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Vintage Gas Stove
- Thread starter M Garner
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MGarner ...
Not sure these qualify... a couple wood burners that required resuscitation.
A Martin from Alabama, and, a smaller Geneva from New York. Both are functional
outdoor stoves (i.e. would not trust indoors). Great foundry work.
p.s. re-working these is not for the faint of heart (labor intensive).... but, after completion
very satisfying.
.
Charles
https://imgur.com/a/HwuqM
Not sure these qualify... a couple wood burners that required resuscitation.
A Martin from Alabama, and, a smaller Geneva from New York. Both are functional
outdoor stoves (i.e. would not trust indoors). Great foundry work.
p.s. re-working these is not for the faint of heart (labor intensive).... but, after completion
very satisfying.
.Charles
https://imgur.com/a/HwuqM
I've been at a couple of auctions recently that had beautiful old wood stoves... and they sold for next to nothing because no one wanted to mess with them. One was a big six burner, blue enamel doors and side and back with chrome accents... everything was there and it appeared to be in pretty good shape, some rust and chipping on a few spots of the enamel... it sold for $80.
The other one I saw was more of a cabin/parlor wood stove... smaller, lower to the ground than a normal cook stove, but still with stove eyes on top similar to this one but in 'un-restored' condition... also appeared to be all there, very ornate casting... chrome or nickel parts on the sides... I didn't even stay to see what it sold for but they were doing it almost last at a long auction (I was probably there for about 5 hours)... but the people that were left weren't spending a lot of money on anything.
I was tempted to bid on both of them but the thoughts of 'what would I do with it?' and 'how would I move it?' and 'where would I store it?' all stopped me... that and the realization that my wife would have killed me if I had managed to drag it home... regardless of the price.
The other one I saw was more of a cabin/parlor wood stove... smaller, lower to the ground than a normal cook stove, but still with stove eyes on top similar to this one but in 'un-restored' condition... also appeared to be all there, very ornate casting... chrome or nickel parts on the sides... I didn't even stay to see what it sold for but they were doing it almost last at a long auction (I was probably there for about 5 hours)... but the people that were left weren't spending a lot of money on anything.
I was tempted to bid on both of them but the thoughts of 'what would I do with it?' and 'how would I move it?' and 'where would I store it?' all stopped me... that and the realization that my wife would have killed me if I had managed to drag it home... regardless of the price.
