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Projects & Parts => Garage/Tech => Topic started by: Captn. J on December 29, 2011, 03:25:27 PM

Title: woodstove question
Post by: Captn. J on December 29, 2011, 03:25:27 PM
if anyone has seen something like this ? oi m sure this is pretty old  i was given from a friend of mine .  it s a Kalamazoo superpower furnace  i m gonna research a bit but i did a quick one last night came up with nothing...

(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c161/beaver22/woodstove.jpg)
Title: Re: woodstove question
Post by: BigFrank on December 29, 2011, 10:36:42 PM
there made for burning coal or ya can cut your wood into small peices there should be a grate  in there that moves to shake the klinkers/burnt coal to the bottom
Title: Re: woodstove question
Post by: Mudduck on December 29, 2011, 11:45:17 PM
Yeah the grate moves n shake which was really cool
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Post by: burl on December 30, 2011, 12:50:22 AM
thats a sweet old coal stove! grandparents had one in their basement
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Post by: Captn. J on December 30, 2011, 01:06:43 AM
gonna use wood for this one
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Post by: BigFrank on December 30, 2011, 03:06:39 AM
cool ya probbly dont need a barrel now      becarefull ya dont heat it up too fast that old cast iron can crack ifya get it going too fast  ==doh
Title: Re: woodstove question
Post by: MR NASTY on December 30, 2011, 02:25:49 PM
I know a couple people that have them and burn wood in them and it works awesome !! The one guy has one that came out of a old train station and is big as hell
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Post by: four_by_ken on January 03, 2012, 03:28:24 AM
Uncle had one is his barn.  Burned wood.  Worked real good.
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Post by: randycrane79 on January 03, 2012, 03:37:25 AM
they work good if ya pipe it rite and like others said dont heat it up to fast
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Post by: buddman (AKA Mick) on January 04, 2012, 06:53:45 PM
WOW!! Never thought I'de see one of those again!!  Grew up with one in my grabp's garage.  He used it in his old house when he was raising his kids and then in the garage. Says somthing bout how good the old stuff like that holds up. Worked great tho.
Title: Re: woodstove question
Post by: Captn. J on January 04, 2012, 07:32:19 PM
Quote from: buddman on January 04, 2012, 06:53:45 PM
WOW!! Never thought I'de see one of those again!!  Grew up with one in my grabp's garage.  He used it in his old house when he was raising his kids and then in the garage. Says somthing bout how good the old stuff like that holds up. Worked great tho.
yeah best part is i got it FREE  from a friend   and  my neighbor s like wow cuz they re in their 70's or 80"s  they re like thats real old!