 GMT
I would be worried about it cracking and falling apart, whilst alight! I'll obviously inspect it closely and do some test runs outdoors but if you look at the pictures it does appear that the main body is a single casting and has quite generous wall thicknesses. Even the ash pan is a cast iron item ! I know a lot of small stoves are made in several parts and this one might be but I'm not so sure about that. Obviously the legs at seperate. Its going to be intriguing. I've not seen such a small properly made stove before. I've owned and used a Davey hotpot but that is slightly larger . Its apparently made by Fonderie Sougland (French) who made other larger solid fuel stoves and other things. The external rust looks rough but I prefer that to internal damage caused by over firing - this stove looks like its been sitting in a shed gathering spiders and a bit of rust. I reckon cleaned up with rotary wire brush it'll come up lovely with stove paint.
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Post by JohnV on May 8, 2018 12:48:00 GMT
Several years back I was in a brocante in rural France and I came across a superb antique Godin stove that might have been even smaller than yours. About 18 inches high and 10 or 11 inches square. It was a delightful little thing in the traditional highly decorated green enamel finish that you see on so many of the antique ones.
Unfortunately there was no room left in the car and not enough left in euros, so I had to pass it by ....... (I had originally thought of it for the forward cabin in Sabina)
Although prices have gone up (and the exchange rate gone down) I would think rural France would still be the place to hunt for interesting solid fuel stoves.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2018 13:04:35 GMT
About 5 years back I bought an old railway stove for £15 at an auction, only slightly bigger but weighed about 25kg, 4 inch flue outlet that a friend managed to get a flue for at no cost. Made a great patio heater, sold at auction for £25 a few months back.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2018 13:04:43 GMT
I'm intrigued by the two holes in the front. The top one a small round hole I reckon is simply a peep hole so you can see the fire, the opening below it looks like it might have had a hinged plate an used for combustion air. I might have to make something for that or maybe its just so you can stick a poker in to clear the grate. I know its not an overnight type of stove and would probably require very regular attendance but I think it could be quite effective in a small boat.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2018 13:08:23 GMT
About 5 years back I bought an old railway stove for £15 at an auction, only slightly bigger but weighed about 25kg, 4 inch flue outlet that a friend managed to get a flue for at no cost. Made a great patio heater, sold at auction for £25 a few months back. They are nice little items if you mean the guards van stove. They turn up on eBay occasionally but a bit of speculative pricing going on (one currently asking £200!!) and some of them have badly rusted flue elbows which is awkward because the elbow itself is part of the stove. Would be better to have a horizontal outlet and put a retrofit replaceable elbow on it like a 316 exhaust mandrel bend for example.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2018 13:17:49 GMT
About 5 years back I bought an old railway stove for £15 at an auction, only slightly bigger but weighed about 25kg, 4 inch flue outlet that a friend managed to get a flue for at no cost. Made a great patio heater, sold at auction for £25 a few months back. ... but a bit of speculative pricing going on (one currently asking £200!!) and some of them have badly rusted flue elbows which is awkward because the elbow itself is part of the stove. Would be better to have a horizontal outlet ... Now that is speculative pricing! Mine had the flue elbow but that also meant somewhere on top of the stove to cook/keep things warm - also I think they were in some used in P-way huts.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2018 13:25:21 GMT
... but a bit of speculative pricing going on (one currently asking £200!!) and some of them have badly rusted flue elbows which is awkward because the elbow itself is part of the stove. Would be better to have a horizontal outlet ... Now that is speculative pricing! Mine had the flue elbow but that also meant somewhere on top of the stove to cook/keep things warm - also I think they were in some used in P-way huts. I've been looking at the concrete huts when on trains recently and wondering what type of stove they had. I expect they will have succumbed to the vandals. I did get a peek in one near Putney as train was going slowly and it looked like it might have been an open hearth in there.
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