Now that I have found all the parts to the stove.....

[mlw67]

Its ready to use! LOL OK, maybe not *quite* ready for use...

 

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[Boobydoo]

Wow, quite the project mlw.
That's really cool.
Not too many of us can say
they found an old wood stove
TH'ing. Now what are you going to do?

Smiles!
BDoo

 

[mlw67]

What am I going to do with it now? Uh....Um....Well I hadn't thought that far. ROFL! I guess its lawn art for awhile, eh?

I have all the pieces to the top and little missing pieces, too, but I couldn't get them to stay for the picture.

 

[Mighty AP]

Bubble gum mlw, lots of bubblegum! Looks good though, quite a project!

 

[Ole Mole]

What am I going to do with it now? Uh....Um....Well I hadn't thought that far. ROFL! I guess its lawn art for awhile, eh?

Well you could put it next to one of these.......

 

[mchamby]

Wow your really starting to heat the place up with that find, sorry couldn't help myself.
If your going for yard art, get a small section of pipe and put several two inch holes around it at 3 different hights and plant some viney flowers in it, I think that would look neat, Your flowers would be the smoke.
HH
Mchamby

 

[mlw67]

LOL! A planter! Of course!

Now where did I put my bubblegum.....?

 

[EDDE]

dude water that lawn............

 

[Mirage]

That is cool. You did a nice job except...did you wash those pieces off before putting it together?

 

[LadyDigger]

Been following your stories on your hunts...CONGRATS.....on the stove!!! What a find!!

So, what time is dinner?

HH........Ann

 

[Gypsy Heart]

I love it . You did a great job. I have that missing top piece you need.Now plant some flowers in it and it will look great!

 

[Blackjack77]

That was a lot of digging ML. I switched from a small trowel to a full handled shovel for one dig and THAT was a lot of work for three 3' pieces of iron. Can't imagine a stove.
My grandfather worked for a gas service company during WWII and they removed alot of cast iron stoves in place of gas. Because of the War effort the old cast stoves were smashed for scrap. Years later He felt kinda bad about all the beautiful antiques he had to dispose of. Different times require different solutions.
congrats & HH

 

[mlw67]

dude water that lawn............

LOL! It hasn't rained here in like a jillion years. And this is supposed to be a rainy place??

Good job putting that thing back together. It is pretty neat looking! Maybe treat that thing with some rust reformer that will turn it back to black again. (After you wire brush the heck out of it.)

Thanks! I've been watching for one of those wire brush thingies at the sales. I've seen a couple of smaller ones with fixed guards, but I'm looking for a big open one.

That is cool. You did a nice job except...did you wash those pieces off before putting it together?

I washed them off with a nozzled hose and a scrub brush, but you couldn't tell unless you had seen them when they first came out of the ground.

Been following your stories on your hunts...CONGRATS.....on the stove!!! What a find!!

So, what time is dinner?

HH........Ann

Thanks Ann! Believe me, you don't want my cooking. I could burn cold cereal.

I love it . You did a great job. I have that missing top piece you need.Now plant some flowers in it and it will look great!

Thanks! I've got the top pieces (and I do mean 'pieces'), but if I put flowers in it I think I will leave it open. And move it somewhere else.

That was a lot of digging ML. I switched from a small trowel to a full handled shovel for one dig and THAT was a lot of work for three 3' pieces of iron. Can't imagine a stove.
My grandfather worked for a gas service company during WWII and they removed alot of cast iron stoves in place of gas. Because of the War effort the old cast stoves were smashed for scrap. Years later He felt kinda bad about all the beautiful antiques he had to dispose of. Different times require different solutions.
congrats & HH

Thank you!

Most of these pieces were 6" to 8" deep, and yeah--it was quite a chore digging them all up. A labor of love, I guess.....and the hope that the pieces were masking old coins....

I'm shuddering at the thought of how many of those old stoves they scrapped in the 40s. This same stove that I found, if it were in like-new refinished condition would sell for about $3,000 on today's market. Of course, if they hadn't scrapped them all that value would probably be a lot less.

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Thanks again everyone for the great comments!