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21352 knutewolter Send Email Feb 3, 2010
5:53 pm
Hi all- Does anybody know of a high temperature lube that could be used on the hinges of a woodstove? I use grafite now but it only lasts for a day or two....
21353 charles malone
airbornetrimmer Send Email
Feb 3, 2010
5:57 pm
Hopefully no one will try to sell you a used saw with the piston/cylinder scored from overheating or bad/ discount 2 cycle mix. I am in the tree care...
21354 Dale Reed
dalereed35 Send Email
Feb 3, 2010
6:23 pm
... A year ago the rope pulley on my old Stihl broke. But the local dealer had a repair wait list of weeks and my neighbor wanted the Douglas Fir logs out of...
21355 hallgang@...
hallgang Send Email
Feb 3, 2010
6:55 pm
I know this is getting pretty far afield from the topic of this board, but I was curious about your location due to your interesting description of how the...
21356 Dale Reed
dalereed35 Send Email
Feb 3, 2010
7:32 pm
... Some of the wood that was given to me was cut just as you described. Apparently Seattle City Light has instructed its power line clearance companies to...
21357 Bob Reite
bobdreite Send Email
Feb 3, 2010
7:54 pm
Also use good quality two stroke oil intended for air cooled engines in your fuel mix. I ruined a saw by trying to use outboard motor oil that I had lying...
21358 Alan
rustaholic777 Send Email
Feb 4, 2010
1:37 am
I am going to have my nephew build one for me to use next Winter. He has made a lot of them but not with secondary air. I will show him how to build a cleaner...
21359 Alan
rustaholic777 Send Email
Feb 4, 2010
1:46 am
I have a walk out basement and I plan to build a woodshed that will be close to the door. Then I will build like an enclosed porch there so I can go through...
21360 yahoogroups@...
ggoetz111 Send Email
Feb 4, 2010
2:33 am
gggGary It would be difficult and expensive to run a SS chimney from my basement. Won't that furnace need just as tall of a chimney, or won't you mind smoke in...
21361 Bob Reite
bobdreite Send Email
Feb 4, 2010
4:43 am
The chimney has to be about 2 feet taller than the tallest part of the roof....
21362 Alan
rustaholic777 Send Email
Feb 4, 2010
11:18 am
2 or 3 feet taller than any part of the roof within 10 feet of it.   Alan in Michigan ... From: Bob Reite <br@...> Subject: Re: [woodheat] Outdoor...
21363 Larry Lapanowski
larrylapanowski Send Email
Feb 4, 2010
12:06 pm
In my case it would allow me to locate the stove at a spot on my house that is 1 story instead of 2 stories. Plus the chimney wouldn't necessarily have to be...
21364 yahoogroups@...
ggoetz111 Send Email
Feb 4, 2010
12:30 pm
A short stack near your house or even a tall one can be a fairly serious issue. That smoke don't know squat about code, Just sayin' you know? I wouldn't put a...
21365 caleb towles
calebtowles Send Email
Feb 4, 2010
1:37 pm
Hello, I hope that I can help a little on your decision. I am on my second year of using a wood furnace. I built a shed 10 feet away from the house that the...
21366 Larry Lapanowski
larrylapanowski Send Email
Feb 4, 2010
2:04 pm
Thank you Caleb for that information. Larry ... _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s...
21367 wood@...
negrel01 Send Email
Feb 4, 2010
2:08 pm
In the past couple of weeks we've had a few really bad suggestions on wood heaters on this list. Radical designs and ideas promoted by a single web site...
21368 tom beels
woodmantommo Send Email
Feb 4, 2010
2:15 pm
Thanks for all the useful tips fellas, I appreciate it. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
21369 Larry Lapanowski
larrylapanowski Send Email
Feb 4, 2010
2:46 pm
I've been part of this list for many years and read most of the threads, I consider alot of you experts in the field, that is why I asked the question. I...
21370 greerfamily7 Send Email Feb 4, 2010
5:06 pm
Tim - (and the group) A couple more questions for you. Do you suppose you would have a different experience if the CFM of the fan was substantially lower?...
21371 charles malone
airbornetrimmer Send Email
Feb 4, 2010
7:55 pm
Call your dealer,unless somthing has changed, you should never run premium in a 2 cycle engine. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
21372 yahoogroups@...
ggoetz111 Send Email
Feb 4, 2010
7:58 pm
Stihl dealers are adamant about no ethanol in the gas but that's pretty hard to find here in corn country. gggGary from Wisconsin Call your dealer,unless...
21373 shfarmgirl Send Email Feb 4, 2010
9:45 pm
... The graphite lube you use now is probably the best solution, most are good up to 1000 degrees F. http://woodstovewarehouse.com/...
21374 yahoogroups@...
ggoetz111 Send Email
Feb 4, 2010
9:56 pm
Try removing all lube and working the door back and forth dry with downward pressure on the hinges. The idea is to try to grind off the high and or rusty...
21375 laynes69_99 Send Email Feb 5, 2010
12:29 am
We heat with a caddy furnace in our old 2400 sq ft victorian. It does well until around the single digits, then the furnace will run a couple of times. This...
21376 Steve Spence
sspence65 Send Email
Feb 5, 2010
1:32 am
I wonder why that would be? Steve Spence Renewable energy and self sufficiency http://www.green-trust.org http://makingthewebwork.blogspot.com/...
21377 denny Hancock
smarteee2009 Send Email
Feb 5, 2010
1:52 am
I have a Wadena. This is my first year using it-so far so good. Cal was right about the creosote mess. It drips it. But it's outside. Wadena is a good stove....
21378 Bob Reite
bobdreite Send Email
Feb 5, 2010
5:23 am
The manual for my Stihl calls for mid grade gasoline....
21379 Bob Reite
bobdreite Send Email
Feb 5, 2010
5:29 am
I looked at the web site for it, and it did not give much detail of the interior construction. While it's not a still box with water around it, which burns...
21380 ROBERT BELFER
chimneyman1 Send Email
Feb 5, 2010
6:16 am
Edward, I am a chimney sweep. I have never had a customer with a Magic Heat that was not an unholy mess. That said, as a wood heat fanatic who likes to play...
21381 Dale Reed
dalereed35 Send Email
Feb 5, 2010
6:44 am
... My older and newer Stihl chainsaws and the older Stihl weedwacker requires *minimum* octane ratings from 87 to 90 and if the "local mid-grade gasoline in...
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