I agree, this tool is great. I used to hate sharpening chains but this tool makes it almost enjoyable.
With wood I think the learning never stops. I’d definitely do whatever needed for that birch to be in good shape. I love that stuff. If you feel...
145 dollars back then was a ton of money.
[ATTACH] My neighbor called me asking to grab some wood from tree removal. He told that he planted this silver maple in roughly 1970 as a twig....
Looks beautiful. I can see why you’re pleased with the day.
Personally I’d doubt it. It’s a well know very good axe. Not sure why, but I can’t imagine items in the ax section of stores being on sale. Maybe...
I mostly can’t ID where I got the wood anymore. However, I can tell when scrounging was rough because the wood is all different lengths and...
I’m not sure a 5 inch round of red maple would dry in one yr. Maybe try it on half of the wood as an experiment and split the other half for...
It’s a real pleasure to have put all the thought and energy into the wood and then to really enjoy the great heat it gives you back.
Gotta love the birch. Those logs will be a pleasure to work with.
Funny you mentioned saving some. I had the same thought not a week ago.
Answered a Facebook marketplace ad today for would that was already cut to firewood size rounds. What I saw in [ATTACH] [ATTACH] the picture was...
I just split that piece and it tested 20% on the dot. I’ll be curious to see how it does in the stove.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I picked up a small amount of Bradford pear few years ago. I’ll be getting around to burning it pretty soon. I remember...
My first thought was mulberry as well. It’s still a really great firewood so no worries there. Osage Orange is pretty much unmistakable once you...
Hit that dump as much as possible. I used to go to mine before the higher up there told me I technically couldn’t do that.
I know some older stoves (called “tiered” stoves) used this design to, like you said” capture as much heat as possible. Some were like 6 feet tall.
Heard about that story. I’m surprised EAB wasn’t already in Maine.
As much as I like high BTU woods, I always look at red maple as a dependable good wood that will always get the job done.
The old wives tale about pine. Completely false and reflects a poor understanding of what wood creosote is. It’s not the sticky sap that causes...
