If you have or can acquire an old wood burning stove and would like to restore it for use, here are instructions for restoring a wood burning stove. They took it down to bare metal and then restored it to almost new condition.

I love the way it turned out and you sometimes see these old stoves on craigslist or at antique sales and sometime they look pretty sorry for having been left sitting for years but this shows you really can bring them back and make them look nice.   Scollins tells us how in this three part article.

Part 1
http://www.scollins.com/erummage/woodstove/index.htm

Part 2
http://www.scollins.com/erummage/woodstove/woodstove2.htm

Part 3
http://www.scollins.com/erummage/woodstove/woodstoverestoration3.htm