Page 14 RAIN October 1977 bottom barrel and holes in sides of both top and bottom barrels using 16 ga. cylinders as templates. (Roll barrels around to create small air space next to wherever you're cutting.) Step 3: Gas weld connecting cylinder and legs to bottom barrel, making ass end of barrel one to two inches higher than front end. Step 5: Place front of bottom barrel 4 J, on 1/4" plate and scribe circle. Cut out Q circle and cut at 1/3 diam. thusly: Arc-weld bottom of front onto barrel ---.::,(r---- and then hinges onto bottom front, r • Step 4: Gas weld 3/4" long pieces of 1/8" welding rod to inside of sides and back end of bottom barrel on 3"-4" centers, tedious but necessary as anchor pins for refractory. Weld at slight angle to perpendicular like this. _j_ then onto door. Step 6: The handle: arc-weld 1/4" pin ends to door plate 5/8" round stock slotted 1/4" pin 3/8" round stock bent while hot into corkscrew 1/4" door plate for draft adjustment handle pivots on pin hole in door for handle is slightly oblong to allow up and down 1/8" angle welded to inside barrel to receive notches in handle movement of han::... 0 Door open for air at beginning of fire and closed down to dampen. Step 7: Line inside of bottom barrel with refractory, cutting off chunks with a putty knife and pounding in place with rubber mallet. Stand bottom barrel on back end and do that first, working from outside in toward the center, aiming for 1/2" to 3/4" thickness. Then, leaving the barrel standing on end, apply to sides working up from the back. Applying refractory is a 3-4 hour job. Step 8: Allow to stand in that position undisturbed and air dry for 2 days before standing upright and welding on the top barrel. Cure refractory slowly with small fire at first. Build fire directly on ash residue, emptying out when ash starts spilling out the door. If this stove is kept dry and not allowed to rust, it will give you 20 years of good efficient heating. Since June, second shifts have been hired at most of the major stove works, and a Wood 'n Energy survey indicates an average delay of ninety days for dealer deliveries. This survey reveals a two hundred percent production increase over the last year. And, while manufacturers are reluctant to give sales figures, our on-site inspection of production ranging from Atlanta to Portland leads us to estimate that a half million wood stoves will be produced in the ensuing year, exclusive of fireplaces and furnaces. Translated into dollars, this means that with ancillary sales the American wood stove industry may be nearing a quarter billion dollar market peak. -Wood 'n Energy, July 1977
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