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May 13, 2021

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Rather than giving the reason why David got this award, I think that fellow members can state it best.To read their comments, just open the link on their name:

Ron Pihl Dan Givens Chris Springer Norbert Senf Chris Prior - President

Cookstoves with adjustable grates for continuous winter hot-water heating (Germany, 1950's)

Classic book on the buoyancy of combustion gases that led to the double bell
masonry heater design by I.S. Podgorodnikov

Pisla 602 Door Install Details

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Heatkit with oven, heated bench, hot water, and wood waiter -- New Hampshire

with Lars Helbro. Wildacres 2012.

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MHA Presentation at 2019 EPA Workshop at HPBA Expo

Heat From Wood Without Noxious Emissions

by Ian Cave MSc, PhD.
Sustainable Energy Forum, New Zealand, May 2016

Heater details from Eric Moshier

Schlieren photography showing air currents, including convection from body heat.
Note that masks with exhaust valves can project exhalations up to 30 feet.

Compound cut jig for dome oven construction by Chris Springer

New: Virtual Wildacres Worshop from the Austrian Tile Stove Association

"The idea for this stove came in 1999, and a team from The Austrian Tile Stove Association helped to make this stove close to perfection." ... Austrian stove master Richard Jussel.
Richard and Thomas Schiffert visited Wildacres in 2007.This is the online premiere of the 3 hour video showing the complete build in a barn in Austria, prior to a workshop
presentation in Niger, Africa.
The language is German, but the visual presentation is complete.

The page for this workshop is linked on the newly updated MHA Projects Page

Wildacres Happy Hour in the time of Corona Virus

Thanks to Jon Santiago for organizing. Check the MHA forum for future sessions.
photo credit: Stefan Polatschek

In Memoriam: Tom Stroud, Past President of MHA

Wildacres, 2008:Tom Stroud, Senior Manager of Codes and Standards at HPBA (Hearth Patio and Barbeque Association), gave us a well received presentation on Codes, Standards and the current regulatory climate. Tom is a former President of MHA, and also chaired the original ASTM Task Group that produced ASTM E-1602.

Tom Stroud, Jerry Frisch, Albie Barden

Check out the Powerpoints from the NESCAUM Residential Wood Smoke Workshop at 2020 HPBA Expo.TLDR: For the salient points relative to masonry heaters, check out this excerpt from John Ackerly's presentation.