A shallow penetrating Mig weld is likely what facilitated the crack in the first place.
I'd shoot them an email. & pics. I'd say it's due to expansion issues with heating/cooling cycles, but that is a guess. They may have issues with this model. Post this over at hearth.com, that link I sent you the other day.
HEY! Lets not be running down those 120-volt Mig machines! I just bought one. :laughing:
I thought you would like that!I would expect that to hold just about as good as a 110V MIG would do.
HEY! Lets not be running down those 120-volt Mig machines! I just bought one. :laughing:
Come to find out, they certainly do have issues. The stove has a lifetime warranty but from what I am reading, all they have to say is "you over fired the stove voiding the warranty". I personally do not think anything like this should be happening to a wood stove or if it does, do not make up some cockamamy excuse not to fix it.