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ne Lees are in ine ngni place at the right time with better mousetraps—their stock of Atlantic Lakewood stoves with one piece bodies molded from steel. On the homemade assembly line that John put together in the old apple warehouse next to Sett?.-'* garage, steel fire boxes are transormed into double and single door styles, tall narrow stoves for houses where space is at a premium and big deluxe models capable of heating a bam.
According to Margaret, the design of the wood stoves is unique. Developed by a Texas ^ inventor and manufactured in Canada for the past four years, Atlantic stoves-hgwe fire boxes made', from one long piece of1 bent steel instead of several smaller pieces welded into a square. A baffle works to push combustible gases back into the fire to bum rather than letting the gases escape up the chimney. Pre-heating chambers in the stove doors add to efficiency while the heat exchange systems' blower allows for maximum air circulation.
"Dealers like the quality of our stove's workmanship. It's above many of the brands that are on the market,” Margaret reported.
Last year, the Lees dealt only with dealers. The inventor of the stove granted them exclusive license to produce Atlantic Lakewoods for a market which runs from New York to South Carolina and this season, they’ve expanded their business to include a finishing operation. Before, they received the stoves ready for installation. Now they get just the bare steel box from what John describes as their “hands-off mother company” and the rest is up to the Lees.
In designing an assembly line for finishing stoves, John added Yankee ingenuity to the lessons he learned working for several months in
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