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    Hand saw instead of chainsaw

    I need to cut a bunch of limbs and a bit of trunk that I recently scrounged. Due to budgetary issues, I'm thinking about using a hand saw to do the...
    Thread by: area_man, Apr 11, 2013, 21 replies, in forum: The Gear
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    I may be at the end of my burning season

    Two nights ago I let my stove go cold out of pure laziness. I set the thermostat to heat to 62*, put a fan in the basement blowing cold air up the...
    Thread by: area_man, Mar 29, 2013, 25 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Here's what I have

    I have an old Orley in a lookout basement in a living room adjacent to my bedroom and the laundry room. Upstairs, there are two bedrooms, an office,...
    Thread by: area_man, Mar 20, 2013, 2 replies, in forum: Classic Wood Stove Forums Pre-EPA (prior to 1988)
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    Scored my first scrounge!

    [ATTACH][ATTACH] [ATTACH] There it is! I traded emails with the person giving away the wood, she said she's going to be limbing a bunch of trees...
    Post by: area_man, Mar 19, 2013 in forum: The Wood Shed
  5. area_man
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    Scored my first scrounge!

    I responded to five or six CL ads for free wood, and finally got in on time for one. It's not huge, but I don't care. I just want to go pick up...
    Thread by: area_man, Mar 18, 2013, 11 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
  6. area_man
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    Got my woodlot cut now what to do ?

    c/s/s in place, wait until seasoned, then haul dry wood to your home.
    Post by: area_man, Mar 12, 2013 in forum: The Wood Shed
  7. area_man
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    Solid wood pallet

    I figured I'd bust it up and have some fuel for the stove. Easy peasy, right? Not so much. I used two wrecking bars to lift the rusty nails off...
    Thread by: area_man, Mar 12, 2013, 3 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
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    Standing dead trees on my property

    There are a couple of downed logs on the upslope I'm going to attack first. My best move might be to build some check dam stairs out of that wood...
    Post by: area_man, Mar 10, 2013 in forum: The Wood Shed
  9. area_man
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    I guess I figured out fan placement for my house

    In my last house, the MBR and one of my kids' bedrooms were very hot while the downstairs was cold. I tried all kinds of things to figure out where...
    Thread by: area_man, Mar 9, 2013, 4 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  10. area_man
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    Will any tea kettle function on a wood stove top?

    Take your cast iron tea kettle and use a wire brush to remove rust all the way down to the metal all through the piece. Coat inside and out with...
    Post by: area_man, Mar 9, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  11. area_man
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    Standing dead trees on my property

    It's going to be a pain no matter what. EVERYTHING is down the slope. My house sits on the one level patch in the acre, everything else is on a 70'...
    Post by: area_man, Mar 9, 2013 in forum: The Wood Shed
  12. area_man
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    Standing dead trees on my property

    There are at least seven dead trees on my property that can be harvested for firewood. The problem is that I can't get a truck to them due to...
    Thread by: area_man, Mar 8, 2013, 14 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
  13. area_man
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    Overfired my Orley

    Copy that.
    Post by: area_man, Mar 4, 2013 in forum: Classic Wood Stove Forums Pre-EPA (prior to 1988)
  14. area_man
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    Overfired my Orley

    I was upstairs when I heard the Clank and smelled something off. When I went downstairs I saw the thermometer laying on the floor and the stove at a...
    Thread by: area_man, Mar 3, 2013, 8 replies, in forum: Classic Wood Stove Forums Pre-EPA (prior to 1988)
  15. area_man
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    Upstairs fireplace... should I install an insert?

    The upstairs of my new house has a fireplace. It's got glass doors in a brass (?) face plate and the previous owners used it to heat the upstairs...
    Thread by: area_man, Mar 1, 2013, 5 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  16. area_man
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    Air filtration

    These problems have not developed since running a wood stove. I'm new to burning wood, these are problems we bring IN to the situation that I don't...
    Post by: area_man, Mar 1, 2013 in forum: The Gear
  17. area_man
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    Air filtration

    My old lady is allergic, my eyes are dry, and one of my kids has dry skin. I've heard the particulate matter around wood stoves can be problematic...
    Thread by: area_man, Feb 24, 2013, 5 replies, in forum: The Gear
  18. area_man
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    Poor man's ash vac

    Another great use for a box fan is as a heat exchanger. Take a copper coil and zip tie it to the intake side of the fan, run heat resistant tubing...
    Post by: area_man, Feb 24, 2013 in forum: The Gear
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    Noob here, question about gathering and a trailer

    I have the 4.0 liter, don't know what my hitch is rated for. I guess I'll go with a smaller trailer. That's fine, I'm certainly not going to buy a...
    Post by: area_man, Feb 24, 2013 in forum: The Wood Shed
  20. area_man
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    Noob here, question about gathering and a trailer

    I have a 98 Ford Explorer 4WD manual and was thinking about using it to scrounge. After reading a bit on the board it seems like it might be a good...
    Thread by: area_man, Feb 23, 2013, 15 replies, in forum: The Wood Shed
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