Nice , and needed slow day. Spent most of it wrestling with my welder which insisted on kinking my wire feed. Pretty frustrating but I was able to finish welding up the new baffle for the wood-stove.. Good thing because we’re expecting cold weather this week, I showed some before pics yesterday,, but here’s the project.. pretty simple. 

here are some before shots.    Fire is rough on metal. this a 1/4″ mild stell angle iron.. 

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and here are the old baffles. Each 1/4″ think stell.. thats pretty amazing that the stove gets that hot !

 

the two baffles together. that;s a big hole !  kinda of pretty in a scary way 

 

ere’s the new bracket we cuth

and the new baffles ready to weld. these stiched together things just need to last the week. I’m buying some 1/2″ plate to replace them when I get back 

 

here’s are the baffles and angle iron replaced, wtih the rock wool blancket on top 

 

and here it is happily burning.. 

 

 

the house is cozy again.. 

ok. tiem for bed. more tomorrow. Nite all, nite sam

-me