New (to me) Fisher woodstove. pic

[Luremaker]

Highbeam, the manual that I have covers these five fisher stoves. Baby Bear, Mama Bear, Papa Bear, Grandma Bear and GrandPa Bear. No mention of the big bear. Manual says install minimum 36 inches from combustible back wall or side wall and 31" combustible wall when installed in a corner. I do not have a scanner at home but can get it scanned at the office and post it here tomorrow if you like.

 

[HomeBrew2]

Yep, that's what I remember when I was looking at a Fisher 20+ yeras ago. It's mostly like an "unlisted" stove as far as the UBC is concerned ... 36" clearance to combustable surfaces no matter what the stove is even if you built it yourself (slightly different clearance in corner geometry).
Great stove and rather efficient if one knows how to use the air registers.

 

[techman]

That's the Mama Bear model. I had one in the late 70's and was a great stove. Burned it for almost 5+ years before switching to coal. I sold the stove and got nearly my purchase price.

The fire bricks as I recall are standard size, lthough a few end ones might need cutting. The finish can easily be restored with some stove black.

We heated the whole house with it. 8-10 hour burns were common when we stuffed the firebox as full as we could. One thing that really helped was having a barometric damper on the flue pipe. It minimized overfiring on windy nights. I would strongly recommend one.

paul

 

[Highbeam]

Highbeam, the manual that I have covers these five fisher stoves. Baby Bear, Mama Bear, Papa Bear, Grandma Bear and GrandPa Bear. No mention of the big bear. Manual says install minimum 36 inches from combustible back wall or side wall and 31" combustible wall when installed in a corner. I do not have a scanner at home but can get it scanned at the office and post it here tomorrow if you like.

Thanks LM, that's the info I was looking for. The install will be against concrete block so it is not a combustible wall. I'll pass on the info you listed and also the general warm and fuzzies about the efficiency potential of this non-listed stove. I didn't realize there was a whole family of bears in the stove line. With the attention to the casting detail of the Fisher I knew it was a big step up from a burn barrel, glad to hear it is a decent air tight appliance.

Thanks for the offer but the scan won't be needed.

 

[heehaw]

i used a fisher fireplace insert first, then had a couple fisher double door stoves..then go a ashley wood stove...wow what a difference...much easier to control the temp in the house and use much less wood: the reason for the change was kids started walking, and fear of them touching the fisher..many times i have opened the door in the living area because there was way to much heat with the fisher...they really will heat a large space.
heehaw

 

[JimR]

I have that same Fisher Mama Bear woodstove in our old 1750's farm house I'm restoring. It is a great stove and puts out lots of heat. I run it with the damper wide open and the knobs set at 1 1/2 turns open. The stove pipe runs at a temp of 300-400 degrees which is perfect for eliminating creosote buildup. I also burn one hot fire each morning to burn off any creosote that may have formed from the fires starting up everytime I load it. I used this stove last year with no creosote problems in the chimney. My stove is piped up through the chimney damper using a plate I made that replaces the damper door. I just fired it up again last weekend for the seaon. It will run from now through March without going out if I can help it. The firebrick is standard in it except for a few cut in half pieces. I use high temp paint on it. It does smell when you first fire it up too.