Look What I Got Today - Or, Mother of All Stoves Part II

[appnut]

David, congratulations on the progress. I'm thrilled to hear business with pets and critters was going beond expectations. I wish my partner could come from Alabama to you to take care of the pets. It's been stressful with pets and lock downs and "cool" reception due to keeping distances. Ugh!!! And we had to put down one of the kids and he couldn't be with him. Tore us both apart knowing he couldn't be there with Boomer.

 

[58limited]

Hi Bob. Sorry to hear about Boomer. I lost one a couple of months ago myself.

 

[appnut]

David, thank you. That means so much!!!

 

[58limited]

Got a call this morning, my machine shop finished bead blasting the parts I dropped off yesterday. So I went and dropped off the broiler burner and the two oven burners that I removed this morning to be blasted and picked up the finished parts. I painted them with high temperature Factory Gray (cast iron color) automotive exhaust paint from Eastwood - rated to 1200 degrees.

Pilot lights, flash tube assemblies, and griddle burner.

 

[appnut]

David, I'm starting to get a little bit excited about the light at the end of the tunnel.

 

[sudsmaster]

That's quite a cooker.

I grew up in San Francisco and a lot of the rental flats we lived in had old classic Wedgewood gas ranges. None that big, but some were almost equally impressive. And usually they all needed work, so usually I was recruited to fix the pilot lights and figure out how to get the various burners to work. I love those old gas ranges.

Today I have a big 1,000+ sq ft workshop at home, with a glass bead blaster cabinet. Sadly, this place has two kitchens (main, and on the enclosed patio), but neither will fit a full range. It's all for built-in stuff. I suppose I could squeeze a big free-standing gas range into the workshop, though. Just for the heck of it. It's a thought.

 

[58limited]

Broiler and two oven burners

 

[appnut]

David!!!!!

 

[jamiel]

That broiler element looks wild. Clearly the pins (?) are to improve the infrared propagation--are they stainless? soft iron? copper? Are they cast in or just drilled and fitted?

 

[58limited]

I was thinking they were meant to amplify the radiant/ infrared heat. The pins are stainless and are drilled and fitted. I taped them off when I painted the burner. Roper called this the Glo-Broiler.

 

[58limited]

Rebuilt thermostats arrived this week. Waiting for the chrome to be finished. The stove is stripped down so all I need to do is move it out of the garage, do some cleaning, and move it into the house and start the assembly process. Oh, and figure out the best way to repair/replace the damaged rear legs.

This stove has two Robert Shaw model BJ thermostats. I sent an extra to be rebuilt for my Wizard stove.

 

[58limited]

Just a quick update. The chrome came back from Salt Lake Chrome and I am amazed! The stamped sheet metal parts that had heavy surface rust look brand now with no craters. I'll post pics later, pretty busy right now and I haven't done much with the stove lately.

 

[appnut]

I'll patiently wait David, but very excited to see the results.

 

[combo52]

BJ Gas Oven Thromotats

Hi David, great progress can't wait to see pictures of it all assembled.

 

Question, where did you get the thermostats rebuilt , I have not needed any for a while but Ido have a customer with a 1950 Roper that is having problems with one of her ovens on a 40" dual oven model and I have not been able to get it to keep a stable temperature.

 

John L.

 

[58limited]

John, I sent them to Repco in Ft. Worth, Texas: https://www.erepco.com/

Call for pricing. They mainly serve businesses, not the public.

 

[lorainfurniture]

You know they still make them?

The bj series is still popular on commercial equipment. If the stem part doesn’t quite match you can just swap the rear bellow / cap tube assembly and it’s as good as new.

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