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    Catalytic vs. Secondary Burners

    Good stove & good house insulation, good construction & orientation (some passive solar in spring if the sun is out)! Hot air rises too, all through the house but the down side of this vertical house is that I need scaffolding to reach areas for painting or renos & that part of my house...
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    Catalytic vs. Secondary Burners

    British Columbia (B.C.) covers a HUGE land area, from the ocean to the Rocky Mtns, from the USA border to the edge of Alaska & the Yukon. My guess is that maybe 5% of the province could be described as temperate, such as sea level areas along the coast or close to the USA border. I live near the...
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    Catalytic vs. Secondary Burners

    Fiddling? I've been using a Blaze King stove with a cat as my only heat source here in the Canadian north, for 7 mths or more each year, for the last 6 years, & I haven't EVER fiddled, touched or cleaned the cat & it looks & burns like it always has. I burn as per the manual & EASILY get 12+ hr...
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    Wood Ash and the wife, I am so in the dog house.....

    I've wondered if this type of thing might work. Price is a bit high especially with shipping. Ash Scoop Shovel Fireplace Wood Stove No Vacuum Bucket on eBay.ca (item 300487995462 end time 29-Jan-11 19:56:16 EST) Here is a less expensive one. The handle makes me wonder? ASH SHOVEL ALL...
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    Woodstove Recommendations?

    Blaze King - Princess or King Model, model / size depends on size of house & how cold your winter is. Things I like: long burn times, EXCELLENT heat control / thermostat, very clean burning which means less wood can be used as it gets the max heat possible out of wood & smoke, uses far less...
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    Let ALICE carry it!!

    GREAT pack! A thing of beauty. Would you mind sharing what you used for the grey / black backing material that you attached to the Alice frame, as I can't quite figure it out? It doesn't look like painted plywood? Hope this thread isn't too old.
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    A suggestion for carrying saw tools and accessories!

    Thanks for sharing the idea, and I mean no offence, but am I the only person that got a headache trying to look at those pictures? Either they are so incredibly out of focus or my eyes are. I don't think a single image was even close to being in focus. But it gives us an idea of what you were...
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    Stopping overfired stove

    The Fire Triangle A fire requires three basic components – fuel, air and heat. To control the fire, at least one of them must be removed. I have a spray bottle with water in it on hand, so as to spray the logs / fire and to create lots of steam which lowers the temperature everywhere it...
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    Putting out a chimney fire with road flares

    Basically there are many ways to put out a chimney fire, but ALL involve disrupting at least ONE element of the Fire Triangle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_triangle . IF you don't remove at least one of the triangle sides that a fire requires with whatever tool or method that you use...
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    Blaze King Classic Woodstoves

    There in lies the rub of burn times, even for the Blaze King. If the house can't hold the heat, then to keep it warm you'll have to burn it hotter. Burn it hotter and the wood burns faster. My burn times are for my house, as described, in my old timer neighbours extremely drafty house, the...
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    Blaze King Classic Woodstoves

    Rich, other than the price, I'd be surprised if you were disappointed with the Blaze King. At least by waiting to the end of the winter, you'll hopefully have time to compare brands and models and are in a region where you can do that. Now that the cold spell has left much of B.C. and it's...
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    Wood savings of new EPA stoves?

    You might glean some info from the Blaze King Classic thread of this week, maybe on page 2 now? I live in Canada, central B.C., but up against the Rockies and we get a long winter here. I went from an older and very large RSF stove that came with my 2,000 sq. ft. house and after one winter of...
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    Blaze King Classic Woodstoves

    I find the BK names somewhat confusing & I actually don't like them, but my point being is that the Classic not only seems to fit several sizes overall, as well as a particular style. So if there is a "Classic" for sale for $2300, this you also need to determine what size it is? Is it the...
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    Blaze King Classic Woodstoves

    From my dealer in Prince George, B.C. when I bought mine I had to order it 6 mths in advance. They are either high in demand and or don't make them in high enough volumes to meet the demand. I'm not an expert but it looks well crafted with nice welds and heavy gauge steel. One other thing...
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    Blaze King Classic Woodstoves

    I've seen the Princess Model and King for sale used periodically, such as on Craig's List, but sadly not when I was looking. Hopefully the price will come down with the price of steel. I also think that if you buy in the spring, you might be able to deal better than now when everyone needs one...
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    Blaze King Classic Woodstoves

    I've had a Blaze King "King" model in the basement heating my 2,000 sq. ft. home with 1.5 levels above it. We just went through a cold spell of steady -4 F / -20C for highs to -35 F / -37 C for highs and lows for nearly 3 weeks and despite all my large windows, the stove heated the place very...
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    Elbow & forearm pain?

    IME Peacock's advice is THE Best!!!! My physio prescribed pretty much the same as his sister, and after 2+ years of suffering and getting worse, mine also went away in a couple of months with physio advice & some therapy. Ice, stretching, self massage (which hurts but helps), 2 different tendon...
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    White Pine For Stove?

    My experience is similar to Treeco's and others that burn pine. I love it and when it gets REALLY cold, then I switch to birch for those few cold days/weeks as the birch lasts a bit longer while hotter. No creosote from DRY pine more than any other wood I've burned. Pine for me burns a long...
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    Stove thermometer

    I have a Blaze King stove with a catalytic converter, which has it's own tempermature meter for the converter. I also have a magnetic thermometer on the single wall chimney at the height as recommended by the instructions. The magnetic thermometer is ALWAYS reading below their minimum...
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    Tenon Cutters?

    Do any of you have any thoughts or preferences on tenon cutters for making rustic twig / log furniture? I've no experience with these but would like to try it out but am not sure which set to get first and or if both are needed long term, as different tools for different jobs? Choices I've...
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