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01-20-2019, 03:19 PM | #51 |
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Re: How do you heat your home
Dang Mark, you do take your woodcuttin' seriously! Wish I had better access to more good wood, wife & I cover a lot of ground every spring trying to scrounge up enough to keep the house cozy when winter hits. Most of it ages 2-3 years before we bring it in to burn.
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01-20-2019, 03:56 PM | #52 |
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Re: How do you heat your home
I cut down 2 loucust trees in BC for my mother in law she lived in Lytton BC
Apparently they were planted back in the day for making wagon wheels. I had the trees sawed into lumber. From this I made a couple rocking chairs |
01-20-2019, 05:41 PM | #53 |
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Damn that's beautiful. I have tried to dry locust cut with a home made Alaska saw mill. But it always cracks to the point it's not usable. I even tried soaking it in alcohol, not the kind you drink . Theory is that the alcohol displaces the water and the wood shrinks less.
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01-20-2019, 05:48 PM | #54 | |
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01-20-2019, 05:59 PM | #55 |
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That chair wood is beautiful. I do not believe I have ever seen locust used for a finished wood like that. It must be for the reasons custom camper mentioned. Maybe you can share the secret to keep it from splitting.
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01-20-2019, 06:30 PM | #56 |
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I've made stuff from firewood but mostly cherry and black walnut both of them dry nicely. Couple of candle racks for the misses and a shift knob from walnut for the 72.
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01-20-2019, 06:44 PM | #57 |
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Furniture made from locust is a new one on me, too. Those rockers turned out beautiful, lots of character in that wood.
Mark, I hear ya on being physically able. At 69 years old and after about 40 years of splitting with a maul and wedge & sledge, my rheumatoid arthritis finally said enough is enough. I still bust random pieces but when we bring in a truckload, I fire up my splitter. I move the wood and my wife moves the lever.
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01-20-2019, 08:28 PM | #58 |
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Thank you. When ever I’ve sawn wood I just cut it into 2” thick planks I leave the bark on both sides. Then I melt wax and coat the end grain. I then stack it up with 1”-1 1/2” sticks in between the planks. Once stacked I put lots of weight on the pile to stop the wood from cupping or twisting. Then I leave it for about 2 Year’s or more. That’s all I’ve ever done. Seems to work for me
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01-20-2019, 09:08 PM | #59 | |
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01-22-2019, 11:43 PM | #60 |
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Don't hang out or post here much anymore, since moving to town because of health and age. Still have the farm, tho. but thought I'd try to catch up on all the happenings.
I'm guessing We're some of the most fortunate ones on here. Back in the late '40s, natural gas was located on our farm, as well as a fairly large area around here. Gas companies were competing for the leases, so most of us, (parents/grandparents) signed with the company that allowed us free house gas, if a well was located on our property, and we owned the minerals, also. They found several wells on us, but closest is 1/2 mile away. so we had to furnish our own pipeline from the well head to home. The well is still producing, so we've had free gas and getting paid royalties on gas they pipe away all these years. Production is sure falling off, so expecting them to cap them off in coming years, as it fizzles out. No way to guess how much that's saved us over the years in heating costs alone.
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