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Antique Wood Cook Stoves
By WXYZCIENCE, Section Heat Posted on Sun Jul 29th, 2007 at 05:58:42 AM MST
Beach Emblem Model

This is the project. I scored this beautiful, antique wood burning cook stove. I don't know much about it's exact age. Built by Beach Foundry in Ottawa Canada. Here is a picture of the stove.

The oven has to be rebuilt, the shaker grate and fire box also needs work. It has a cast iron water jacket in the fire box and a copper water tank on the right hand side. I will post more pictures as the work progress into the fall.
Joseph.

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Re: Antique Wood Cook Stoves (3.00 / 0) (#1)
by willib (willibur at comcast dot net) on Sun Jul 29th, 2007 at 02:05:17 AM MST
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that looks real nice Joseph
Carpe Ventum (seize the wind)

Re: Antique Wood Cook Stoves (3.00 / 0) (#2)
by rossw on Sun Jul 29th, 2007 at 03:07:12 AM MST
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You're lucky you don't live in my neck of the woods.

We've seen a number of old (some antique, but few as nice looking as yours) wood burning heaters and stoves, but not one would pass the new regulations for installation or operation of such devices here.

Sure, they could be rebuilt such that they should burn sufficiently cleanly to make the grade, but it's $10,000 PER TEST to have it approved. If it fails and you have to go back and try again, it's another $10K. And again... until either you get it to pass, or you run out of money.

Nowdays they're all pretty ugly "modern" things without any of ye-olde-world charm or character.

Re: Antique Wood Cook Stoves (3.00 / 0) (#4)
by WXYZCIENCE on Sun Jul 29th, 2007 at 11:20:47 AM MST
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rossw,

but not one would pass the new regulations for installation or operation of such devices here.
Where do you live that such fools can take away your freedom to pump plumes of nauseous black smoke into the sky.

The type of wood (if it is seasoned correctly), the way you ignite it, makes all the difference. I would contest the figures of most EPA approvals.

My question; At what point would the price of heating fuel (gas, oil) produce more environmental damage than burning wood?
Joseph

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Re: Antique Wood Cook Stoves (3.00 / 0) (#5)
by johnlm on Sun Jul 29th, 2007 at 02:34:47 PM MST
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That does sound like pretty stiff regulations. I suppose in some areas they are going to start fining people for farting. Or charge you some kind of carbon tax. Methane contains carbon doesn't it? Somebody is going to make alot of money off the carbon taxes.

nice stove by the way. Does remind one of simpler times.

johnlm

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Re: Antique Wood Cook Stoves (3.00 / 0) (#6)
by rossw on Sun Jul 29th, 2007 at 03:53:57 PM MST
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I live in a small city (large town) in regional Australia.

Yes, the rules get pretty daft, but you know what bureacrats are like - they make lots of red tape and rules and regulations to justify their position. Then, they get to employ lots of their fresh-out-of-university-but-got-no-damn-clue buddies to enforce the half-baked ideas they come up with.

If you're really sure of your facts, and prepared to do the hard work, you may be up for a challenge and win. Example was building my new home - it's non-combustable construction - all concrete, cinderblock and steel - and between 1 and 5 metres underground - yet the pen-pushers decided I had to move it 10 metres further in from the fence because we are in a designated "fire-prone area".

It took 6 months, and ultimately a personal appeal to the state fire commissioner, but they finally backed down and let us build where we wanted it originally - conceeding that (a) concrete and steel construction wasn't going to burn, and (b) burried under the ground at least a metre was enough to overcome any perceived problems with the place burning down! (Not to mention: in a wildfire, being 10 metres further away from the fence would simply mean an extra 5 seconds before the place burned down!)

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Re: Antique Wood Cook Stoves (3.00 / 0) (#8)
by Tritium on Mon Jul 30th, 2007 at 10:01:12 AM MST
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Reading here ALWAYS makes me feel very lucky.
My Location,

No building permits.
No inspectors or inspections.
No Zoning.
Pretty much the way my Great Grandfather lived
if I want to do it I do it.

Thurmomd

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Re: Antique Wood Cook Stoves (3.00 / 0) (#3)
by Norm (peppysue@suite224.net) on Sun Jul 29th, 2007 at 06:46:09 AM MST
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Yeah those were the days no gas bills, no water
bills, no sewerage bills, no jobs, no worries,
but lotta laughs and friends.
( :>) Norm
( :>) Norm

Re: Antique Wood Cook Stoves (3.00 / 0) (#7)
by SteveCH on Mon Jul 30th, 2007 at 09:23:35 AM MST
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Good luck, nice stove. I did this--rebuilt an old range I got for about $25 [it was BAD]--about 25 yr. ago. Took me forever, but I did it. Mine needed a couple parts replaced. Luckily not the copper water bin or door hinges. I finally went to a machine shop and managed to interest a welder to take a look, made me the parts. They weren't original-looking [not cast iron but steel], but by that time I was getting desperate. It works fine. This was in the days before Google, etc., so perhaps it'll be easier for you.

Re: Antique Wood Cook Stoves (3.00 / 0) (#9)
by ghurd on Fri Aug 10th, 2007 at 11:03:26 AM MST
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Hi Joseph,

Lehman's has a stunning inventory of parts for old stoves.
I don't think they are cataloged, but a phone call should get the right person to tell you what they have.

Good quality + Low volume = Not Cheap.
G-

Re: Antique Wood Cook Stoves (3.00 / 0) (#10)
by TimV on Sun Oct 14th, 2007 at 05:44:56 AM MST
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Nice stove.
There is a company in Pennsylvania that casts the cast iron parts for most any old kitchen stove.
I found it by doing searches on more sites than just google. They have drawings of most any piece you want.
Friend ordered a new waterjacket for his Kalamazoo it was less than $100 which isnt bad for a new part from scratch.
If I run across the number I will post and will ask friend for the number.

Re: Antique Wood Cook Stoves (3.00 / 0) (#11)
by keithO on Tue Feb 12th, 2008 at 05:44:12 PM MST
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Cook stoves are EPA exempt. That is why the Vogelzang POS stoves all have the removeable plates "for cooking" and why they too are epa exempt. When it comes to building inspector approval, there are guidelines for instaling unlisted appliances which basically impose minimum required clearances. A lot of this stuff is in fact common sense (not that people didn't have it back in the days before insurance, its just sometimes a miracle what one got away with...)

Most of the current "brand new" cookstoves still use "old technology", but there are a few exceptions like the ESSE (see picture). Anyone who is going to split and stack wood should be interested in doing anything that will reduce fuel consumption and the likelihood of a chimney fire, which is why a modern combustion system is preferable.

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Re: Antique Wood Cook Stoves (3.00 / 0) (#12)
by WXYZCIENCE on Sat Feb 16th, 2008 at 09:52:30 PM MST
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keithO, Cook your bread, make coffee and heat the cabin at the same time. Thanks for the input.
Joseph

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question (3.00 / 0) (#13)
by shauna on Wed Nov 19th, 2008 at 11:05:00 AM MST
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do you happen to have the serial number for this stove?? or any kind of number on it?
thanks shauna

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