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post #11 of 30
10/29/10 at 7:26pm

Paper on the TOP??? I'm not sure exactly how the large wood at the bottom would ignite, but I'll re-read the article and try it!

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post #12 of 30
10/29/10 at 7:36pm
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I kinda do this when I have a HUGE split that I just cannot get smaller with my maul. You know, one of those that has 20 maul marks on it and you give up.

I stuff it into the cold stove in the morning, because I'm too chicken to try to see if it fits in the stove when everything's on fire in there. Then I stuff some smaller diameter branches, pieces of cardboard, and crumpled up paper to the right or left of it, and LIGHT!!



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post #13 of 30
10/29/10 at 8:09pm
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Paper on the TOP??? I'm not sure exactly how the large wood at the bottom would ignite, but I'll re-read the article and try it!


Yep, that is right!  As the paper knots burn they fall into the kindling, and as the kindling burns, it falls into the logs.  It sounds wrong, I know, but this is truly the latest and greatest thing to happen to a wood fire in a very long time!

video (kinda long but worth it):  http://www.woodheat.org/images/Video/StoveOp.wmv

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post #14 of 30
10/29/10 at 8:11pm
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Nice!  I'm starting lessons tomorrow!

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post #15 of 30
10/30/10 at 12:56am

Moabite, that video was worth the download. Very interesting and informative, well worth watching. Can't wait to try some of those techniques on my next fire!

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post #16 of 30
10/30/10 at 6:35am
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This is starting my third season with wood heat.  So it is fair to say I'm still a little green.  I found that video while searching for woodshed plans and I had the same reaction.

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post #17 of 30
10/31/10 at 8:17pm
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I love to head out to the high desert and load up on standing dead wood.  Pinion pine mainly, but this year I was able to harvest oak off the mountain because of a fire that that left acres of dead standing groves.  Just burned the bark and small branches and left the trunks perfectly seasoned and ready to be blocked out.


I use paper grocery bags to collect small chips after I split wood, bark pieces, and small twigs that I don't want to waste. Then I roll the top of the bag down and stuff it in the stove.

Dead standing wood is great. You have an ideal setup there.

I planted some pinon pine seeds I got off Ebay once but nothing ever came of them. I wanted to get the pine nuts from our yard instead of Costco. Do you ever try to collect them to eat?

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post #18 of 30
10/31/10 at 8:19pm
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Sounds like our home, nice!  Except no power spitter, no tractor, just a small Husqavana, a mexican 8lb maul and a wedge and an old Toyota 4x4 longbed.

I've changed the way I burn.  Instead of steadily adding wood through out the day, I burn in cycles.   When I feel the house cooling down say maybe 68 degrees or so, I open the stove, scoop out the soft ash, rake the coals to the front, then add about 5 pieces.  I stack 'em in loose if I want to heat up the place quick, or pack 'em tight if I want it to last.  It is rare to see any smoke coming from my chimney.  It is good to keep that chimney hot to avoid creosote buildup.  Home is where the hearth is!


Yes, I think I use less wood burning in cycles. I have a hard time believing it could be true, but it sure seems that way!

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post #19 of 30
11/1/10 at 7:30am

Moabite, you sound like my DH.  We put a wood stove in the basement of our new house, and it's his favorite toy in the wintertime!  He talks about that stove all the time.

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post #20 of 30
11/1/10 at 7:42am

Interesting video.  Now that our stove is started, it more than likely will be going until spring, but if we get a warm day or two and I let it go out I might have to try it and see how it works.  We've been heating our old farmhouse with a woodstove for the last 33 years.  I hate to think how much wood we've burned over the years.

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