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[slimjim]

Wissel, you never will have those skills unless you try it, with a little help from my friends 10 years ago we built a beautiful home and toy box (32 by 40 shop) with our own hands at a fraction of the cost to have a pro do it, I AIN"T NO CARPENTER!!!!

[skorpyd]

Thanks for the compliments,

Yes it feels real good to have built it myself and have it actually work.

Also many thanks have to go out to the fine people of this forum.   Lots of helpful information here and many of the pro's and regulars here were kind enough to answer PM's and even help some over the phone.

[wissel12]

Slim its the welding that would stop me. I love to build  buildings. My wife's family builds everything.  We rebuild my wife's uncles bank barn when it caught fire.

[slimjim]

The only way to learn is try, I bet you have a buddy with a welder, let him show you some basics and give it a try.

[wissel12]

We have a welder at work.  One guy I work with was a welder before.  We made a rake for raking coals.  I did a couple passes.  It was fun. But making something water tight takes some skill.

[slimjim]

Yes it does but one of my favorite sayings is, (Oh well, what could go wrong)

[Rstory]

Please explain about no grates and ash door. I have a stove in my shop with out them. And taking out ashes with a fire is a pain

[Roscoe]

Very Nice. What was the total investment on the stove minus hooking it up ?