<p>Jim McCollam shows off the fins of The Heat Bandit, a heat reclaimer that attaches to the stove pipe and extracts heat that would normally escape up the pipe. Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 in Kalispell, Montana. (Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
March 2, 2013
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March 2, 2013 10 p.m.
A smarter stove
Kalispell man adds his own twists to a traditional source of wood heat
Jim McCollam didn’t only set out to reinvent himself after the local construction economy took a dive four years ago.