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Does anyone still use kindling?

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  1. jdude

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    FatBoy85..........I own a cabinet and millwork business, I produce 1-2 barrels a week on average
     
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  2. FatBoy85

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    My address is 4901...
     
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    Yep still cut up my own kindling.

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    Shipping might get a little pricey:makeitrain"
     
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    Tam, you could gather those noodles, set a cupcake pan on the stove top (lined or unlined), add the noodles and a chunk of wax from old candles (or get the scented wax cubes on clearance, Clarence) to each cup, and in a few minutes....voilà!
    Fire starters that will decimate your kindling and bring a far to life in 5minutes flat!
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  6. FatBoy85

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    Funny how you could ship a container and label it "kitchen utensils bulk" label it for the air force base near me and I can grab it via channels. Eh im probably just spitballing here but loopholes...loopholes everywhere.
     
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  7. HDRock

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    I end up starting a lot of cold fire so yeah, I use kindling but I put it in the top about 3 pics across the top of the splits with Firestarter square in the bottom.
    Pallet wood Shagbark Hickory bark, cedar fence rails, Pine boards, popular, Splitter trash, whatever I got around.

    Ceder I used up this winter
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    I got some stuff left over in the kindling box on the deck

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    Did you use up all that kindling that wishlist gave you
     
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    I still use kindling. Not near as much with the IS though. We used a lot with the Fireview, but the IS almost always has a coal bed left even after a long day at work.
    This load of kiln dried should last me several years
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    I use a lot of kindling. I am even on the 2 year plan with my kindling. I will have to post pics when I get a chance.
     
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    I use kindling but only about 3 small sticks per relight for cold stove plus a small piece of fire starter so takes no time to get the stove going...Top down fire....
     
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    I use construction of cuts as kindling as well usually Radiata pine I think you guys call it Monterey pine.
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    I get mine from a roof truss manufacturer near work.


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    I need to start another bin like you got. This lumber yard box is ridiculous as it churns out that kind of kindling you got there. Lots. I just loaded up today. Im getting selective. Mostly its depending on if I have the room for it. Im often faced with this dilemma since I need to set up another pallet box...or just add to the existing one.
     
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    Nope, super cedars for me, even in the fire pit.
     
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    When you ask if kindling is still used, I immediately think of white cedar split up very small for fire starts. Used it religiously until a few years ago when I switched over to fire starters.

    Now I just split some hardwood into small pieces and let the fire starter do the trick. But yes, I still do have cedar around....
     
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    Well for me its both. Use a 2 oz cup like the ketchup cups and fill it with your saw noodles. I give em a wax sprinkle to make them sticky. Then little more wax the its done. Top with a little dust if needed. I then light that and get my cedar skewers ready on top. Fill until roaring.
     
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    Kindlining for me. Aint gonna pay for far starter stuff when it grows on trees.
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    Then there is all the old barn wood to make use of.
     
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    Nice job, Butcher.
     
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    That thar blue stuff is my secret chemical weapon to dump on the kindling to make even easier starts to my fires:p
     
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    Oh yeah, absolutely use kindling here. When I see a new house being framed out, will beg small framing ends from the guys and split those down with a hatchet. Also dumpster dive nice dry hardwood discards at a cabinet shop. Working on top down cold starts in the IS (so frequent during shoulder season) using a single sheet of newspaper.
    I see no reason to waste what junk that would otherwise just be tossed into a landfill.
     
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