A Fisher Wood Stove, Mama Bear 

We got our Mama Bear new in 1977 I think. We heated our whole house with ours - never had central heat, ever - and I miss that stove more than anything!

we had one in TN bought it in 1978...awesome stove

Your stovepipe is set different than ours was - we had ours just above the top of the stove at barely over a horizontal angle, and it worked great - had triple-wall pipe out the roof. Your setup is wonderful! We had the same tools for ours that my husband built. Your video made me really miss him - he's been gone a few years.

Nice setup, must be toasty in the house and cheap to run too !! Cool with the added scents

Thanks for making this. We just moved into a rental house that had this exact type of stove and your video taught us how to use it.

I have that same stove heating my house, love it

I like the constant heat they give. Thanks

I got a mama bear fisher for my last place loved my mama bear got the fire inspector he passed it with no problem says the fishers have the best welds in them, it heated my split level 2 bedroom house in central British Columbia Canada where we can have temp in the winter at mostly -20 degrees celcius and that's cold and I was warm I hunted till I found for my new cabin got a double door mama bear fisher cause I love the fisher stoves there the best in my opinion and Im old and love to be warm so looking forward to this winter in a unfinished cabin and I know Ill be warm

Thanks to you I was able to open the one we have in the home we live in! Thank you!

I just got a baby bear. Loved your video thank you

My Dad has a Fisher Double Door Papa bear he bought it in 1982 when i was 10 its a great wood stove and will put out some serious heat

Might want to consider getting a 1/4 to 3/8th inch steel plate - and throw it inside the stove - resting across the firebrick. On these old stoves it helps preent the flames from exiting out the rear. Some folks have done it with good results. I threw one in my baby bear as well. Found the info on hearth site. Although as you said in your video - it would limit how high you stack the splits inside the firebox.

Getting ready for winter.I have a mama bear also.

Very good video. I have this exact stove that I purchased at a yard sale for $30. Pipe kit cost and fixins cost about $400. I hooked it up in my detached 26x40 insulated garage and it works great. I need some of the cool tools you created. I like your money saving strategies for distributing the heat. Utilities cost a ton. Nice to know you'll have electricity if the power goes out also. I read somewhere that that gasket wasn't necessary on the Fisher stove. I had a gasket one year, but can't really say it did much. Anyway, thanks for the video.

I just got a momma bear off a guy on Craigslist for 500$ I’m excited to use it this winter. I been splitting a mountain of wood. Didn’t want to pay an arm and a leg for heating oil this upcoming winter. Nice tips with the fragrance!

Looks like a great setup. How often do you have to clean out the ashes?

I love that stove. I just went and loaded mine up and decided to look up the patent

Thanks for the input but I run the stove turned down low enough that the wood smolders more than it does flame.Thanks for watching.

The second tool you made is called a raker,its so important with these stoves. I have an all nighter and it burns the opposite of this stove. You use the stack damper instead of the door dampers the reburn happens at the door baffle. Yours has an exhaust baffel if I'm not mistaken.

I'm contemplating one of these or a baby bear for my 600 sq foot cabin. It's in northern Wisconsin so it is cold but dont want to buy one too small or too big.

I like wood stoves, even like makeing them since ya can't get them here in cali

Nice unit there sir.

Thank you

Mine is a Mama and takes a 24 inch log and the Papa takes 30 inch logs. They also make them with two doors in front . and i believe a baby bear i think they call, it is 18inch log and only one damper knob on it. Thanks for watching.

We Just recently bought a house with a detached garage, There is a Fisher stove in there and we aren't sure if it's a Mama Bear or a Papa Bear. How do we find out for sure which it is? The one thing that is for sure, we love it and it heats the garage to the point we almost can't stand it. Great stove!

That's what I was trying to say! Stovepipe through the wall at a slight angle, and a block chimney outside. I had myself confused, LOL. Thank you for your sympathy. :)

Yes cheap. I cut my own wood so it does not cost much but time. Thanks for watching.

I just bought a papa bear in south Dakota off craigslist. I took a wire wheel to it washed it and repainted it, then put in new firebrick. I then painted it with 1200 degree paint from the stove section at Menards. It heats my 1700 sq foot house great!

thanks

Very Cool and thanks for sharing. I was wondering if you here that fan upstairs as it was loud in the video.Reminded me more of a workshop with tools running than a basement. I'm gathering that the answer is no or I'm sure you would of mentioned it.Anyway thanks again and I also have a Fisher Stove..the Grandma.

we just bought a house with a mama bear in the basement. just learning about it. man what a great thing to have in a new house. im stock piling wood now. i love burning wood. i get free pallets from work and know a few local tree guys . should be easy to get plenty of fuel for my old fisher.

I have this Mama Bear version as well. I would like to paint the Fisher logo and pine trees on the door. What type of heat resistant paint would you recommend?

modern technology .good one

depends on wood and how hot i burn it. Right now about once a week is prob average,and you get about a bucket full. the hotter i burn it the less ashes there is.

I'm getting a fisher wood stove from a friend. I don't know the name whether a mamma or baby or papa. I know I've been trying for months to get a wood stove and finally, someone got me one and is going to have it installed for me. I'm a lucky lady. I liked your video, thanks for making it. What kind of wood do you use. I live in the pacific nw.

good stuff

Which side of the elbow did you put into the stove the Crypt end or just a straight end. I'm having trouble putting either side into my Fisher

Thanks for watching

this commantary of this video is hilarious

so you leave the damper on the pipe open.. you don't lose a lot a heat that way up the chimney at all? i try to play with the dampers on mine.. still confused as to what to play with and what not. the door ones I keep kinda small so not a lot of air going in.. and the one on the pipe is half open half close.. what is your advice for best heat output.. ours is in the living room

Hey! Thanks for the video, we have this stove at our cabin and need to replace the door gasket, unfortunately we do not have measurements and I need to replace it when we head up this fall. Do you know what size gasket this stove uses?? Thanks!

wish i never sold mine. been wanting it back ever since.

*I have a FISHER HONEY BEAR WOOD-BURNING STOVE.*

Leave the dampers open on the stove shut it all the way in the pipe so ur heat isn’t getting out and stays

What size gasket do you use on these stoves?

The gasket material in the door had to have been added by you or a previous owner of the stove as Fisher stoves never had this from the factory. They were built air tight and intended to be used with no gasket material. Also your stove was built in the 70's... Had it been the 80's it would have had an arch top door and been UL listed.

Only way to know is to throw some wood in and see.. lol

Those are good stoves but looks like you need to clean it lol

I have one for sale if anyone is interested! i'm in Massachusetts south shore. paid 400 about 1 year ago never was able to get it into my house.. sits in my shed..

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