OT-Wood Stove

David - Alabama · Feb 10, 2011

Anybody use a box wood stove for your shop? About to buy smallest one I can find for approx. 3oo sf shop. Are their any made in USA? What about US Stove Co. in South Pittsburg Tenn.? Thanks guys!

Michael Williams · Feb 10, 2011

Hey David,

TSC sells US Stove Company wood stoves. My buddy is the manager at one of the local TSCs. He says they sell A LOT of these units with little or no complaints from the customer.

PJH · Feb 10, 2011

David - I'm not sure what you are calling a "box wood stove".

The "box wood stoves" that I'm familiar with are about 18" wide, 30" long, and about 24" high. Some of them had a swing-away top along with a swinging front door. Most of them had removable insets in the top. No grates. Four legs and a little shelf under the front door. Sometimes the shelf would slide to remove the ashes. Cute as a button.

The one that I had would keep you from freezing to death in an emergency, if you had plenty of wood and stayed real close to it. I spent more time tending the stove than working in the shop.

Unless you're talking about a different type of stove, I'd keep looking for anything better. A barrel stove has them beat by a long shot.

Good luck,
Paul

JayinNY · Feb 10, 2011

US stoves from TSC are china made.

Anonymous-0 · Feb 10, 2011

i had wood barrel stove in my first shopand like has been said you spend more time cutting wood and tending it than anything else in shop. I wood never go back. Radiant heater is way to go in my eyes. i haave yet to see where the wood heat is cheaper

tlak · Feb 10, 2011

If he buys a half way decent stove not a barrel or little one, something that will get 6-8 hrs burn time that will take care of the care part. And I guess it depends on where you live, what you own, and how much money you have to say woods not cheaper.
I have 56 acres and wood is cheap and easy to get around here that it's a waste of time and energy to get it off my own property.
They'll load a trailer load of slabs for 10-15 bucks and now what I've started getting was the mills cull logs for ten dollars a trailer load.

Gun guru · Feb 10, 2011

Lopi makes a small one made in the USA.
www.lopistoves.com

I would make my own before I bought a Made in China one.

36 Coupe · Feb 10, 2011

My wife buys the fuel oil now.540 bucks for 158 gallons today.I can produce a cord of sawed fire wood with 5 bucks worth of gasoline.I enjoy the time I spend cutting firewood in my woods.I have gotten thru the winter with one tank of fuel oil.Your gonna pay with your sweat or your wallet.

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