Looking for literature......

[spin321]

Hi.
I'm trying to order some literature from the Chambers Website. I e-mailed twice last week and haven't gotten any response. Are they still accepting orders?

[Kitzig]

Spin,

Todd is usually very responsive. Unfortunately his mother is very ill so it may take him a little bit of time to respond. You can also contact Sam, the Uncertain Stoveman through his EBay store at [url="http://stores.ebay.com/The-Uncertain-Stoveman/."]http://stores.ebay.com/The-Uncertain-Stoveman/.[/url]

Good luck.

Lori G.

[spin321]

Thanks Lori,
Sorry to hear about Todd's mother. I'll just wait for his reply. I'm not really in a big rush. My stove is being restored in Georgia and I won't actually have it for 18 months! I'm just so excited about getting it that I want some reading material!

Spin

[Kitzig]

Spin,

Spill. [img]wink.gif[/img] Tell us about your stove. Age, style, color, etc. Do you have any pictures? We love to know details.

Lori G.

[spin321]

Lori,
My range is a 1953 model c Copper Chambers. I'm fortunate in that it will come to me with the deep well pots, thermal baker, and thermal eye burner still intact. I've ordered it from Antique Appliances in Clayton Georgia, but as I'm sure you are aware, the waiting list for full restorations is many months long.....so I wait patiently! I actually do have a picture of my range in it's unrestored condition. How do I post it here?

Spin [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Kitzig]

Another Copper C. We are sisters. Here is a picture of Miss Penny, before we started our own restoration.
[img]http://static.flickr.com/38/87829743_2610c1fa11.jpg[/img]
She is a 1957 with the "burner with a brain, a safety system and a pilot for the broiler. We are still in the process of restoring her, so I can't show you any after pictures. Phoebe also has a Copper C. Her panels are in San Antonio for buffing and "antiquing." I can't wait to see the results.

Here are instructions from Lowracer on how to upload pictures:
1) Upload the image to get it hosted on the internet somewhere. I will demonstrate
by using [url="http://www.imageshack.us,"]www.imageshack.us,[/url] it's the easiest. You can also use flickr or any other
site that lets you upload images.
2) Navigate your browser to [url="http://www.imageshack.us/"]http://www.imageshack.us/[/url]
3) Click on the Browse button.
4) Select the picture from your hard drive that you want to upload.
5) Click on the HOST IT button.
6) After the image uploads, you'll see a new page, down near the bottom of that
page is the URL you will need for the next step, it says Direct Link to Image. Copy
that URL to the clipboard.
7) Go to hostboard, enter a new topic or reply to a topic to get the editor box.
8) Look just below the editor box you'll see a section with rectangular buttons, in
the lower right of that panel of buttons is one marked IMAGE. Click it. You'll get a
prompt asking you to enter the URL for your image.
9) Paste the URL you copied in step 5. Click OK.
10) Click the Add New Topic button and you should see your new topic or reply with
your image displayed right inside your post.

If this seems like too much trouble you can email them to me at [email][email protected][/email] and I'll post them for you.

Lori G.

[spin321]

Thanks Lori,
Let's see if this works. If it does, a photo of my diamond in the rough should appear below. Now perhaps you can clear something up for me.... The folks at Antique Appliances of Clayton GA. tell me that the Antique Copper Chambers were only produced for one year. That year being 1953. I've had others tell me that this information is incorrect, but they seem quite adamant on the point. Well below is a picture (If I did this right) of my "New Addition" still at the stove intensive care unit! [img]http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/4686/millerbeforephoto5wj.jpg[/img]

Spin

[Kitzig]

Great job Spin, and good looking Beauty. Does he/she have a name yet? According to Sam, the thermal eye did not appear on the stoves until 1957. This has been a point of confusion for us as well. Unfortuantely, my plate is missing from my stove that would tell me the year. Normally the plates are under the drip pan on the front right burner. Isn't it going to cost you a pretty penny [img]wink.gif[/img] to have your stove restored? Are you going to be using natural gas or propane? What kind of look are you going for? I'm going back and forth between the bright copper and the antique look. The bright copper comes too close to a salmon color for me. I just keep playing with it.

The books will really help. I also recommend the one about the thermastat and the thermal eye. Between Sam and Todd, we are pretty well covered for manuals.

Lori G.

[spin321]

Lori,
Thanks for the terrific instructions on posting the photo!
My stove still has the plate on it that shows a date of 1953, so I'm guessing that the thermal eye burner must have been added? I dunno.....
I'm going to be using natural gas as that's what we have here. The owner of Antique Appliances.com sent me some pictures of previous Copper Chambers that they have done, and they have all been in a bright copper finish with a fired on clear coat that allegedly protects the exterior of the stove up to temperatures close to 600 degrees....we'll see. Since this is the very LAST stove that I EVER intend to own, I figure if the clear coat doesn't work, the antiqueing will take care of itself over time!
As far as the cost, yeah....it aint cheap. About as much as a low end economy car when it's all said and done,but I want what I want and I don't plan on ever replacing it, so if I divide the cost by the number of years I'll be cooking on it; it's a real bargain! LOL!! Plus it's still cheaper than gutting my kitchen! I have a 1940's/1950's kitchen with the original Youngstown steel cabinets (boomaerang handles)and a 1950's vintage dinette, so a "New" stove is out of the question. Right now I'm cooking on a 1945 Coronado Range that was my grandmother's. It's just now starting to go, and they weren't built like a Chambers!!

[Todd W. White]

Howdy!

It's true - with Mom being so ill, it's taking me a little longer to respond - however, I'll be able to get caught up today on everyone's requests for information and all orders currently in the "bin" are going out today.

Ovarian cancer is a terrible thing to deal with - we're grateful that we're near so Mom doesn't have to go through it alone.

Thanks for all of your thoughts, prayers, and patience.