Hey guys, thanks for having me. My woodburning hobbies include making maple syrup on a homemade evaporator, wood fired pizza oven ( no mortar, dry fit), and a fire pit. Use a MS 250, and splitting axe to support my habit and a wife who just doesn't understand.
I don't think anyone here understands, either. Welcome aboard Valleyman . Actually, there are several maple syrup-ers, wood fired oven-ers, and fire pit-ters here. A couple even have chainsaws and splitting axes/mauls/hydraulic splitters. So, what kind of stove ya' got? What do you burn? Details man....we need details.
Thanks Mag. Basically, mortarless. Leaks a little at startup but gets over 850° after a few hours of firing.
Oh boy! My husband is going to kill me. I just found my next project after the house is done. Very nice indeed Valleyman.
Welcome! Pizza oven looks cool. Something like that is project #458 on the list! Thanks for sharing pics
Thanks Lucy ! Its a budget build until hopefully someday the real deal becomes a reality. I used dry stack instructions from the internet, modified the drop front and jazzed it with the facade (sp?) arch opening.
I think we have found the place for our next GTG Welcome to FHC; you won't find a nicer bunch of folks anywhere else.
Welcome to the club, Valleyman! You're gonna fit right in around here! I, too, do wood-fired syrup in the spring on a homemade evaporator, we usually run 1000-1200 gallons of sap, ending up with around 20-25 gallons of syrup..... Here's a filtered photo (only one I have on this phone) of our old 35 gallon kettle on the fire. I use an evaporator now.... I'm also in the middle of my own pizza oven/outdoor fireplace/patio build, it's been a project years in the making! Hoping to have it done sometime in May/June of 2018. The pizza oven/fireplace combo is going right in that open corner by that mountain of wood...
Welcome to the site Valleyman. You made a great entrance with all of your pics. You will love it here.
What? Your wife doesn't understand? Perhaps the easiest way to make some folks understand is to not put wood into the stove during one of those super cold spells that hit us in January. Another good time is during winter when the power goes out.
