Vermont Casting 1610CE Assembly, Set Up Your Stove, Install Stove Legs, Storing the Handle

Defiant 1610CE Non-Catalytic Woodburning Stove

Assembly

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. 17) Tighten securely.

	Spacer
Bushings	Knob
	Washer
	Bolt

ST536

Fig. 17 Attach the griddle handle.

Install Stove Legs

The stove is shipped with the legs attached. In some instances, the legs may have been removed. Fol- low these instructions to reattach the legs. Install the stove legs (Fig. 21) 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.

NOTE: When moving the stove, lift the stove to take weight off the legs whenever possible. Dragging or sliding the stove, especially across rough surfaces can cause the legs to loosen or even break.

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. 19)

Bottom Heat Shield

Door Handle Holder

Leg Bolt and Washer ST564

Fig. 19 Handle holder and heat shield positions.

Install the Bottom Heat Shield

NOTE: The Bottom Heat Shield is required in most installations. Refer to Floor Protection, Page 10, for further details.

1.Loosen the four 10-24 x 1/2” hex head bolts from the corners of the ash drop on the stove bottom.

3.Align the bottom heat shield holes with the four bolts. The outside air cutout hole should be toward the rear of the stove.

4.Tighten the four hex head bolts securely after pass- ing all four bolts through the large end of the key- holes and then pulling the shield forward to engage the smaller ends of the keyhole slots. (Fig. 20)

ST857

Bottom Heat Shield

Leg Bolt and

Washer

ST858

Fig. 18 Attach the stove legs.

Fig. 20 Attach the optional bottom heat shield.

5.Attach the right side of the heat shield to the handle holder using a #10 1/2” phillips sheet metal screw.

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