A friend is Oz spotted this
http://www.focusfireplaces.com.au/pr...cus/index.html

but it's a bit dear!
Very pretty though and pivots 360° so it can be swivelled around to
face different parts of the room.

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On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:17:16 +0000, mogga
hurriedly dipped his quill in the best Quink that money could buy:

A friend is Oz spotted this
http://www.focusfireplaces.com.au/pr...cus/index.html

but it's a bit dear!
Very pretty though and pivots 360° so it can be swivelled around to
face different parts of the room.

Looks rediculous in a minimalistic room like that.

Not very user friendly if the outside gets hot, .. and the ash is
bound to drift out when opening the door for emptying, cleaning and
loading, which will be a real headache.
A convex door will allow smoke to come out when opened.

Mike 2

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:17:16 +0000, mogga
wrote:
A friend is Oz spotted this
http://www.focusfireplaces.com.au/pr...cus/index.html

but it's a bit dear!
Very pretty though and pivots 360° so it can be swivelled around to
face different parts of the room.


Not so pretty when it comes to cleaning it out, however.

Mike2
wibbled on Tuesday 23 February 2010 11:48

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:17:16 +0000, mogga
hurriedly dipped his quill in the best Quink that money could buy:

A friend is Oz spotted this
http://www.focusfireplaces.com.au/pr...cus/index.html

but it's a bit dear!
Very pretty though and pivots 360° so it can be swivelled around to
face different parts of the room.

Looks rediculous in a minimalistic room like that.

Not very user friendly if the outside gets hot, .. and the ash is
bound to drift out when opening the door for emptying, cleaning and
loading, which will be a real headache.
A convex door will allow smoke to come out when opened.

And the shag pile rug underneath it.

No, I don't think you're meant to *use* that thing. Maybe light it for odd
dinner parties with a couple of fake smokeless "logs". You certainly won't
be putting a ton of coal through that for any genuine heating.



--
Tim Watts

Managers, politicians and environmentalists: Nature's carbon buffer.

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:17:16 +0000, mogga wrote:
Very pretty though and pivots 360° so it can be swivelled around to
face different parts of the room.

Hmm, wonder how that joint's constructed so that it doesn't let smoke out
or quickly jam up with debris or seize up with repeated heating/cooling
cycles?

(I'm sure it *can* be done, but I'm struggling to think of any kind of
burner I've seen where joints aren't rusted / corroded / worn-out /
clogged with dirt and debris - which of course is fine when they're not
supposed to rotate and remain air-tight!)

cheers

Jules

Tim Watts wrote:
Mike2
wibbled on Tuesday 23 February 2010 11:48

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:17:16 +0000, mogga
hurriedly dipped his quill in the best Quink that money could buy:

A friend is Oz spotted this
http://www.focusfireplaces.com.au/pr...cus/index.html

but it's a bit dear!
Very pretty though and pivots 360° so it can be swivelled around to
face different parts of the room.
Looks rediculous in a minimalistic room like that.

Not very user friendly if the outside gets hot, .. and the ash is
bound to drift out when opening the door for emptying, cleaning and
loading, which will be a real headache.
A convex door will allow smoke to come out when opened.

And the shag pile rug underneath it.

No, I don't think you're meant to *use* that thing. Maybe light it for odd
dinner parties with a couple of fake smokeless "logs". You certainly won't
be putting a ton of coal through that for any genuine heating.



Didn't they install one of these in one of the Grand Designs houses?
IIRC it was the white sugar-cube in Bristol.

Andrew

On Feb 23, 1:54*pm, Jules
wrote:
On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:17:16 +0000, mogga wrote:
Very pretty though and pivots 360° so it can be swivelled around to
face different parts of the room.

Hmm, wonder how that joint's constructed so that it doesn't let smoke out
or quickly jam up with debris or seize up with repeated heating/cooling
cycles?

(I'm sure it *can* be done, but I'm struggling to think of any kind of
burner I've seen where joints aren't rusted / corroded / worn-out /
clogged with dirt and debris - which of course is fine when they're not
supposed to rotate and remain air-tight!)

cheers

Jules

Interesting to consider how you rotate it too. Is there an insulated
handle on the back? That would spoil the sleek lines, wouldn't it?

Maybe you have to wait for it to cool down, wrap your arms around it
and swing it round bodily - like dancing with Ann Widdecombe. Looks
nice, though. I mean the fire, not Ann Widdecombe.

Jules wrote :
Hmm, wonder how that joint's constructed so that it doesn't let smoke out
or quickly jam up with debris or seize up with repeated heating/cooling
cycles?

If the bottom part overlaps inside the flue (flange), it will not leak
smoke.

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Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:05:30 -0800 (PST), mike
wrote:

Maybe you have to wait for it to cool down, wrap your arms around it
and swing it round bodily - like dancing with Ann Widdecombe. Looks
nice, though. I mean the fire, not Ann Widdecombe.


I'm sorry, that's just too much to take while I'm eating. :-(

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember mike saying
something like:

Maybe you have to wait for it to cool down, wrap your arms around it
and swing it round bodily

Proper fire-tenders of the Ancient Order could do it while dancing on
rice paper, glasshoppa.

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:53:58 -0800, Owain wrote:

On 23 Feb, 17:05, mike wrote:
(I'm sure it *can* be done, but I'm struggling to think of any kind of
burner I've seen where joints aren't rusted / corroded / worn-out /
clogged with dirt and debris - which of course is fine when they're not
supposed to rotate and remain air-tight!)

It strikes me that this would be an ideal project for a navy surplus
submarine periscope?

It's the effect of heat and combustion gases I'd be worried about though
- my gut feeling is that the rotating joint will fail (at the very least,
seize up) long before the rest of the burner has become unservicable. But
then, maybe it's aimed at people with deep pockets who don't care about
longevity.

Maybe you have to wait for it to cool down, wrap your arms around it
and swing it round bodily - like dancing with Ann Widdecombe. Â*Looks
nice, though. Â*I mean the fire, not Ann Widdecombe.

One of my fave TV moments is Ann Widdecombe doing the Cheeky Girls
number at the end of HIGNFY

I haven't seen that. I'd go looking, but I'm all out of mindbleach right
now.

Anyway, maybe she makes a good wood burner - who knows...

J.

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:05:30 -0800 (PST), mike
wrote:

On Feb 23, 1:54*pm, Jules
wrote:
On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:17:16 +0000, mogga wrote:
Very pretty though and pivots 360° so it can be swivelled around to
face different parts of the room.

Hmm, wonder how that joint's constructed so that it doesn't let smoke out
or quickly jam up with debris or seize up with repeated heating/cooling
cycles?

(I'm sure it *can* be done, but I'm struggling to think of any kind of
burner I've seen where joints aren't rusted / corroded / worn-out /
clogged with dirt and debris - which of course is fine when they're not
supposed to rotate and remain air-tight!)

cheers

Jules

Interesting to consider how you rotate it too. Is there an insulated
handle on the back? That would spoil the sleek lines, wouldn't it?


It would. And I think that's mostly the point of it - it looks
stunning. Being practical is an afterthought for lots of modern
design.
I shudder when I see huge open plan rooms on TV design programs.

Maybe you have to wait for it to cool down, wrap your arms around it
and swing it round bodily - like dancing with Ann Widdecombe. Looks
nice, though. I mean the fire, not Ann Widdecombe.




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