Yeah, now that you mention it, those coal clinkers were more solid & dense than the relatively more ‘fluffy’ clinkers in our wood ash.
As a kid we heated our old house with a coal furnace. One of my chores was removing the coal ash that fell through the agitator grates. Sometimes...
Tasty looking bunch of firewood you got there Hinerman. Had you not identified it, I would say "Nice load of mulberry you captured ". They look...
And another of theirs, "Simple Man", then comes to mind. What great Lynard Skynard music! Oh, and Super score on the cherry, jrider...
Soft maple burns just fine in my opinion, dries quick in the stacks and fits the bill for shoulder season burns. I like the stuff.
OK, OK. OK, a computer’s attention span is only as long as it’s power cord. WE are the masters of this technology until such time that it can run...
I If I could click the ‘like’ button more than once, I’d stab that thing 100 times. You betcha Red Ryder!!!
Four n/s on bottom, three e/w on top.
Our Ideal Steel starts quick but burns long with a hybrid of N/S and E/W. The bottom layer is 6” NS (max 17” long) then on top is E.W. layer up...
Bunch of sticks?!?!
I always thought that white and red took close to the same time to get 20% MC, all other things being equal. The white surely held coals longer,...
This whole thread has me LMAO, specially choice #3, which is what I clicked. Not even gonna say “pics or it didn’t happen”. LOL
My wife inherited a cherry wood dining room set from (way) previous family generations. It's stained sort of dark and is some of the most...
Sweet score. The time that we got BL it held coals FOREVER. Love that stuff.
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I'm wondering if anyone would even be interested in a saw that used to run like a beast but now (or as of 7 years ago) would only run for a minute...
And down wind before the cat’s engaged, the scent is heavenly. Makes me dream of barbecue spare ribs (I’m assuming heheh).
Oh yeah, absolutely I'll miss that nice even heat. I'll still cringe next winter every time the gas furnace kicks on. you can't just switch gears...
After 28 years of doing all the things that wood heating entails, this will be our last winter to enjoy that special warmth a good stove can make....
Fitting the ideal steel combustor into a pan of boiling vinegar-water was a challenge. Used a disposable turkey heavy aluminum roaster pan with...
