Doing some of my firewood prepping in the garage

metalcuttr · Dec 12, 2023

brenndatomu said: ↑

Same...nice to have when a large split needs "customized" a lil.

Heck, I welded on my stove in the living room one time...wife wasn't home, and to be fair it was actually inside the stove...and was still close to the fireplace, so it sucked the smoke right up ...still felt pretty redneck!
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I'm proud of you brenndatomu you have taken "being a guy" to new heights...or depths, I'm not sure which!

buZZsaw BRAD · Dec 12, 2023

metalcuttr said: ↑

I'm proud of you brenndatomu you have taken "being a guy" to new heights...or depths, I'm not sure which!
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Depths!

wildwest · Dec 13, 2023

The Wood Wolverine said: ↑

Since my burner is in my unfinished basement, I don't have to be very neat and tidy. I get over 3 cords of splits packed in, then I have 2 55gal plastic drums with the tops cut off. One is full of splitter scrap, other usually has dried noodles in it. That's usually enough starter for the season but I have a paper bag full of homemade wax starters if needed.
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Our new burner is in a sunken room, wood from garage door in that room, I'm thrilled to have bark (and atleast for the next couple cords) dirt that falls off the logs contained there!

Biddleman · Dec 13, 2023

I do have some larger splits stacked on our garage porch that I will/have to resplit. Right now I quickly split them in the gravel driveway, but thought of doing it in the garage like metalcuttr. BUT it's a new garage and knowing me , I'll somehow miss the block and nail the floor.

jrider · Dec 14, 2023

metalcuttr said: ↑

So I used to re-split all the narrow splits (cheesecake splits like at the end of the stacks) in two across the wedge of wood. Sometimes the wedge half was further reduced to kindling. All this was done with an axe at the woodshed as I loaded the wheel barrow. As I have said, I am now doing this inside the garage with a hatchet. I have to grip and swing the light hatchet quite hard and the reverberations are killing my recovering right hand. I just today bought an Estwing splitting hatchet. The heavy head and nonslip grip make it far easier to allow the weight to do the work of splitting and the mass of the head also dampens the reverberations. Works very well for kindling also. I used to do a marathon of kindling splitting of usually 4 five gal buckets every couple weeks at the woodshed. Now I just do a small bundle every couple of days inside. Using the splitting hatchet is easier here also. Even after my hands are better, this may remain my routine! View attachment 402851 View attachment 402852
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Very neat stacks...impressive!

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Doing some of my firewood prepping in the garage

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