Do you care if your firewood is consistant lengths or not? Doesn't really matter I guess, but to me it does lol.
Nope, nothing here. I occasionally get a piece that is too long, but very rarely at that and can usually fit them in diagonally. If not, fire pit or OWB gets them for a snack.
I’ve got a piece of 1x3 pine measured and marked 16”-18” and I’ll take that and a spray can and mark sometimes especially when I’m cutting with my dad and or brother because the 10”-30” lengths drive me nuts By the way MMfrompa you make some sweet stacks!!! Not to mention all your other work I’ve seen in your videos! Nice job gives some of us a goal to shoot for
Yep I watch them go on the truckwatch and handle them off the truck then trim some and send some to the ugly pile . Oh did I forget enjoying every minute cutting with the guys
I have a friend who marks out his cuts and I just shake my head. Just eyeball. How hard is it to hit 16 inches each time? To me it's a waste of time.
OWB will take 32" I just eyeball and cut everything around 22" - 24" if it is to short or to long it doesn't matter it all burns.
Had one liked it as I stack on four foot pallets and three sixteen inch splits stack nice. Let a friend borrow it two years ago. Now I have a stick marked at 16” and a paint can. I can’t cut the same size rounds to save my life so marking is the way to go for me.
I have a mark on the saws. I hold the saw over the log, line up the mark on the end of the log and see where the tip of the chain is, then cut it there. It's fast and easy.
walt has something like the Mingo marker and he likes it. Rather than buying paint and then keeping it from freezing or being messy, I like the simple method better. A simple carpenter's crayon can be bought pretty cheap and they last for years. We also have a crayon holder which keeps the crayon from breaking and it is easier to hold on to. I noticed that Home cheapo has these in stock now too. For the measurement, we just use a simple stick cut at 4' and marked at 16" and 32". this gives us 3 marks with the 4' stick. Some have mentioned rightly that when the wood is really wet or punky then the crayon does not work so well. Not a problem. At those times you simply use the axe or a hatchet and simply draw a line for the mark. Simple and easy. You can see our measuring stick in the first picture. And btw, DexterDay really fell in love with our method of marking.
Messy paint? Some of you may remember my oops last fall when I tossed the paint can a little to close to my saw and a tooth punctured the can As far as the 4’ stick I like that better than my little single cut one
I've got alot of that 10-30 inch stuff around, if my dad or my father in law happens to cut any wood they like "eyeball" measurements. Didn't use to matter when I was feeding dad's neighbors boiler, but now that he has passed it's just sitting around. Your stacks are something to behold Mmfrompa! I do believe consistency in length is quite important to neat stacking
My brother and I used a Mingo marker for a couple of years until it broke. It worked well. Now we are back to a story stick and paint or crayon.
I use the Mingo, find that it works well especially on those not so straight trees.... My shed takes 4 rows of 16" wood, stacks easily that way and my stove is designed for 16" legnths. If its over its a pain in the azz if its under it goes to the ugly stack
I guess that would work if you cut short each time. However, every cut you make is fuel and oil and wear on the chain; so the fewer cuts the better. A stick of firewood too long is a stick of firewood that won't go into the stove and if you find that out after putting it in the stove and it has caught and burning, then you have a safety hazard as you try to get it outside not too mention smoking up the house. I want my firewood to be the proper length and a few centimeters too long means it won't fit. So, I am not going to guess because I have found out that guessing means the sizes could easily be too long. I am currently using stick and mark method but I also note where the size is on the bar and often will use the bar; although that is not as precise as I place the bar, mark the spot in my memory, and then have to move and put the cut where I mentally mark it; that takes much more time than just measure stick and mark before starting the bucking of the log. To each their own I suppose; your guessing measure and my precise measure; one works for you and one works for me.
