Morso squirrel cracks

[waterworks]

On 27/06/2022 at 17:03, magnetman said:

I've seen loads of Squirrel stoves with big cracks. I reckon they are junk. A stove should not crack. It's designed to cycle between very hot and stone cold (unbelievable but true) so really ought to be able to deal with this without cracking of the castings. 

 

Weigh it in and replace. 

 

 

Err no, they are high grade cast iron, I have welded them and its better than many other stove castings. 

[Jen-in-Wellies]

Plus, it would be really hard and time consuming to sculpt a realistic squirrel on the side of a welded steel stove with only weld bead and angle grinder.

[waterworks]

On 27/06/2022 at 13:56, James Dyson said:

 

Welded steel stoves are better on some levels, no gaps to seal ,no cracking and easy welded repairs but you are limited to plain looking modern designs and you don't get ornate castings or fancy shapes. 

 

 

[magnetman]

4 hours ago, waterworks said:

Err no, they are high grade cast iron, I have welded them and its better than many other stove castings. 

I'm sure they are good quality but at the end of the day you don't want a stove to crack. It's not interesting. 

 

Not everyone is in the position to repair something like that effectively. 

 

I do think it's likely that the faulty ones were limited in number. 

 

It is not impossible, given the popularity of the obviously well designed stove, that there were some ripoffs or perhaps MØRSO dropped the quality during lean times. 

 

They would not be the first company to do this. Think Mercedes.