if you read through the link i sent it says the water jacket is .125 (1/8) and the fire box is .400
i am not sure (as i don't really care) but i think in most stoves i have seen in my area most water jackets are about this thick. what i don't like about some stainless stoves is they usee 1/8 or a little less for the fire box as well and with all the banging that part of the stove takes when throwing in heavy and jagged wood..well i always fear it could get damaged.
Okay, I followed the link and read down through the info but I must have missed it somewhere. I've never heard of a mild steel furnace using a water jacket that thin, I'm fairly sure most of them use the same thickness as the firebox (Woodmaster uses 1/4 inch on both, Natures Comfort uses 3/16 I believe). Almost every furnace that I have ever heard of having a corrosion problem was always in the water jacket. Most of the ones I've seen have been where sediment builds up in the bottom of the tank.
The stainless furnaces I sell are built out of 10 gauge. That is about as thick as I know of for furnaces built out of stainless, some are made as light as 16 gauge. I have sold hundreds of furnaces and have never had any problems with throwing wood in and hitting the back. I've had other people ask about that but so far I have not heard of it causing any problems.
I get the impression you are desperately fishing around trying to find something to say that the furnaces you sell are built better than Shaver. You can't claim a thicker firebox, so you look at water jacket thickness.
OK we will give you the nod. Your water jacket is 1 guage thicker.
You keep throwing around those words "stainless steel"
You do realize don't you, that a couple OWB manufacturers quite making their furnace out of stainless. Central boiler is recognized as the king of OWBs and they quit using SS. Hawken found it to be the weak link in their system too.
We all have replaced the mufflers on our cars. Aren't they are made of SS.
Listen, I can understand you want to sell your furnaces, but will you please go to one of the other OWB manufactured forums and put down their furnace. It is getting old on this forum.
The constant bashing is really becoming a nuisense.
If you don't like Shaver OWB that is your right, but really.....do you constantly need to annoy everyone about it?