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Sluggo

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Containment cage
« on: December 04, 2014, 06:23:37 PM »
Alright fOllow with me on this one guys.  This is geared toward round fireboxes.  I have a Heatmaster 20000 with a huge firebox.  I might store my lawnmower there in the summer!  Anyway,here's my thought...weld a cage just small enough to fit thru your door and as deep as the firebox.  This would be installed with an empty stove.  The side grate would be maybe 6"x6" mesh.  My reasoning for this cage is I think I could save a ton of wood.  I can fit almost a truckload in if I want but so much falls off to the side that I feel it's wasting a bunch of wood.  Any ideas?  Am I crazy? 
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Re: Containment cage
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2014, 07:21:10 PM »
I had the same feeling with my 6048.
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Re: Containment cage
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2014, 03:50:17 AM »
I think you would be better served to use fire brick!
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Re: Containment cage
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2014, 06:04:40 AM »
I was thinking the same thing but then I start cutting off the shaker grate.
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Re: Containment cage
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2014, 07:13:25 AM »
Can one retrofit fire brick into a stove? How would it get attached?
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