On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 01:35:48 GMT, "Laurie Forbes"
wrote:


"Jon Grimm" wrote in message
news:JC%mf.1325$tR6.1229@trndny09...
My dad used to produce woodstoves. he original model used 1/4" plate, and
the later one used 5/16".

I did see a lot of warping on the 1/4" plate ones when pushed a bit.


Hmm - maybe I should go thicker than 3/16. Would the 5/16 be more
appropriate - I don't seem to recall store bought stoves being that heavy?

Laurie Forbes

Based on the worthless opinion of a guy who grew up in wood stove
heated homes in the far north..Id go with the 5/16 at minimum. 3/8th
would be better, just from the thermal mass point of view, but also
for the repeated heating and cooling and rusting cycles over the next
however many years.

Shrug...

Gunner

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner