Re: Faux firebox (now firebox Facts!)

[Geoff Spenceley]

Thanks Keith (as always!). O.S 3/4" Britannia also has side doors to remove the ashes. (I haven't made the dampers for the Maisie yet! - -but your drawing is still on the desk top)

Geoff

Royce,
If you go back through my original posting, you will see that the door
on the side is the cinder clean out. The dampers are the doors on the
front and back of the ash pan. The only time the side door is opened, is
to remove the accumulated ash, and any small clinkers that made it
through the grates. Large clinkers can also be removed there, but only
by dumping the "drop grate" and pushing the large clinker off of the
rocking grates, onto the hinger drop grate. The side door is not used
for firing control.
Keith
----- Original Message -----
From: "Royce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" <sslivesteam@colegroup.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 10:27 PM
Subject: Re: Faux firebox (now firebox Facts!)

 Keith Taylor wrote:
 >
 > The "doors" you mention are located at the front and rear of the ash
 > pan, and are called "dampers" and they control where the air enters

the

 > fire, and how much.

Hi Keith. You know, I just re-visited Vance's photo and it appears

that

 there is a hinged thingy on the side of the firebox as opposed to the
 front or back.  Am I mis-reading the photo ?

 royce