I’m having trouble getting the braded insulation “rope” to stay stuck to the channel on the doors of my woodstove. I replaced it last year, thought I did a good job cleaning out the channel. Used whatever adhesive they sold me for the purpose. Part of it came loose just a few weeks later, the rest came loose this season. Can anyone give me a step-by-step that might illuminate where I’m going wrong?
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FG,
I once had this problem and I made up a solution myself that worked, but probably there's someone out there who's gonna murder me...
I stuck it in there with just a bit of the gasket compound that they sell for engine blocks. Stuff doesn't mind heat and it's really sticky. Anyway, it worked for me.
DR
Wow, yeah, that oughta do it! Step-son is a mechanic, and although he's married now and a home-owner, he still has a car-stuff area next to the shop. I'll poke around in there and see if I can find some. Thanks!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>)
You could be using the wrong size gasket rope. The correct size has to be stretched out in order to fit the channel. When it's new, the door will take quite a bit of pressure to close. I usually replace mine every 4-5 years. Too much or too tough a cement makes future replacement much more work. A wire wheel in a drill after a little scraping does the job.
Beat it to fit / Paint it to match
Jamie -
The old Fisher stove I bought for the shop came gasketless so I talked to one of the heating people here in Woolley that does lots of stove installs. They sold me some gasket material that was kinda flat, not rope-like, and some silicon stuff to fasten it in with. Been in there for close to a year now with no sign of coming out. If you're still having problems lemme know and I'll see if I have any of it left or if not I'll ask them what it was next time I'm "in town".
By the way - stopped in at Tom's shop last evening and picked up my bow. A real thing of beauty. Bubinga(sp) on the compression side laminated to bamboo on the tension side with the built-up handle portion from a chunck of pear that he picked up when he and Chris came up to get a load of the black locust I had available. 42# at 29" draw. Lookout Bambi here I come!
"Lookout Bambi here I come!" Too funny! Wow, Dennis, that's great I'm so glad you finally got to see it! let alone actually take it home, LOL.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>)
Hi Jamie -I gather you hadn't seen the bow after Tom finished it?? The bamboo has the nodes expressed on the back side - totally a cool thing. Now to get some 'hardware' for it. Unfortunately I sold all my arrows and shooting garb in a garage sale when we moved so now have to start over.
Hey Jamie,
Hey Dennis,My cyber ears were burning, so pardon my butting in. Just in case anyone missed it, here's the original post that showed pictures of Dennis's bow
http://forums.taunton.com/fw-knots/messages?msg=27102.1I'm just finishing up a bamboo backed Ipe bow that I built with my goddaughter. I'll have some pics of it soon.Tom
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