JL if you paint that stove make sure you paint it outside and then build a honking big fire in it and burn the chemicals off before you take the stove inside. It is not just unpleasant, it is unhealthy and the fumes are enough to clear a slum of bedbugs.
I painted one inside one time, fired it up and had to leave the house for a couple of days. I was not a popular person for a while after that.
And regarding the big coffee pot, just a word of warning. If you decide to make coffee in that thing for the group then brew the coffee the night before the meeting and put the pot on the stove to warm it up next morning. 32-36 cups of water takes about a hour and a half to come to a boil on a wood stove!
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