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Post by oilspot on Jun 4, 2017 14:28:31 GMT -5
shorty doubles by Ideal, never knew there was such a thing. And a spare triple pot also from Ideal. All my others are Wearever. I may have to press the shop owner on what else came from that pick. Looked like there was a fresh bunch of camping hardware there, so may not have come directly from a house with a Chambers (very rare up here in the middle of Maine)
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Post by pattyhunny on Jun 4, 2017 20:40:20 GMT -5
Good find!
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Post by chipperhiker on Jun 4, 2017 21:24:42 GMT -5
Nice score. oilspot!!!
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Post by pooka on Jun 5, 2017 0:50:49 GMT -5
Those are cool. I've never seen the half height doubles before. I've made a couple of posts about the "IDEAL" branded pails as they were termed. Chambers started his company in 1912, so he probably used an already available source of pots. They all may have been made by Wear-Ever & some were branded as such. I've seen pots branded as Anderson, DILMACO, Duplex, MIRRO, Universal LF&C & Viko as well as Chambers, IDEAL & Wear-Ever. There may be a few more that I'm not recalling or not finding in a quick scan of my files. I've got some triples that have no name on them. I did learn a new term for our triple pots for the Thermowell. I found a 1912 ad for The Toledo Cooker Co. & the "IDEAL" Fireless Cookstove. It feature what they describe as "Triplicate Pails". They make it sound like it's something new to the market. Perhaps new machining methods made it possible to form these fractional pots more easily than before. These "Triplicate Pails" seem to have become a standard for all of the fireless cookers from the teens, through to the late 20s or later. The earliest info I've seen about them is this ad from 1912 for the "Ideal" fireless cook stove by The Toledo Cooker Co. It talks as if they invented them. I've got an image of a wholesalers catalog page that lists Wear-Ever fireless pots from 1919. By then I'd think the patent rights had expired & they were being made by a number of companies. I know I've seen two styles of clamps, one rounded, & the other, somewhat pointed. Some have the bracket on the side for the lifter/handle, some don't. They all seem to have steel handles except the later Chambers ones that have aluminum handles.
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Post by vaporvac on Jun 5, 2017 11:38:45 GMT -5
Those baby-sized ones are adorable and really practical! Score!!! Oilspot, did I know you're from Me. My Dad lives there and I go every year. I've been trying to get him to put a blue Chambers in the camp. He's game, but I have to do it all, and that a bit much for a short vacation. Where are you located?
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Post by nana on Jun 5, 2017 14:15:34 GMT -5
Those get me fired up to go garage saling even more than usual! They are sweet!
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Post by oilspot on Jun 6, 2017 18:51:21 GMT -5
I am in Dover-Foxcroft, about 40 miles north of Bangor. Chambers stoves didn't get much market penteration up here, I had to travel to the coast for mine and bought it off a guy who hauled it up from Long Island.
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Post by mach12 on Jun 6, 2017 19:34:23 GMT -5
I am in Dover-Foxcroft, about 40 miles north of Bangor. Chambers stoves didn't get much market penteration up here, I had to travel to the coast for mine and bought it off a guy who hauled it up from Long Island. Wow - my blue 90C came from Long Island. The couple who had it bought it from the original owner and when he was transferred to Portland, OR they brought the stove with them. They eventually divorced and she never installed it, so it was out in the garage when I got it. Interesting how these stoves get around!
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Post by pooka on Jun 6, 2017 20:27:42 GMT -5
Some people can't seem to part with these old stoves, even if they're no longer in use. My little model 74 was bought new in Frankfort, KY not long before the epic 1937 flood on the Ohio. It was used for fifty year till the old great aunt went into a retirement home. The family then carted it around western Kentucky, southern Illinois & Indiana till I bought it in Ferdinand, IN twenty five years later. It was like a treasured family heirloom that took them years to decide to pass along to it's next life. Little did they know that it sparked a fever in me to search out all that could be known on the subject.
The month I waited between the first listing on Craigslist & when I called about it was one of the most nerve wracking of my life. At the time I didn't need to spend the money, but I couldn't get it out of my mind, yet I didn't want to seem too eager to queer the deal. At least Ferdinand was only an hours drive each way, rather than a cross country jaunt that some of you endure, plus it's only a 350 Lb. stove. 300 stripped of loose parts.
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Post by mach12 on Jun 6, 2017 22:53:46 GMT -5
Man Pooka, I'm so glad you saw that stove and caught the bug! We've all benefited so much from the extensive research and cataloging that you've done. Makes me like your stove all the more!
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Post by pooka on Jun 6, 2017 23:26:14 GMT -5
Sometime it takes an obsessed & driven lunatic.
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Post by karitx on Jun 7, 2017 15:27:43 GMT -5
That's a great find, Oilspot!
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Post by evangeline on Jun 7, 2017 19:08:47 GMT -5
Oh hey, I have friends in Albion, ME. Been trying to convince them to buy a Chambers but they aren't interested in going the propane route. Darn! Beautiful country!!
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Post by dwayner2 on Jun 7, 2017 20:42:05 GMT -5
Propane or just all gas in general? Some people are just scared of any gas appliance. I grew up with gas stoves and heaters and still use them to this day...AND I almost died several years back due to CO2 poisoning when my space heater was too high and I didn't leave a window cracked. Didn't sceer me, just a really bad headache next day and a few more dead brain cells. I don't blame the gas appliance, I blame the operator....ME! Momma always said I wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed.
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