Hello, here I show my Sievert melting furnace 589 th I can not make any statements about the performance of the burner. The furnace has been well used to melt metal or bitumen. A beautiful full part I think. Best regards Roland
An impressive Furnace stove. There is no other example of this model in our Stove Reference Gallery and also there is nothing about it in the documents we have published. A catalogue from 1959 shows the 590 furnace, so your stove/furnace is most likely a little before then. The size of the heating containers that come with your stove would suggest it was used to melt lead, probably for a plumber, though they were also used to melt tin.
Hi, an impressive furnace and equipment with very good photography. I agree with Trevor's view that these furnaces and pots were most likely used for lead and solder melting rather than tar and bituminous compounds. Heaters for the latter tend to be larger and more crude in design. Several years ago we had an interesting CCS member and friend, Merlin, who was/is a blacksmith. He often did work for National Trust and English Heritage on the preservation and maintenance of historical buildings and churches, and described some of the techniques and equipment used. I vaguely remember seeing old wrought-iron railings which had been fitted in stonework using lead. Merlin described to us how a portable lead-melting furnace, like the one described above, was man-handled into position in churches and stately homes, or up into towers and roof areas precisely for such duties. One the repaired, or replacment metal railings, or screens were positioned in dry, prepared holes in the stonework, molten lead was then poured in and allowed to cool,and solidify. The metal work was thus fixed in position for another century or two. Best Regards, Kerophile.
Hi Roland That's one classy utility burner! The flame ring looks like it will withstand many uses in melting lead/metals Ren