My wife came home on friday with a "bankers box" full of perfectly laid out 1x1s and 1x2s, scrap wood from the wood shop at the high school where she works.
This box is crammed to the top - probably ~80-100 individuals pieces in it. When she got home, I had a stove full of struggling large pieces (I went to quickly to the large).
After I shouted for glee, hugged her, and let me eyes return to their normal level of dilation, I tossed 4 small pieces of 1x1 into the stove - each about 9" long - to help jumpstart the larger pieces.
Boom - a solid wall of flame took over the entire firebox, temps started shooting up, secondaries started appearing. It was glorious.
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I can't believe I never thought of this before, but if you have a teacher in the family - see if they'll grab you a box full of wood shop scraps for a junior high or high school.
My wife said she can get one of these boxes probably once every few weeks. I should never need kindling again
Joe
This box is crammed to the top - probably ~80-100 individuals pieces in it. When she got home, I had a stove full of struggling large pieces (I went to quickly to the large).
After I shouted for glee, hugged her, and let me eyes return to their normal level of dilation, I tossed 4 small pieces of 1x1 into the stove - each about 9" long - to help jumpstart the larger pieces.
Boom - a solid wall of flame took over the entire firebox, temps started shooting up, secondaries started appearing. It was glorious.
...
I can't believe I never thought of this before, but if you have a teacher in the family - see if they'll grab you a box full of wood shop scraps for a junior high or high school.
My wife said she can get one of these boxes probably once every few weeks. I should never need kindling again
Joe