Thanks for the “How to” Eric.
Well Yesterday, I glued on some roofing on the front side of my little section house. It looks great! Thanks Dave for your work in producing this stuff!
the lighting in this photo isn’t real good and it looks better in person. The JAX stuff did a good job for $15.95 out of my $20 budget it had better! In fact I was very pleasantly surprised!
Before roofing the back side, I thought it best to install the wood stove so the section crew can warm their hands and feet after a night shoveling out the line…oh and maybe brew a little Java too!
I used my band saw to carve out the base and ash box and my lathe to turn the firebox and top. I glued them together with carpenters glue.
Oh, and i made the roof removable so I could work inside.
a spray of my metallic black and a spritz of flat black stove paint and I think it looks pretty good if you look in the window.
it looks like the old whistle post is swinging in this photo(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-foot-in-mouth.gif)
Dude seriously… That stove is just killer and I would never have thought to do it that way. I need one or two or ten and now I know how to do it. Make one then I can cast them in white metal or resin. Thanks for that tip.
How does a wood stove burn coal?
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Mike from Canada called it a Newfie wood stove! Burns well… Once! Doesn’t even need any coal!
That stove and photo looks so good.
There are still several days to build, I think your guys deserve a couple of stools and a card table that they can play checkers on in their down time resting in front of that fine stove.
A great and unusual project Eric. It looks great.
I think Todd makes a valid point. Needs a card table. (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)
Great looking building!. I love the way the stove came out… Very Nice !!!
Eric Schade said:
Mike from Canada called it a Newfie wood stove! Burns well… Once! Doesn’t even need any coal!
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As usual Eric, you have done another fine job. That looks like quite a sturdy little section house. The guys ought to be very happy to have the added shelter. Sure wish I was done with days to spare! How does moose like it?
You have a way with the ‘little touches’ that bring your work to life. Very impressive.
John
OK—I guess I am “Done”. I plan to go the WW&F for winter work weekend tomorrow so this will have to do(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-embarassed.gif)
I finished up the roofing ( I do have a bit leftover that I haven’t worked out what to do with yet.)
The smoke jack has to go through something to keep the rain out ( at least mostly ) I decided to try something new. I drilled a hole most of the way through a bit of wood scrap. sawed a cut so that I could insert a bit of the smooth aluminum so it blocked the hole. squeezed the wood so it pinched the aluminum. Then I pressed a rounded shape into the hole forming a round bowl in the aluminum. I sawed off the top half of my wood to remove the aluminum bowl. around the bowl was smooth-ish flat aluminum. I drilled a hole through the bowl so the stove pipe would fit through. I drilled the hole off to one side of the bowl so that when it was laid flat on the roof the hole would be up and the stove pipe vertical.
The roofing was then trimmed to fit around the smoke jack. Kinda fiddly but interesting to do and I think it looks reasonable. Part of the fun of the challenge is trying new stuff. The stove pipe slid over a peice of dowel glued into the roofing. I drilled the hole to line up with the stove pipe inside the building as best I could.
The last part of the building is the door. Gotta have a door to keep the moose out! Can’t keep the Skeeders out.
So I made the door from pine planks…no nails just glue. just cause my pin nails were too long. I guess I could emboss them if I was motivated. I stained the wood with my alcohol and ink wash then brushed on a poor coat of paint…more at the top than the bottom as the rain and sun would tend to wreck the paint at the bottom first. I used the raw end of my lumber at the bottom…sawn with a chain saw or something…to look like it was a little rotten. I added a wood handle. I haven’t added a lock hasp… probably should or the moose will just open the door…
It will be easy for the moose to nose the door open because it rolls smoothly on a track. I wanted to see if i could make a proper sliding door…7/8th scale is fun that way! A couple of pulleys made on the lathe, some brass hangers, an escutcheon pin axle and little nail rivets. the track is a strip of brass with some copper hangers. the bottom of the door has a roller mounted on the floor to keep it from swinging inward if the wind blows;
I guess that make it “done” but i wanted to fill it too! You can see the card table above and a three legged stool I blame Ray for the inspiration for filling the inside with stuff:
Oh we need some Java if we want any work done by these guys
some tools on the wall - tie tongs and a couple lining bars
Snow shovels and chain
A Time table, Broom and ladder
I probably should make a Velocipede or something to put on the “rails”
Very nice Eric!(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
Jaw dropping work there Eric. Just love the details
The details are convincing…if you ever want to make a few extra of those stoves, I’d buy three or four from you. Seriously.
Although weathering is strictly a matter of personal preference, I think you’re still the leader in the clubhouse for the Best Tin Weathering Award (whether there is an award for that or not, I don’t know!).
Eric
Very nice job! Fine looking building, I like the green and shingle look very much, hmmm bring it to Annapolis, we could see how it looks on the SC&M Railroad…(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Jerry
Excellent. The sliding door is awesome, and the rest of the interior details - just Wow!
Man Eric, you nailed it! Amazing details. That was a great model, but it just came alive. Thanks for continually raising the bar for me.