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    Bottom-up chimney cleaning

    I made something like what Gooserider suggested, using 25' long piece of 3/4" PEX tubing, an Ander-lign coupler and a 3/8 to 1/4" NPT adapter. Works...
    Post by: woodpile, Feb 20, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Do you think this will work?

    While the 3M window insulator kit stuff works well, I didn't like the idea of tearing it off every year, so I made oak frames out of 3/4" wide by...
    Post by: woodpile, Feb 20, 2008 in forum: DIY and General non-hearth advice
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    Cant Hooks

    If you make it, it can be whatever size you want. I made one out of 1/2" square steel bar, forged the point, bend and flat at the pivot, then heat...
    Post by: woodpile, Feb 20, 2008 in forum: The Gear
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    Efficiency, or lack thereof

    That looks great. What do you use for molding sand? I've heard that sand with enough damp clay to make it clump when squeezed, but I question the use...
    Post by: woodpile, Feb 18, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Efficiency, or lack thereof

    That guy smashed a lathe for scrap iron. That's wrong, just plain wrong. Use brake drums or whatever - a lathe is for machining the stuff you cast.
    Post by: woodpile, Feb 16, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Efficiency, or lack thereof

    Yeah home foundry! Do tell. I made a forge out of an old water heater - I get bright orange heat from steel and it can also melt aluminum. My dad...
    Post by: woodpile, Feb 15, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    burning black locust

    There are some Honey Locust lines that had the thorns "bred out of them", so thorns alone won't tell the difference between Black or Honey Locust....
    Post by: woodpile, Feb 15, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Cleaning cast iron

    It's not rust, it's patina.
    Post by: woodpile, Feb 15, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Wood Species Identifacation

    R Bruce Hoadley's book "Identifying Wood", a truely sharp chisel and a magnifying glass.
    Post by: woodpile, Feb 15, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Efficiency, or lack thereof

    Stove manufacturers cite efficiencies of around 70% without explaining what this means or how it was measured. I will assume it refers to comustion...
    Thread by: woodpile, Feb 14, 2008, 16 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Bottom-up chimney cleaning

    sonnyinbc: Can you tell me who makes the fiberglass rods you bought? What is the diameter, and will is really make the bend from the floor to the...
    Post by: woodpile, Jan 30, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Bottom-up chimney cleaning

    The local prices are about $35 per 4' rod, so I guess I will be buying online. I intend to have fan blowing into the house from the upwind side while...
    Post by: woodpile, Jan 30, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Bottom-up chimney cleaning

    I stood in Menard's for a long while trying to estimate which brush would be easier to push. I compared diameters, bristle stiffness and number...
    Post by: woodpile, Jan 29, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Bottom-up chimney cleaning

    I think the brush would likely hang up on the top of the partial liner by going top down. Mine is a 2 story house with about 8' of chimney above the...
    Post by: woodpile, Jan 29, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Bottom-up chimney cleaning

    Hi all, I bought a 6" poly brush from Rutland, and they say to use their 16114 nylon extension rod to clean from the bottom. I wonder how well this...
    Thread by: woodpile, Jan 29, 2008, 20 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Temp < 10 F = draft that goes backwards when the door is open.

    I have about 8' of 6" steel stove pipe up the chimney, then just the clay flue.
    Post by: woodpile, Jan 23, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Temp < 10 F = draft that goes backwards when the door is open.

    Hi all, The weather in the Chicago area has been staying in the single-digits of late, and my otherwise perfect draft is not so perfect. This...
    Thread by: woodpile, Jan 23, 2008, 8 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    How Would You Tackle a Large Tree Trunk?

    White oak yearns to be furniture. Get a Stickley catalog and see what I mean. Hire a sawyer to quarter-saw the stuff. You can still burn the wane and...
    Post by: woodpile, Jan 2, 2006 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Heating with wood - the ultimate chess game

    Chess game? I've felt like an 1800's locomotive engineer - but this train doesn't move, hence the title "Stationary Engineer". Yesterday I fed the...
    Post by: woodpile, Jan 2, 2006 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    How Would You Tackle a Large Tree Trunk?

    If you can use the wood as lumber, mill some boards off the top using a Granberg or Ripsaw mini-mill. Ash is good furniture wood, if you like the...
    Post by: woodpile, Jan 2, 2006 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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