posted 5 years ago
Although you have good pictures, it is still hard to see the full story. Have you tried to take a short length of 8 inch pipe and crimping it yourself to get it to fit inside the stove?
Plan B is even more simple but involves luck . Make a drawing of the inside diameter of the flue exit from the stove by tracing with a piece of paper. If ...this is the luck part....if you have an old time hardware store in your area ... see if they can cut the pipe to fit. I have one in my community that will make odd sizes of stove pipe. The owner considers it a challenge. Of course, the end goal is for them to make an adapter. If the do ....and it works ....buy several.
Plan C....do the same with a small welding shop. If they successfully design an adapter, it will probably last a lifetime. The trick here is to find someone wanting to play with it.
If there is one thing the Wizard of Oz has taught me, it is not to trust school teachers on bicycles.