3 here, supposed to get down to -1. last night of negative temps for a while according to the weather guessers. 30s coming, good time to clean...
That's how we run it in the negative temps here, too! Halfway between first and second big notch on a full load seems to do the trick. Aggressive...
We get a little smoke spillage at times, but mostly when we're being impatient. Our typical process is to open draft and raise cat, wait about...
-6 here, but supposed to get up to +12 with some sun today. Then one more subzero night and spring shows her face over the weekend. Sugar maple...
-7 feels like -30. Supposed to be -11/-40 at sunup. Sugar maple kept it at 68, red maple loaded up now to burn hot and quick before wife & kids...
Woodstock will leave you happy and warm.. Delicious heat for a loooong time... Join the horde.. Join...
Fantastic! One of my retirement goals is to set up a still and make whisky. I'll call it bourbon, even though I'm pretty far from Kentucky. :)
725 or so on the IS, thermometer located on the top exit block off plate. Fell asleep with draft set at 1/2. We usually flirt with 700 anyway when...
Nice tall stack, looks plenty sturdy. Nice job! Hand splitting will keep a body warm in just about any temperature as long as the feet and hands...
8 here, supposed to bottom out at -10. going to bring in a smidge more wood, and start looking forward to the weekend. Long drive for work coming...
That is a beautiful picture! Is it your place? Thanks for sharing it, either way. :)
I swore I wouldn't get involved in this nonsense, but... Tweety uses the Magnum FT.
The black smoke and plastic burning smell is common when the pine is wet, in my experience. Burned quite a bit of it in the owb in my first year,...
20 here, headed for 10 overnight. going to empty the ash pan shortly. Burning some red maple that is a little more wet than I expected it to be....
14 or so here, waiting for 30 and snow tomorrow, looks like 8-12" according to the prophets. Glad to have gotten out of a 162 mile ride for work...
White pine here, haven't tried burning much except for coal management in real cold, but 30-40 degrees out it will go overnight just fine. Even...
Good start there, Winston! Pics in the first post, dig it! i I agree with stuckinthemuck - more wood is better even if it only fills the stove a...
100% here. Switched from owb to ideal steel this year, couldn't be happier. There's an oil furnace downstairs, but haven't messed with it since we...
Thank you for the insight. I hope my sled gasket lasts a good long while!
Nice job grandpa! That young man will remember these times forever.
