Jon Elson wrote:
Tim Wescott wrote:



I've been following your threads on this, and in the latest one about
trying to weld burnt steel, I was wondering if it wouldn't be
quicker and more effective to cobble together a cupola furnace or
some such and cast them new.
If the rest of that stove was in great condition, then this would make
sense. We have some guys here who have graduated from aluminum
casting up to iron and built several cupolas. I don't know a whole
lot about that, but i do seem to remember that they had several
adventures with it before they got it to work well. I think they do
about one pouring session a year with it, and accumulate seveal
patterns to pour when they do it.

Jon

Oh , and the rest of the stove is pretty clapped out too , has steel plates
where firebrick is supposed to be , shows signs of serious overheating
around the flue thimble . My bet is it has seen more than one flue fire .

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Snag