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[bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

That is another large, good looking stove.,  You'll have to check that rust 
on the front, but it's probably just surface oxidation.  Good 
luck................

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--- On Sun, 12/21/08, Robert Walton <waltonrp AT gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Robert Walton <waltonrp AT gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] wood stoves
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Sunday, December 21, 2008, 4:19 PM
> Well,
> 
> My cook stove search continues.  I went to look at the Home
> Comfort
> stove. It's a nice size stove. It had a hole in the
> bottom metal sheet
> in the oven. It also had a small hole in the flue that
> comes up
> through the warmer. I think those could be real problems.
> 
> The owners had bought it at an auction a few years ago.
> They never
> used it. It's sitting in a walk-in cellar next to a pot
> belly stove
> they use. I can't imagine two years and not cranking
> that sucker up.
> Maybe they did and it smoked a lot through the hole in the
> oven and
> flue?
> 
> Anyway, the owners did not want to come down in price, so I
> decided to
> focus on this stove:
> 
> http://lancaster.craigslist.org/hsh/951445630.html
> 
> It's a Howes Queen "F", the owner has it in
> her home, uses it daily
> and cooks soups and stew on it all the time. It also has
> that copper
> water reservoir on it, that could be useful. The stove is
> far away,
> but my truck will be within 50 miles of it next weekend.
> 
> Rob - Va
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