Design Guide to Wood Cookstoves
Published in 1980 by the non-profit organization Volunteers in Technical Assistance, this lengthy guide “promotes stoves and cooking methods that are inexpensive, culturally acceptable, and environmentally sound.” If you’re just starting out in the cookstove world, this is the place to start: It has everything from the basics of how stoves work, how to run them efficiently, select your wood, and more.
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Wood Conserving Cookstoves – A Design Guide
Need a manual for a mid 30’s Superior wood cookstove, flat griddle with 2 burners and oven. Has pale yellow or beige enamel with a 500 degree temp gauge in oven door. Need owners manual and diagram of stove and parts. Thank you so very much for any help or direction you can give me.