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[sjc <indexer AT fairpoint.net>]

bobf wrote:
> I saw one like the one in the picture, but it didn't seem very narrow, up 
> close
>   
I thought I said that.  Am I going nuts?  Or aren't you reading? 

Anyway, 22" is certainly not wide, for a cookstove, and although a bit 
wider than the firebox on the  all-cast one (Vog....),  being lined with 
firebrick it only  requires at most a 16" clearance, so fits in about 
the same or a bit less width....or did you read that far?
> I saw a completely refurbished beautiful woodstove at the same place, it was 
> that old green, gold, and black, all gold trimmimgs, and was very large.  It 
> was pricey.  I have seen a number of decent looking wood cook stoves out here 
> with widely varied prices.  There isn't much use for them in Phoenix, and 
> they are heavy as hell to transport.  The pricier ones are always the fancy 
> ones -- money for show.
>   
Well, you could always come up here and get one for free and spend twice 
or three times what you're now seeing, just to haul it to Phoenix, then 
haul it to wherever, all the while hoping it doesn't crack and that it's 
fit to cook on (some of those old ones are horrid designs for anything 
like a functional use).  By that time all your 'friends' will have moved 
far away.....
> Lehmans has an Amish 'welded' wood cookstove.  It isn't nearly their most 
> expensive, but it has the biggest oven and the biggest cook stove surface.  
> And, they factor in transport with price.  I have been watching for the 
> perfect used one at the perfect price, to buy and store out here.  But, if I 
> don't find it, I think the one from Lehmans would wrok best for a novice le 
> me.........
>   
I don't know which one you are looking at or even if Lehman's carry it, 
but if it's purely function you want in a new wood stove, you want the 
one made by the Stoll brothers, out of Ontario.  Used to be Mark and 
Elmo, but I know Elmo died 10 years or so ago, now it's Mark and another 
brother.  That one works and is priced reasonably, for such a tool.  
Gorgeous it's not, unless you appreciate a tool that looks like it's 
supposed to do a job with no further ado......

SJ