Bought my biggest piece today. Eriez gas stove.

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Jody M

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Up until today, I've always been able to resist buying bigger pieces that I come across when I'm out "hunting". I just don't have the space or desire to display them, and they are to difficult to ship if I decide to sale them. For some reason, this piece just called out to me at an auction today, lol. I've never seen one like it, and the price was dirt cheap, so it came home with me. Trying to decide if I want to take it apart and etank the cast iron parts. Maybe clean the tin parts and paint them with high-temp paint. I think this could be a beautiful piece, if I want to put the effort into it.
http://imgur.com/a/TG9X0
http://imgur.com/vCmzFNI
http://imgur.com/pdKmdch
 
That could be pretty slick restored. I thought "Eriez" was a typo until I looked at the photo. LOL.
 
Wow Bonnie, that thing is beautiful. Not sure I would want to take it that far, plus I'm not sure if mine has a little too much rust to look that nice.
 
I painted houses for many years and learned that paint can cover a multitude of sins. It's yours now and it sure can't hurt to try. Most of the hard work is in the prep (just like cleaning iron). Spraying and sanding your primer coats would eventually lead to a smooth surface.
 
I understand that. If this was my project it might take me a long time to finish it. It would take a lot of time and it's not something I would be in a hurry to finish. The cool thing about paint is that if you screw it up, it can always go swimming in the lye. :D
 
It would seem that in order to work properly it would have to be somewhat sealed. Is there sign of lead and oakum.? Oakum is a dark or lighter color rope like stuff that would be below a lead seal at a joint. Or a connection so to say.
 
There appears to be a flue connection at the back top. I don't think to be a radiator of heat necessarily requires a liquid.
 
Jody that is really neat, I'm looking forward to seeing all done and polished up. That will definitely make a conversation piece.
 
I've torn down most of the stove, and etanked most of the cast iron parts. The old paint that is still visible, gave me a pretty good idea of the original colors. Most of the cast parts were silver or maybe even chromed, and the rest of it was black. I was able to confirm this by looking at a 2 burner model that sold on eBay. I then made a trip to the local Auto Parts store, looked over their selection of high temperature engine enamel, and picked 2 colors that I thought would look close to the original. Here is a picture of some of the cast iron parts after painting.
http://imgur.com/804utXy
 
Great work!

I'm working on a no name portable two burner gas stove. I hope it comes out half as nice as yours.

Jack
 
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