Brought the saw back to CT to tackle these rounds I’ve had stacked in the back since the summer. This was from a local CT scrounge I did in mid/late June; during a heatwave. It was a really good hardwood score; Maple, Cherry and a whole bunch of Ash. We are going to use this wood in our fire pit. The rounds were mostly at 16-18” and I cut them down to 12” to work in the fire pit (Solo Stove Ranger). I’m sure all this will be excellent once seasoned. Nature sure is an amazing artist: Here’s where I ended up. Next step is spitting and stacking: I probably should have done this sooner as we’ve had a stretch of very dry weather this fall and it would have been excellent for seasoning. Better late than never I suppose. Side note: Awhile back, I picked up a Harbor Freight electric chain sharpener. I used it on an older chain I had months ago and never put the chain on the saw. Gave it whirl for this job. The chain worked great! Cut nicely and put out some good chips. So HF sharpener did well. I have a few more spare chains I’ll sharpen with it.
Beautiful end grain on that maple. That would make a beautiful bowl if you had a wood lathe. I use short pieces like yourself in my smoker but go the opposite. I take a normal split and cut it in half with an old miter saw. I found it easier that way so bark less stuff gets pulled out, cut in half then packed in the large onion bags. Makes it easy just grab a bag of whatever wood I want when I need it.
I bought a cheap Craftsman from our local paper they toss curbside every week. $25 well spent, I didn't want to use my good one for chopping up firewood.
I have a Craftsman I bought in 1995 that I used a lot redoing my house. Now since that is about done, it does a lot of kindling, and a piece or two of firewood now and then.
Got in a little splitting time yesterday afternoon. The 12” splits stack pretty nicely three rows across on the pallets. Even had enough room for a decent air gap for the middle row. I’m starting the stack with the regular splits; I’ll stack the chunks on top of that.
I use one. I place a couple 1/4" round pieces of steel between the bottom end of the clamping piece. It slightly pivots the moving part of the chain clamp so that the top part of the clamp 'bites' better and holds the chain a little better. Essentially a spacer under the 2 screws that sit on both sides of where the cable pulls. if that description doesn't make sense, I can take a pic on Monday.
