Ponderosa wood stove

[letsemwalk]

Anyone on here have one? Hoping to refurbish this one for my shop. Anyone have any tips on rust removal and painting. Thinking of heating it up and using a wire brush on grinder to remove the rust. Then while warm, put primer on it to bake it in and then a black gloss to finish it. All the vents on the door work. I've tried to do research on it but the only ones I find have huntsman on the door instead of ponderosa.

 

[Possum]

Sand blast it

 

[Kawaliga]

Looks like if that top part had a door it could be used as an oven.

 

[Hooty Hoot]

Clean it up then black manifold paint

 

[JustUs4All]

How "new" do you want it to look. I would be more concerned with function in a shop stove. Wire brush it and paint it with stove paint or manifold paint. Ospho is a product that is painted over rust (iron oxide) and converts it to iron phosphate, a black substance. This will stop further rusting and can be painted over but will leave a rougher surface.

 

[IFLY4U]

I have one without the top box and it works great! I heat a 30x30 garage and it will run you out of it if you don't keep the vents adjusted down for the draft. Mine has fire brick on the floor and a third the way up the sides. It was used when I got it so I coated the brick with a layer of refractory and put a new door seal in it and it has been trouble free since. I got the refractory from amazon and the door seal from a local hardware store.
Gary

 

[weholt]

I have one of these in my shop. How do you use the vents to control the flame?

 

[JustUs4All]

Looks like if that top part had a door it could be used as an oven.

The top box is likely a secondary combustion chamber for more heat and less smoke.

I have one of these in my shop. How do you use the vents to control the flame?

Just like a smoker, limiting the available air/oxygen will dampen down the fire.

 

[NCHillbilly]

I have one of these in my shop. How do you use the vents to control the flame?

Open them when you're starting the fire. When you get a bed of coals built up and the stove loaded down, shut them down to hold the fire at a moderate level so it will last. There's usually a damper on the stovepipe that works with the stove vents, too.

 

[weholt]

Will the fire need air to keep going when I close all the vents?

 

[NCHillbilly]

Will the fire need air to keep going when I close all the vents?

It varies from stove to stove, but most of them, you're not going to put it out by closing the vents as long as you have a good, banked fire in there.

 

[weholt]

Thanks. I will try that

 

[JustUs4All]

We had one that would shut the flame down completely. Coals would last through the night so lighting up the next morning was just a matter of opening up the dampers and adding fuel.

 

[weholt]

When you talk about dampers, does that mean one of the vents on the front? I don't see anything else to open or close. The isn't anything on the stove pipe.

 

[JustUs4All]

Yes they generally screw in and out to adjust the amount of air they let in. Some stoves might have a damper in the flue pipe as well. It will be a disk inside the pipe that is adjusted by turning a handle on the outside of the pipe.

 

[weholt]

If I want more air, would opening the bottom 2 and closing the top one bring more air up thr the fire

 

[JustUs4All]

Yes. Set it that way to start a fire. Open the top one to adjust for a more complete burn and less smoke after the fire is going.

 

[JustUs4All]

To dampen down the fire, like for overnight, close the bottom two and crack the top open a little. You will have to play with just how much adjustment is needed on your stove and it will change some with the quality of the wood used.

 

[weholt]

If I want more air, would opening the bottom 2 and closing the top one bring more air up thr the fire

Thanks. I appreciate the education. Hope you ha e a nice holiday

 

[hopper]

Back when I had a Refinishing and sandblasting booth people brought us those things alot. We would sandblast and refinish the outside with Stovebright flat black. https://www.woodstoves-fireplaces.com/stove-fireplace-chimney-paint/