Woodburners, revisited

[Hummin Cummins]

I have a "Fisher" woodburning stove in my house that a bought used. I have ran it for 4 winters now, since my house was built. I got it for next to nothing and it was like new. I tried searching the net for any info on these stoves, but no luck. I know Fisher is not making them anymore. It is similar to the "kodiak" style. I really like it, and was just curious if anyone else has this stove or knows where I can find more info on them.



Chris

 

[CTait]

My Father heated with a Fisher for three winters but switched to a Woodsman as they are a little more efficient. The design is similar. On the Woodsman the upper chamber is angled toward you if you are standing in front of the stove. On the Fisher it is angled away from you. I replaced my single door Woodsman three winters ago with a Dutch West stove that has a catylitic burner built into the top. It is really neat to start the fire and watch the cat begin working when it heats up. This is scavenged energy that heretofore was wasted up the chimney. The downside is I no longer take trips out into the hills to cut wood. I don't need to as one of the local truss yards would rather deliver their scrap ends than pay a tipping fee at the landfill. We have been working on the same delivery for three years and have not consumed the pile. The stove is really efficient. We built a passive solar home. At night and on cloudy days we use the woodstove as our only source of heat. Even without the solar I believe that this stove could totally heat this house. We also blew thirty inches of fiberglass insulation into the attic when we were building.

 

[Hummin Cummins]

I burned slab wood my first year in the house, because with building I didnt have time to go get wood. I use about 4-5 cord a year. I am going to check into some local pallet companys and see about scraps. "real" wood is getting hard to come by around here, and most sawmills are chipping their slab wood for mulch or paper pulp. I can still get slab wood if my timing is right from some of the amish mills.

 

[Ol'TrailDog]

I've been using a Pacific Energy model. It is somewhat similar to a Fisher and would be worth checking out also.

 

[kentdiesel]

I have a Fisher wood stove in my shop. It is about twenty years old and is the Mama Bear size. They also made a Baby Bear(smaller) and a Papa Bear(larger). I ran a line from a waste oil tank I have outside to the top of the stove and let oil drip on the wood for a really hot fire.



Kent

 

[Paychk]

Chris



I used to work for a company in Eugene, Or call Industrial Construction, that was under contract to build the Fisher wood stove. You are right Fisher is long gone, they were started in Springfield, Or in about 1975 or so. I have tried to find info myself, but no luck. Wish I could be of more help.



Found a little info:



http://www.northweststoves.ca/faq.html (scroll to bottom of page)



I wasn't aware that fisher licensed their product to different manufactures.

 

[Hummin Cummins]

Kent,

Yeah, thats the kind of information I'm looking for. I want to find out which model I have, and maybe a little history behind them.

 

[willyslover]

I have the largest one they made I believe. . it's the Grandpa if memory serves me right

it takes a 24+ in log even though I usuall cut to 18/20" easier to haul/stack and cart into the home

my home is 2600 Sq Ft and this stove will run you out of it if I open'er up all the way

have plenty of hard woods around here still so will continue to use. . when I move to Couer d'Alene Idaho next year [I hope] I'll be looking into several other choices as I getting to old to cut and haul LOL... such as pellet/corn burner and mother nature ground systems