Assembly; Set Up Your Stove; Install Stove Legs; Storing The Handle - Vermont Castings Defiant 1945 Homeowner's Installation And Operating Manual

Set Up Your Stove

Cast iron stoves are heavy, and it will take two to four
people to move your Defiant into position.
Wipe the protective coating of oil from the griddle with a
clean dry rag or a paper towel.
Install the handle on the griddle. Slip the bolt through a
washer, a nylon bushing, then through the handle and
the other bushing, then through the steel spacer and
into the griddle tab. (Fig. 20) Tighten securely.
Bushings
Fig. 20 Attach the griddle handle.
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Install Stove Legs

Attach
Remove and discard the four large slot-head screws
griddle handle
from the stove bottom. Install the stove legs (Fig. 21)
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using the hex head bolts from the parts bag. Use 3/8"
washers with all four legs; the door handle holder
installs on the right front leg. Position the holder so the
hole to accept the handle hub faces out from the right
side of the stove. Tighten the bolts firmly.
CAUTION: Overtightening can strip tapped threads.
Leg Bolt
and
Washer
Leg Leveller
Fig. 21 Attach the stove legs with leg levellers.
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Assembly

Spacer
Knob
Washer
Bolt
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ST466a
ST466a
Madison
Attach legs

Storing the Handle

Use the removable handle to open or close the doors.
After using it, remove the handle so it will not get hot.
Store the handle in the handle holder installed behind
the right front leg. (Fig. 22)
Leg Bolt and Washer
Fig. 22 Handle holder and heat shield positions.
Install the Optional Bottom Heat Shield
NOTE: The Bottom Heat Shield is required in most
installations. Refer to Floor Protection, Page 10, for
further details.
1. Remove the four 10-24 x 1/2" hex head bolts from
the corners of the ash drop on the stove bottom.
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2. Screw the four 1¹⁄₄" spacers into the holes from
which you removed the bolts, finger-tight.
3. Align the bottom heat shield against the spacers with
the stepped side toward the rear of the stove.
4. Secure the shield with the four hex head bolts
removed from the stove bottom previously. Tighten
securely. (Fig. 23)
Spacers
Fig. 23 Attach the optional bottom heat shield.
ST537
Attach
Bottom Heat
Shield
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Defiant Woodburning Stove
Bottom Heat Shield
Door Handle Holder
ST564
handle holder
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ST564
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