Initial burn time for stove

[samc]

Hi everyone,
I just picked up a SO cimmaron and a lite outdoors 18 inch stove. How long should I burn it for initially to get the stove pipe to set up? Should do the initial burn in the tent or outside of it? Also, should I burn the stove initially once without the pipe attached? Thanks everyone for the help.

 

[sneaky]

I would do it all together at once regarding the stove. It's up to you if you want to do it inside the shelter, or set your stove up and tie the pipe up to something to stabilize it. I burned mine for about an hour when I did my initial burn in.

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[wind gypsy]

One full load of wood should be plenty if you get her rippin. Doesn’t matter if it’s in your shelter but definitely use the pipe.

 

[Bearsears]

I just did mine last weekend in the backyard. I'm running the same stove in a Radcliff. I started burning my stove in without the chimney and it was tough to keep a good fire going because it wasnt drawing well. I dont really think its necessary to burn it without the pipe with this new rod design. Just make sure when you install your stove pipe in the stove that the damper ends are sitting on the support rods so the weight of the stove pipe isn't on the stove body. I ended up having to do two burns. One with the baffle in and one without. With the baffle in it kept all of the heat in the stove (which is what it's supposed to do) so the stove pipe never got hot enough to start blueing. So I let the fire die, took the baffle out, reassembled everything and lite another fire. To get the stove pipe blued probably took about 1.5 to 2 hours and I just fed as much wood as possible to get as hot of fire as i could with the damper and vent totally open. Oh and as you can see i did my burn inside the tent. Hope that helps and wasnt too confusing.

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[Dos Perros]

You don't have to burn it long, you'll see it get visually discoloured fairly quickly. That's when you know you're good. Pro-tip: wipe it down before you burn it in to get any finger prints off it, perhaps with IPA.

 

[Trial153]

Do it in the shelter first for a dry run on the whole set up. It will give you an idea about location and use . A couple of stove loads will set the burn in fine. Get it good and hot and you will be set.

 

[samc]

Thanks everyone!

 

[Kevin Dill]

My stove has a few years on it, but this past weekend I burned it to set a new pipe. Living in the country, I just drove a steel fence post in the gravel area and set the stove next to it. Some wire was used to hold the pipe to the post. I purposely burned it as hot as I could get it.

The next evening I flipped the pipe end-for-end and burned it again. I've found the hotter a pipe is heated the more rigid it becomes and better at holding its shape.

On burning in a new stove. I've never done it in a shelter because the heat would suffocate me...unless I did it in chilly weather. August isn't chilly in Ohio. I favor burning a brand new stove slowly and as evenly as possible initially. I usually burn my new stoves 2 or 3 times before breaking them down for a trip. I try to NOT get the stove severely hot as it can cause metal to warp. After several uses (maybe 5 or so) I'll be more willing to let the stove rip on a cold night. But first I want to see the stove obtain that grayish-blue hue all over which is common to heat-treated titanium.

 

[Steve O]

That is a comforting photo. I can feel my cold hands and face warming after a long day looking for moose. Won’t be long now.

 

[ed2brute]

I got an LO stove with a baffle this weekend and did the same thing: burn in with the baffle didn’t blue the pipe as much as I’m used to. I didn’t have the courage to take the pipe apart and see if it was sufficient to set the shape. So, I did a 2nd burn without the baffle!

If only you’d posted this LAST week! LOL

 

[samc]

So I burned my stove last week for about 4 hours and I might have gotten a little carried away. There was a little bit of denting in the side of the stove. Won't affect the performance at all but if I did it over again I wouldn't burn it quite as hot right away!

 

[sneaky]

They're gonna dent anyway, might as well get it over with

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[ed2brute]

Loaded it up and let it burn itself out. Burned it in outside the tent/tipi and just supported the pipe with wire from above. Here she is towards the end of the first burn...


Overloaded it apparently since I had to leave the door open for most of the burn or it would choke out the flame. Oops. That big door is awesome.

 

[gumbl3]

Definitely burn with the pipe.. Helps with the memory.. Easy to form it on the driveway, no so much when your in dirt and rocks

 

[Clarence]

Must have been the weekend of the burnins

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