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Are cribbed ends okay for wood stacks?

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  1. FatBoy85

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    Yeah bud I cant seem to get a stack worth chit getting started and then they tip. They look ok but wobble like a leaning tower. I need to test this out. Now i could go to cheating like stacking square wood then working my way around splits and shims. Trust me this is new territory.
     
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    Tell you what Dennis, I'll take a picture of some apple wood I stacked like last month. I cribbed the ends. They just have been made for the stack height. Thats it . But i like the critique so its ok. Funny how i have lots of small rounds split in half. But those rounds have a lot of small branch bumps and that seems to contribute a lot to the teetering i get sometimes.
     
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    Oh yes. I try to keep any knots off the cribbed ends but do sometimes use them if not too bad but do not want any other piece touching there.
     
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    Backwoods Savage, so I cribbed these then worked my way up along the stack. Again you notice the t stakes but it was really for error. They are quite stable and I may be able to just take them out. The good thing is that the stack in the middle squeezes out so these ends feel solid.
     
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    Not bad but you can keep in mind a few changes for your next ends which will make the ends much stronger.

    Looking at the stack on the left, the most glaring error is toward the top. Look how that one split is on the left; it is not solid at all as it should have been turned so that a flat side was down. Look at the 4th tier up from the bottom. That outside piece is not totally on the piece below it. Little things like this make it a bit unstable or at least not as strong as it should be.

    Not to pick out the whole thing but just little things. Look at the picture on the right. Bottom piece on the end. Should have been turned around so that flat side pointed out. It would not mean much but if you make a habit out of looking for that sort of thing when building it will go better for you. Only one other comment then I'll stop. In that same picture, 5th level. You have one split on top of the other in order to "level" it out. That is a definite no-no. Very weak especially if it is low in the stack as weight on top will cause that to collapse in time.

    I could point out a few other minor spots but this is enough. Good luck.
     
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    Thanks I'll keep an eye out for this sorta thing and try again.
     
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    I hope I was not out of line there.
     
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    Absolutely not I had to run out for work and reply quick but for what its worth I have never really got the cribbing down because I wasnt taught how to put uneven splits in that kind of stacking. Honestly if its a tutorial that id have fun with at a GTG, Im game! :thumbs:
     
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