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    does this firebrick saw work?

    . For under $20 at Home Depot you can get a diamond blade that will cut hundreds of firebrick. I mounted mine on a little used portable table saw and...
    Post by: Woodrat, Dec 21, 2009 in forum: The Gear
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    Keeping green wood from cracking?

    --------Maybe these will help: http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=686&cookietest=1...
    Post by: Woodrat, Feb 26, 2009 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    holy crap has this dude lost it?

    ------Nice to see a post that doesn't just summarily dismiss all the knowledge & experience that the "old timers" try to share with others. As to...
    Post by: Woodrat, Feb 20, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Materials used to line fireboxes - a test

    ----- If by "response time" you mean the amount of time before I get meaningful heat from the stove-- The Nashua is so big and I'm moving so much...
    Post by: Woodrat, Feb 10, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Materials used to line fireboxes - a test

    ------I love to see threads like this-goes to show that not all good ideas come from the corporate think tanks. FWIW, I have been able to get very...
    Post by: Woodrat, Feb 10, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    what brand of stove did start with and how long ago

    --------BIG Taiwan cast iron box stove ('73) Installed in the cellar out of desparation shortly after we bought our first & only house (remember when...
    Post by: Woodrat, Feb 9, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Portsmouth, RI Second Wind Turbine going up - Pics of Blades

    -----There's one in the industrial park in Newburyport, Ma----- 290 ft tall---put up in January, but not operatiional as yet. Definitly looks...
    Post by: Woodrat, Feb 7, 2009 in forum: The Green Room
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    Super Split HD or Timberwolf TW-2?

    Goose--- I have both a SS and a Timberwolf------- the only reason people have problems with junk building up on the SS rail is that they insist on...
    Post by: Woodrat, Feb 6, 2009 in forum: The Gear
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    At what price per cord is it not worth scrounging?

    - Question deserves a two-part answer from my perspective: (1)- for my own PERSONAL use, I would not pay for wood---- there is always enough...
    Post by: Woodrat, Jan 18, 2009 in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Need to get the heat moving

    Ditto EngineRep's evaluation of the Stanley blower! I have one ducted to move air thru the internal air passages of my big old Nashua----- moves...
    Post by: Woodrat, Jan 18, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Wood Drying....The Moisture Meter Test

    - Already "been there, done that"--- nobody listens-- they would rather play with meters of questionable accuracy than to trust thier own...
    Post by: Woodrat, Jan 9, 2009 in forum: The Wood Shed
  12. Woodrat
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    OT, but gotta know... Forum-names??

    ........Had rats (tame and otherwise) always around me as a kid--came to admire them for thier tenacity and intelligence. Have been known to almost...
    Post by: Woodrat, Jan 5, 2009 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Pulp Wood Hook

    - -After having a pulp hook I was using bounce off a frozen oak log and bury itself in my shinbone-- I was told by my saw& equipment supplier...
    Post by: Woodrat, Dec 15, 2008 in forum: The Gear
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    What is the RH in your home?

    --- -Around 35% in the upper levels of the house but near 10% in the cellar where stove and wood storage area is located---- that's why I...
    Post by: Woodrat, Dec 15, 2008 in forum: The Green Room
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    remedies for split fingertips?

    - -Neutragena hand cream " Norwegian formula" works well for me in daytime-- sinks in quickly- seems to leave a waxy feeling to the skin for...
    Post by: Woodrat, Dec 12, 2008 in forum: DIY and General non-hearth advice
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    Chimineas - Are they for looks or warmth?

    - -I know that you must see some terrible things in the course of your job, but I have a hard time accepting "dictates" from any level.( from...
    Post by: Woodrat, Dec 3, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Chimineas - Are they for looks or warmth?

    - -We've had a cast iron one out on the deck for about 7-8 years and been very happy with it----------just like a campfire, you need to have a...
    Post by: Woodrat, Dec 3, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    basement wood drying test ?

    Both times, in this thread where I dried the wood, neither piece was seasoned, ie it wasn't just seasoned wood with surface moisture....
    Post by: Woodrat, Dec 1, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    basement wood drying test ?

    - -I think that is a good way of describing the process also. The potential pitfall to accepting and "living with" that as a definition is...
    Post by: Woodrat, Dec 1, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    basement wood drying test ?

    ----------------Have you ever TRIED it???????????? - -Read my original post, as well as those of other people who are doing exactly what you...
    Post by: Woodrat, Dec 1, 2008 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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