Thanks, that’s actually my goal I do the majority of my hoarding October-April, then stay busy with other things during the summer. Of course I still end up cutting a little here and there, but I save the bull work for cooler temperatures.
Liking that vertical 2x8/2x6 end support. Personally I think you should add onto the shed. Valuable storage for firewood the splitter is taking up.
I recently had a bad experience accidentally leaving my splitter uncovered during a rainstorm. Usually I throw a tarp over it when I’m done using it, but forgot to one day. Rained like crazy overnight. The next morning my heart sank when I saw what I had done. Sure enough water got into the engine. Pulled the spark plug and carburetor and cleared it out. Changed the oil again too even though it had about 2 hours on it. No damage thankfully but never again. That machine is deserving of a spot under the roof from now on. As for my shed, it’s as big as it’s going to get. Marriage, compromises and such I do like the single rows stacked up against dimensional lumber. No cribbing to worry about and I get plenty of airflow in between the rows. Even with the gaps in my shed now I still have more packed in there than I did before.
JBYB buddy as you know. I was at bundle wood storage this afternoon talking to my friend. He already OKed replacing the right side of the shed but didn't have a problem if i added onto the left side. It's be 8.5' long and 5-6' tall stacks three rows wide. It would take the place of the cord and a half of wood I had stacked behind his shed. His bride to be complained even though its not seen from the house.
That was the plan, and I am saving several cedar posts to build one at some point, but I think that’s going on the back burner for now. Too many projects at home this year. Not to say I wouldn’t rather be working on more redneck outbuildings
I completely understand between work and house projects that have to get done other things have to wait
Yesterday I snagged a few rounds of reasonably solid dead ash. It’s in the mid 40s and raining here, which isn’t exactly splitting weather. I’m feeling like a dirt farmer millionaire splitting these rounds in my woodshed out of the rain
I have a wood delivery to make to a younger couple later this week, friend of a friend type deal through my wife. They must have a small stove because she said she can only burn 13” max splits. I assume this is North-South orientation. Anyway, normally I wouldn’t do this but… here I am. I made a rack for ganging up the splits and bucking them shorter (they’re 16-18” currently) It works but it’s laborious. If she wants to become a regular customer I’ll have to cut 13” rounds specifically for her in the future. I think I’ll set a stop on my miter saw tomorrow and do them individually. There’s a lot of waste in saw chips here. I’ll burn the leftover pieces myself.
Miter saw will slow you down significantly. Lotta waste either way with the short chunkies left over. Price just went wayyyyy up.
The way I did it was on the miter saw. My splits are 18” plus or minus an inch. The customer who wanted 14” splits received the same amount of wood we usually sell but for each split he received a 14” piece and a chunk. So the tiny amount of kerf from the miter saw came out of his pocket. I don’t think I would do 14” rounds specifically for this customer. I will just continue to cut down already dried 18” pieces. Of note, we only sell about 1/10th of a cord at a time. So it’s not a lot of wood to process. 14” pieces processed. Chunks in the paper bags.
sometimes i have to cut some down, run them through the bandsaw, way faster than the miter saw and some splits are bigger than the 12" miter can process
I ran a Kuuma VF200 furnace one winter, it took 16" splits, I stock 22"...so I cut 6" off all the splits that winter using a miter saw...I bought the larger Kuuma furnace for the following winter.
X2. Mitre saw on the dangerous side too. I use one on a regular basis and wont do that. Sweet job on the jig and hope your charging extra.
If she wants to become a regular customer, cutting her wood/rounds the correct length first works great. We have a couple customers that need 14" splits. We just make a few totes of that length and some 16". Our regular length is 18" 14" splits fit across the tote in 3 rows...
Nice looking splits. I could use some of those IBC totes myself but then I'd need to buy a tractor with a loader to move them, and once I had that, a sawmill would be in order...
