Vintage stagecoach or sleigh foot warmer
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Vintage stagecoach or sleigh foot warmer
Seen a picture of a Vintage stagecoach or sleigh foot warmer so made one, trying hot rocks in it now but am going to make a tray that burns coal tomorrow.
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Re: Vintage stagecoach or sleigh foot warmer
I can't say cool because it ain't supposed to be I have seen similar warmers in antique sales, could you use charcoal in it Lenn ?
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Thanks John, yep charcoal would work great out doors.
I just made one because it`s unique.
I just made one because it`s unique.
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Re: Vintage stagecoach or sleigh foot warmer
NEAT !!
I bet those saw use in the outhouse too!!
I bet those saw use in the outhouse too!!
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Re: Vintage stagecoach or sleigh foot warmer
With charcoal it would warm the outhouse also if ya have time to let it warm up.
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Re: Vintage stagecoach or sleigh foot warmer
That's a neat warmer Lenn. I'm probably one of the few still alive who remember trotting down the path to the outhouse. It was miserable when it was really cold or sleeting and snowing. Wasn't real fun in the hot humid summers either but at that time it was all there was. Have you ever seen an Arvin gasoline heater? I remember Dad had one in his Model A. I'm not sure, was that a catalytic heater? I remember, after installing plumbing in the house, I used the outhouse for a smoke house. Moved it to a different location and built a fire in a steel bucket with bullet holes in it and hung my hams and bacons from the rafters. It worked.
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Re: Vintage stagecoach or sleigh foot warmer
Thanks Ron, when i was a kid i`d stay at Grandma`s place once and a while they had a out house and that`s it other than a bucket with a lid, forget what they called themM. M. Wright wrote: ↑Thu Oct 01, 2020 5:24 pm That's a neat warmer Lenn. I'm probably one of the few still alive who remember trotting down the path to the outhouse. It was miserable when it was really cold or sleeting and snowing. Wasn't real fun in the hot humid summers either but at that time it was all there was. Have you ever seen an Arvin gasoline heater? I remember Dad had one in his Model A. I'm not sure, was that a catalytic heater? I remember, after installing plumbing in the house, I used the outhouse for a smoke house. Moved it to a different location and built a fire in a steel bucket with bullet holes in it and hung my hams and bacons from the rafters. It worked.
Never seen a Arvin heater, one year our drain field froze up so i strung a cord to the out house and put in a heat lamp flipped the switch before heading out there.
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Re: Vintage stagecoach or sleigh foot warmer
Neat device.
One year it got really cold before the Sorghum (milo) harvest. A friend of Dad's was a farmer. He borrowed Dad's Coleman catalytic heater because his combine didn't have any heat.
This is what it looked like.
One year it got really cold before the Sorghum (milo) harvest. A friend of Dad's was a farmer. He borrowed Dad's Coleman catalytic heater because his combine didn't have any heat.
This is what it looked like.
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Re: Vintage stagecoach or sleigh foot warmer
Lenn, how would this stand up to hot coals? I like the hot rocks idea.
Re: Vintage stagecoach or sleigh foot warmer
Thanks piller and Bill, i think this model used a small pan of coals the only place the tin box touches the wood is around the edge of the bottom.
I put a few briquets in a can outside yesterday and worked fine.
I read that they would put it on the floor and a woman would put her long skirt over the thing or blankets wrapped around her legs and be nice and toasty.
I put a few briquets in a can outside yesterday and worked fine.
I read that they would put it on the floor and a woman would put her long skirt over the thing or blankets wrapped around her legs and be nice and toasty.
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Pretty good idea when you think about what they had for transportation at the time.
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Re: Vintage stagecoach or sleigh foot warmer
Found a picture of another model so made one, the top cloth layeds on the can witch is filled with hot water.
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Re: Vintage stagecoach or sleigh foot warmer
I like that Lenn, "I saw a picture and made one" I wish I had your talent......
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Thanks John appreciated.
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