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Wood1Dennis
Burning Hunk
My sweet wife loves a warm house. I'm cheap and I love making firewood.
Its a match made in heaven.
Its a match made in heaven.
To add another woman’s perspective… I am a single mom with four young kids. A year ago we moved into an old 1920 fixer-upper house. My furnace broke down four times last winter… And so I decided to put an insert into my fireplace this fall. Most of my friends urged me towards a gas fireplace insert, Because they didn’t want me to add anymore stress or unnecessary work to my life… But I Ended up going with what I knew would bring me the most joy… And installed a wood Stove insert. Aside from any help I get from my children, I have sole responsibility for tending to this new venture.… And I am thrilled! For me, it goes a little deeper… A woodstove represents the real thing! And I am done with any facades … So a gas fireplace just wouldn’t do!
I live in a small city, although I’m blessed with 3/4 of an acre. So this year, being completely new to life with a woodstove, I purchased Split wood that was delivered to my driveway. I built a little lean to off my shed, and my kids and I stacked it. However, now that I am All in, I already have friends telling me that I can have the fallen trees in their backyard from last summers storm, etc. So I am quite certain that I will end up with a chainsaw, and maybe end up bringing back my still packaged electric 5 ton splitter for something more robust. (would love advice on that.... i’ll look for the appropriate forum).
Anyway, my kids and I love the heat from this woodstove! And I look at it as another opportunity to teach them that hard work gives back something good… To see a real process in something from start to finish… Something that is harder to come by in the real world as much these days.
I live in a small city, although I’m blessed with 3/4 of an acre. So this year, being completely new to life with a woodstove, I purchased Split wood that was delivered to my driveway. I built a little lean to off my shed, and my kids and I stacked it. However, now that I am All in, I already have friends telling me that I can have the fallen trees in their backyard from last summers storm, etc. So I am quite certain that I will end up with a chainsaw, and maybe end up bringing back my still packaged electric 5 ton splitter for something more robust. (would love advice on that.... i’ll look for the appropriate forum).
Anyway, my kids and I love the heat from this woodstove! And I look at it as another opportunity to teach them that hard work gives back something good… To see a real process in something from start to finish… Something that is harder to come by in the real world as much these days.
Wood1Dennis
Burning Hunk
This is one of the best things I have read on here for a while. Good for you and your kids!
Yes, so glad that you are enjoying the stove and process MatchGirl. Those small electric splitters are pretty capable for rounds up to 12" or so.
nunyabinis
Member
Married four decades. High school sweethearts. I run my Stihl Farm Boss and she does the limbing with her Stihl 192T. I run the splitter and she stacks the splits. She runs our VC Encore like a conductor.
She's my Best Friend.
She's my Best Friend.
This is The one I haven’t taken out of the package yet… Do you know if this one is good? Should I spend a little more for something better? I think it said up to 10 inches diameter… Is that about the size of an average tree?
Jan Pijpelink
Minister of Fire
Easy Livin’ 3000
Minister of Fire
No wife here, but long time companion. She does like it warm, and she likes it when I tend to the fire, but is more than capable of taking care of it herself.
She's mastered the bottom-up lighting technique, as well as the top-down.
She is proficient with the infrared thermometer, and knows exactly where to point the laser to see when to close the air down. She knows how to avoid an overfire.
She's getting better at stacking wood. Straight up and down. The stacks fall sometimes, but she helps get them stacked right back up.
She greatly prefers the north--south loading technique, complains a little when I cut the wood too long and it has to go in east-west.
She doesn't love the mess it makes, but doesn't complain about it, just cleans it up.
She's mastered the bottom-up lighting technique, as well as the top-down.
She is proficient with the infrared thermometer, and knows exactly where to point the laser to see when to close the air down. She knows how to avoid an overfire.
She's getting better at stacking wood. Straight up and down. The stacks fall sometimes, but she helps get them stacked right back up.
She greatly prefers the north--south loading technique, complains a little when I cut the wood too long and it has to go in east-west.
She doesn't love the mess it makes, but doesn't complain about it, just cleans it up.
Montanalocal
Minister of Fire
I have owned two electric splitters. My first was one like you are showing, with the cylinder enclosed under the beam. This type does not last very long, they start to leak internally and they really can not be fixed. I would highly recommend an electric that has a traditional hydraulic ram above the beam that can be fixed if it starts to leak. This looks to be the best from my research.
https://www.swisherinc.com/catalog/...-electric-full-frame-log-splitter/category/8/
https://www.swisherinc.com/catalog/...-electric-full-frame-log-splitter/category/8/
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CaptSpiff
Minister of Fire
Match Girl:
"This is the one I haven’t taken out of the package yet… Do you know if this one is good? Should I spend a little more for something better? I think it said up to 10 inches diameter… Is that about the size of an average tree?"
A 10" diameter log piece is pretty big, and heavy. If it won't split down the middle, roll the log left or right to take a smaller slice.
The secret to running electric motor devices is to give them good voltage. Motors hate low voltage.
That means keeping your extension cords short and/or proper sized. Use a 12ga extension cord of no more than 50 ft.
This electric splitter will serve you well for "face cord" size jobs.
Go slow and always watch your fingers!
"This is the one I haven’t taken out of the package yet… Do you know if this one is good? Should I spend a little more for something better? I think it said up to 10 inches diameter… Is that about the size of an average tree?"
A 10" diameter log piece is pretty big, and heavy. If it won't split down the middle, roll the log left or right to take a smaller slice.
The secret to running electric motor devices is to give them good voltage. Motors hate low voltage.
That means keeping your extension cords short and/or proper sized. Use a 12ga extension cord of no more than 50 ft.
This electric splitter will serve you well for "face cord" size jobs.
Go slow and always watch your fingers!
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Dix
Minister of Fire
How in the hell, did I miss this thread ????? 
(I hear you saying "She's here 
)
As a kid, we had a fireplace.w/ a heatalator system, which I learned to run early on.
In 1977 the price of oil went up to 12 cents a gallon, and my Mom went ballistic. Soon, there were 3 coal stoves in this house. A cookstove in the kitchen (gorgeous, with a hot water system !!), and 2 pot bellies at each end of the house. Check, know how to run those !
Coal stoves come out .... turns out the Dixette & I are allergic to the dust. Back to running FP w/ heatalator. Oil is 69 cents a gallon.
2007, oil hits close to $3 a gallon. Begin wood burning quest. Quest completed 2008. Hook up w/ Hearth.com. Rick Boothe AKA Fossil (
) answers my first post. The rest is a friendly blur
2009 oil going to $4 a gallon, Hello Tomber Ridge *kisses*
And, I'm still here, still splitting, stacking, toting, hauling, carrying, emptying ash can, and, with the help of a roof top friendly buddy, cleaned the PE chimney yesterday.
For 5 of those years, I had no working O/B .... ran on wood heat & an electric HWH. O/B fixed 3 years ago/
What's a wife?
(I hear you saying "She's here )As a kid, we had a fireplace.w/ a heatalator system, which I learned to run early on.
In 1977 the price of oil went up to 12 cents a gallon, and my Mom went ballistic. Soon, there were 3 coal stoves in this house. A cookstove in the kitchen (gorgeous, with a hot water system !!), and 2 pot bellies at each end of the house. Check, know how to run those !
Coal stoves come out .... turns out the Dixette & I are allergic to the dust. Back to running FP w/ heatalator. Oil is 69 cents a gallon.
2007, oil hits close to $3 a gallon. Begin wood burning quest. Quest completed 2008. Hook up w/ Hearth.com. Rick Boothe AKA Fossil (
) answers my first post. The rest is a friendly blur 2009 oil going to $4 a gallon, Hello Tomber Ridge *kisses*
And, I'm still here, still splitting, stacking, toting, hauling, carrying, emptying ash can, and, with the help of a roof top friendly buddy, cleaned the PE chimney yesterday.
For 5 of those years, I had no working O/B .... ran on wood heat & an electric HWH. O/B fixed 3 years ago/
What's a wife?
Medic21
Minister of Fire
My wife has her own saws, comes out with me on weekends. She is learning the stove, I grew up burning wood and she has never been around it before we bought this house three years ago.
Best part is when I get the house to 77-78 degrees...
Best part is when I get the house to 77-78 degrees...
Jan Pijpelink
Minister of Fire
Prof
Minister of Fire
I threaten divorce when the house gets to 74---I find that anything above this with wood heat is darn uncomfortable.
Jan Pijpelink
Minister of Fire
Prof
Minister of Fire
I do both--I am am an ardent believer in the value of both cold air and therapy
sportbikerider78
Minister of Fire
Same here.
My wife knows I'm not an idiot and I make good decisions, so she supports my decisions. She loves the heat..but isn't crazy about the mess.
sportbikerider78
Minister of Fire
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