Show us: your log burners and open fires

[Profpointy]

Our cat doesn't like the open fire or the stove. She doesn't like the various noises it makes nor when it's poked and I don't think she likes the heat much either. I recall my Uncle's cat singed its fur lying underneath the wood stove, and other burnt it's feet jumping on top of it which must have been nasty

 

[Adam4868]

Have a outdoor one aswell that I made during lockdown.Just to blow my own trumpet so to speak...

 

[Ridgeway]

Now that is very love that !

 

[Tail End Charlie]

Having run out of +300 year old beams and several sycamore trees I had to put my hand in my pocket again. Two brothers 81 and 83 years old delivered this today. It needs to last until the second week of December, 5M3 stacked (badly by them) cost €250 which is a good rate here. Oak, ash, acacia, beech and chestnut.
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This is how we chop to length in hillbilly country.
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I think you're being harsh, if I can stack like that when I'm 83 I'll be well pleased. s

 

[randynewmanscat]

I think you're being harsh, if I can stack like that when I'm 83 I'll be well pleased. s

Harsh? I spared them the whip for not keeping up with me feeding them the pieces.

 

[Profpointy]

Have a outdoor one aswell that I made during lockdown.Just to blow my own trumpet so to speak...
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Are you sure that's not Vernon's final unfinished pulse jet project ?

 

[rogerzilla]

Out of interest, I split a small cherry log I cut 3 weeks ago and it was 35% moisture inside. Logs that are too small to bother splitting can take a long time to dry - the moisture has a long way to travel to each end compared to a halved log. These are in the conservatory, though, and will be fine by late winter.

 

[randynewmanscat]

Are you sure that's not Vernon's final unfinished pulse jet project ?

I was wondering if it could be slightly upsetting the earth's spin, it looks fierce.

 

[Adam4868]

Are you sure that's not Vernon's final unfinished pulse jet project ?

I was wondering if it could be slightly upsetting the earth's spin, it looks fierce.

It glows red after half a hour,you wouldn't want to brush past it after a few drinks ! There again annoying neighbour invited round....mmm there's a idea.

 

[Reynard]

It glows red after half a hour,you wouldn't want to brush past it after a few drinks ! There again annoying neighbour invited round....mmm there's a idea.

Mmmmm, most excellent for socially-distanced marshmallow toasting, though.

 

[Notafettler]

Slugs aren't frightened by coffee grounds,

Sorry forgot to reply. The aim of the coffee grounds is it makes it difficult for them to pass over the grounds as the coffee grounds stick to there nasty slimy bodies. Your method may work but generally I am simply to idle to do it.

 

[Notafettler]

I feel ill I am burning my wood. I have just realised I really only want to collect it. The only constellation (?) I have is I have to make room for more!

 

[Reynard]

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I feel ill I am burning my wood. I have just realised I really only want to collect it. The only constellation (?) I have is I have to make room for more!

Consolation.

Constellations involves burning balls of gas called stars.



I spent the morning sawing and splitting some large sections of tree I dragged in a couple of years ago after the drainage board trimmed some stuff on the edge of the wood. It's damn good exercise, who needs to join a gym?

 

[Notafettler]

Constellations involves burning balls of gas called stars.

I know I used the microphone to get the spelling right but that's what came out.... insulting my pronunciation.

 

[rogerzilla]

This working from home lark means higher wood consumption. I ordered some birch (I normally have ash). Very impressed - it can be burnt one log at a time due to its fierceness, which works out more economical than ash. Ash normally needs to go in my stove two logs at a time to keep a self-sustaining burn but it doesn't last twice as long.

Birch is also very fast-growing and a good fuel crop compared to something like oak. The calorific value of all hardwoods is fairly similar, just under 6 kWh/kg.