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WHNJ701

Black cat stove polish

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Pullstart

It shouldn’t take much, looks perfect!

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The Tuul Crib

Excellent! :banana-dance:

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8ntruck

Izenglass windows in that door?

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2 minutes ago, 8ntruck said:

Izenglass windows in that door?

Mica. 

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8ntruck

:text-yeahthat:

 

Well, I've learned two things this evening:

 

1 - the correct spelling is eisenglass, not izenglass.

 

2 - eisenglass was made from fish swim bladders.  I always thought it was very thin mica.

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formariz

Absolutely beautiful. Beautifully designed and incredibly detailed castings. That is not just a stove, its a work of art.

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WHNJ701

I will get some pics, I pulled an old 1800s stove out of clean up.  It was made in reading pa.  The old man restored it.  It's a non use piece/decoration lots of cool casting parts

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11 minutes ago, formariz said:

work of art

Words right out of Trina's mouth as well. 

 

Her words "it's pretty spectacular"

 

I'm really looking forward to seeing what she does with it. 

 

It will add a LOT of character to the upstairs great room. 

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7 hours ago, jabelman said:

I will get some pics, I pulled an old 1800s stove out of clean up.  It was made in reading pa.  The old man restored it.  It's a non use piece/decoration lots of cool casting parts

Looking forward to that. 

 

 

7 hours ago, 8ntruck said:

:text-yeahthat:

 

Well, I've learned two things this evening:

 

1 - the correct spelling is eisenglass, not izenglass.

 

2 - eisenglass was made from fish swim bladders.  I always thought it was very thin mica.

 

The town I grew up in, Athol Massachusetts, had a mica mine. I've never seen it but I guess to this day it has little pieces one can pick out. 

 

I suppose they were all around back in the day. 

 

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SylvanLakeWH

Beautiful! :handgestures-thumbupright:

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peter lena

a cold wet fall day , sitting in the parlor , feet up , watching it change to light snow , we can all add our own experiences , amazing  piece of work , pete

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oliver2-44

@ebinmaine So I'm guessing she pulled rank on your project!  What was it named Col... It's been so long I can't remember it.

Then again as if I have any room to talk with my Suburban project.

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1 minute ago, oliver2-44 said:

@ebinmaine So I'm guessing she pulled rank on your project!  What was it named Col... It's been so long I can't remember it.

Then again as if I have any room to talk with my Suburban project.

Pulled rank he says. Pulled rank??

Let's all take a moment and remember what BBT stands for, shall we?

 

That there is a woman person that you do not question. 

 

HAHAHAHA!

 

I do vaguely remember this project that you're bringing up.....

 

 

Well in all honesty she's at home enjoying a much-needed project day so I think it's safe to assume that that stove is going to look very different by the time I get there later. 

 

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ebinmaine

I got this response from the previous owner of the stove yesterday and thought I would share it with you folks...

 

 

Eric and Trina ,thank you for the link to the Toro forum website ( which I have had bookmarked for a couple of years now I think ) . I will be following your progress with great interest. Here is a picture of your parlor stove in it's previous location at the camp one Christmas a number of years ago. If you would like to post it on your forum feel free to do so. I am very glad to see that Trina will breath new life in into such a wonderful " work of art " .

   Thanks again,

        Bob

 

 

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Pullstart

Bob, if you are following this, know that Trina (who’s been dubbed BBT) is a master at this stuff, among so many other skills!  EB, he’s a great guy!  :D

 

All kidding aside, they are great folks and you can rest assured they’ll take great care of your camp stove!

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ebinmaine

@pullstart

 

I took a print screen of your above response and sent it to BBT.

She said that was very flattering and very much appreciated.

Thanks mister 

 

🤠

 

 

 

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WHX??

Any of those pics taken with a new to her camera??? :)

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3 minutes ago, WHX24 said:

Any of those pics taken with a new to her camera??? :)

Not those Jim but she has been messing with the white one and is VERY impressed with the zoom capabilities. 

 

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ebinmaine

Couple progress pics in the stove.

 

The first one is after wirebrushing. Second is following a wash in acetone. Trina says she'll wash it again then season it. 

 

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ebinmaine

Got replacement pieces for the metal grating in the door. 

 

2 X 3 foot piece of perforated steel from Lowe's. 

 

Cut and trimmed...

 

 

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Handy Don

Not sure what it is, but the glow of a fire in the stove makes me feel even warmer!  Our Jotül #3 is (vintage 1986, only a hundred years newer, haha!) also has a window. Great to see your restoration.

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ebinmaine
Just now, Handy Don said:

Not sure what it is, but the glow of a fire in the stove makes me feel even warmer!  Our Jotül #3 is (vintage 1986, only a hundred years newer, haha!) also has a window. Great to see your restoration.

Here's the stove we're taking out. 

It'll be set aside for future use. 

 

 

 

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ebinmaine

Trina started in with the polish this evening. 

 

Here's what she's using and the high tech applicator. 

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Here's a great shot of the top door being done in great contrast to the area next to it. 

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