Jotul F3 - glass slipping?

[Jazzlesaurus]

Are stoves fair game to chat about here?

I've got a Jotul F3CB I've had installed for the last 2 years and it's been a great stove for our house and family. We went from 2.5 tanks of oil to less than 1/4, while burning ~3 cord.

When I got the stove it was in rough shape, I fully broke it down, replaced all the hardware and gaskets, the broken glass, the melted through grate on the bottom, and it's been cooking away since, with a few minor adjustments.

One thing that happens occasionally is roughly every 1.5 months the glass slips a cm or so and off the fire rope, causing an air leak.
The screws do loosen just a little bit, but I noticed on the hinge side there's a bit of casting that the glass corner can rest on to keep it from slipping. On the handle side, there's a spot that has a bit of extra metal with an indent, it looks like it could be or was maybe intended to be drilled and tapped, then a small block of metal could be bolted in as another edge for the glass to rest on should it slip again.

Has anyone experienced this, or attempted a fix like this? I don't want to crack the door of the stove if I'm putting hardware where it doesn't belong, but it seems like a nice improvement for the stove.

 

[Junk Meister]

Are stoves fair game to chat about here?

I've got a Jotul F3CB I've had installed for the last 2 years and it's been a great stove for our house and family. We went from 2.5 tanks of oil to less than 1/4, while burning ~3 cord.

When I got the stove it was in rough shape, I fully broke it down, replaced all the hardware and gaskets, the broken glass, the melted through grate on the bottom, and it's been cooking away since, with a few minor adjustments.

One thing that happens occasionally is roughly every 1.5 months the glass slips a cm or so and off the fire rope, causing an air leak.
The screws do loosen just a little bit, but I noticed on the hinge side there's a bit of casting that the glass corner can rest on to keep it from slipping. On the handle side, there's a spot that has a bit of extra metal with an indent, it looks like it could be or was maybe intended to be drilled and tapped, then a small block of metal could be bolted in as another edge for the glass to rest on should it slip again.

Has anyone experienced this, or attempted a fix like this? I don't want to crack the door of the stove if I'm putting hardware where it doesn't belong, but it seems like a nice improvement for the stove.

Apply a generous amount of common sense and RO-DA-DIEs

 

[Jazzlesaurus]

Apply a generous amount of common sense and RO-DA-DIEs

No idea what ro-da-dies is.

Common sense is sorted, I lack experience with cast and heat outside of the kitchen.
I was going to start with a heat tolerant threadlocker to reduce the tiny bit of backing out.

 

[Junk Meister]

Are stoves fair game to chat about here?

"On the handle side, there's a spot that has a bit of extra metal with an indent, it looks like it could be or was maybe intended to be drilled and tapped, then a small block of metal could be bolted in as another edge for the glass to rest on should it slip again".
IF this "SPOT" is raised like a boss intended to be drilled and threaded (tapped) heat and cold / expansion and contraction shouldn't be as critical.
If you drilled all the way through , How thick is the material /cast? maybe do a bolt and nut if that doesn't affect the aesthetics..

 

[Jazzlesaurus]

Here's the spot. I've got faith in it.

I haven't been able to find posts anywhere of people with glass slipping, so I'll try some vibratite hotlock on the screws first and see if the 1/4 turn they are backing out is the issue, and try this next.

 

[Junk Meister]

I would wager there is a screw/bolt broken off in that "SPOT/BOSS.

 

[Jazzlesaurus]

I would wager there is a screw/bolt broken off in that "SPOT/BOSS.

Hmm it looks like like there’s something there in the photo then in person. Might hit it with an ez-out and see what happens…

 

[Wonkydonkey]

I think it’s a broken clip as well. I googled your model (although I don’t know what I,m looking at) and came up with this screenshot. There are a few ipl's

I guess as a short term solution could be just a fat wad of fire rope wedged underneath on that that ledge to stop it droping.

 

[huskihl]

I concurr with the broken bolt, missing bracket theory

 

[Junk Meister]

You might try to get a flapper wheel and smooth the face to flat and shiny. Watch real hard for a telltale witness mark where the boss meets the cast. then you know where to counter sink and drill. most stove hard ware is soft to drill. Good luck

 

[Junk Meister]

Some times it is still hard to see and a minimal amount of heat from a small torch will taint a bit of color to reveal the edge of it.