Archive through January 17, 2008

[bbranstetter]

Art,

Your right on the money. My folks had sold some logs off and that was just the tops off of the trees. Hard to believe those are just tops being that big around. Nothing like free wood for the taking.

A home cooked meal on top of it.... in the rain, you got me beat.

Nice wood score.

 

[kide]

Brian:
Let us know how the walnut burns - my experience with it from about 20 years ago was that it was so dense that it was almost like trying to burn concrete...The stuff I got was from trees that had been down 15 or so years on the edge of a field that had been expanded with a bulldozer, no bark and a real PITA to cut (IIRC a chain didn't last long...)

Finally started gathering this winter's supply We'll need about three months less than last year - starting to wonder whether the outside furnace was worth it since we'll be back to fuel oil for three months ( although at a very low stat setting

)

 

[klejeune]

I got some walnut from my sisters yard a couple of years ago. It had been down for a year or so and now it's at least 4 years old and last winter it didn't burn worth a crap. Smolders real well though. If you get the fire really hot with some osage orange (hedge) it'll burn okay, but leaves a lot of large coals that don't put out heat and don't turn to ash very well either.

I've got some dry oak and need to go cut up some more trees that went down in the ice storm a couple of years ago. Dad had them rolled up into the woods and are easy to get at and just slice up. With a 17 month old boy running around the house my wife isn't too keen on getting the fire going too hot though. I do want to try and offset some of the gas/electric bill a little this year though.

 

[bbranstetter]

Stove updates.... What do ya think? Almost clean now

 

[blanasa]

World of improvement there. Looks good!

 

[lhinds]

Good job Brian. Better get some stovepipes on that. It is going to be snowing soon. I have 34 here this morning.
Luther

 

[kide]

A LOPI? Makes me want to dig out my Mother Earth News! Great looking stove

 

[kmcconaughey]

Brian, nice job on the stove clean up! How is the seal on the door? Now would be the time to replace it. New seal material and adhesive should be readily available.

 

[bbranstetter]

Stove update! Looking better after some sanding and painting. Here's a look after its first burn with new stove paint.

 

[kmcconaughey]

Brian, looks good as new, well done!