Firewood jig

Willow is like an overgrown corn stalk except that it doesn't burn as long.

 

yep, spring shoulder season. one half load in early morning good until late afternoon or beyond.

 

Eh, that's good enough for me. Truth be told, if I pack the stove full of of hard woods, the stove can get too hot for my liking. I didn't come close to a flu fire or anything but man, there were some fires that got a little hotter than i would have liked. I shut them down right away but if I hadn't been watching, I might have had to call the insurance company...

 

It does not split well, it takes as long as oak to dry, and it has really low BTU's.

Hard pass for me.

 

Yeah, fair enough.

 

If it's in your yard, then probably process some for camp fires, in 4 years.

 

Horkn, finally found the pic of your firewood jig... On a bbq forum, a member is asking about how to cut down splits and I remembered your jig. May I post your pic on that forum?

 

Absolutely!

It was simple to make, and very handy.

 

Thanks Horkn, I think the concept is just what he needs. Did you attach the ratchet strap to the jig (ie screwed to the bottom of jig) for extra stability, or is it just strapped around the splits?

 

the ratchet is just strapped to the splits on top, but under the "frame" of the jig underneath. that way it all stays together

 

Great jig Horkn

 

Horkn Can you please post the pic of your wood cutting jig again?

 

Erik, it's in the first post on this thread...

 

It's scraps of 5/4 decking, and 2x4, with an old piece of plywood for the back. There's 2 "frames" made from the decking, and those are hooked by the 2 2x4's on the bottom and one in top. The plywood on the back has a gap, especially on the bottom to allow chips to fall through and not need cleaning out really.

When you do this, measure the distance from the outer dog to the chain. And be sure to take that into account when you make the length to be your properly sized splits. You run the dog right along the outer edge of the decking boards.

It's got a few "character marks" on it now. Lol. Still works great though.

 

Thanks Horkn I had a different picture in my mind I thought it was a jig that would help cut limb wood to length somewhat like T.Jeff Veal put together. My bad.

 

If I'm going to cut limb wood I'll leave it in long lengths and then pile a bunch into a folding X type bucking horse...cut 'em all at once...works pretty gooder.

 

Ive seen the cutting jigs on here. Didnt Barcroftb have a nice one?

 

Someone had one out of cinder blocks and 2 x4. Who??

 

Here's a few pictures of ours, we used a pair of old saw horses, made the trough from a couple decking boards and the end stop from 2x4's. I first used a pole saw several years ago, then got the MS180, which was a big improvement. Now we use the ECHO 2511T, that works great.

 

That's how I like to do it as well.