I have mislaid one of the legs to my Svea 106. After many hours of searching through the house while cursing under my breath, I have run out of places to look. I have tried to take comfort in the reflection that I'm not the first person this has happened to, and won't be the last. That has not really helped. What next? It's unlikely that I'll want to use the stove this winter, and in any case I can always use another stove. I have the basic metalworking skills to make a new leg, but to do a neat job of it I'd first need to make a bending jig (as been described here by others). Since I plan not to make a habit of losing stove legs, that strikes me as a solution that's more complicated than the original problem. The most efficient solution, I suppose, would be to relax and wait for it to turn up on its own, however long a time that might take. But in the meantime, the knowledge that the 106 is sitting on the shelf minus a leg is going to bother me like a sore tooth. What have others done in this situation?
Kept looking. Camp box, stove storage area, tool box, parts box, behind or underneath workbench or such. Duane
When such things happen around my house, I just ask my wife to look for it. About 90% of the time, she finds it in a place I've already thoroughly searched!
You can absolutely guarantee that after you go to the effort of making one, you'll find it! Have you checked your cutlery drawer? Alec.
When I was young and asked my mother if she knew the whereabouts of one of my possessions, she invariably replied "wherever you left it." She was almost always right. Your answer is right, too. I have calmed down quite a lot in the time since my initial post. I have already accepted the fact that I will be making a new leg. Once it's completed I will have four legs--the three that I need and a mislaid spare. It will be kind of soothing to know that I have a spare, even if I don't know exactly where it is until until it emerges.
I have passed through the various stages of grief, accepted the need to make a replacement leg, and ordered some 15/64 drill rod and a length of stiff 1/4" steel tubing as an aid to bending it. The details will have to be worked out later--not sure I will bend around a couple of bolts clamped in my heavy and solidly mounted machinist's vice, or make a better bending jig, or whether I'll heat the rod or bend it cold. At least I'm now looking ahead to an interesting project rather that griping about the misplaced leg. I'll report in due time on how the leg fabrication works out. I'll also post an update on where and when the missing leg turns up, if it ever does. My guess is that it will.
