Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[nomad_archer]

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These were some military surplus pouches I found that worked with wedges, PowerSharp cassettes, 40V Oregon batteries, sandwiches, . . . .

Philbert

Lots of ways to skin this cat. I like the purpose made on in leather because the leather provides enough friction to hold the wedges and big or small wedges fit just right. I dont think it would fit a sandwich very well.

I want a wedge belt like that but only one pocket is enough. Just needs to have a large loop to hold a hatchet.

The two pockets work nice. Big wedges in the second big pocket, little wedges in the top little pocket. I load up on wedges when felling but if I am bucking I only have the two little ones you see in there now. The second pocket is a great place to stuff your gloves when you take a break. As for your hatchet, why not get a hammer loop off of a carpenter tool belt?

 

[Marshy]

The two pockets work nice. Big wedges in the second big pocket, little wedges in the top little pocket. I load up on wedges when felling but if I am bucking I only have the two little ones you see in there now. The second pocket is a great place to stuff your gloves when you take a break. As for your hatchet, why not get a hammer loop off of a carpenter tool belt?

I'm sure what you have there could be modified to work well for me. I only need 2-3 wedges at any one point in time so just the one pocket will work. Adding a strip of fabric or leather for make the loop for the hatchet would do just fine, just would like to purchase something already built.

 

[JustJeff]

Yeah I keep telling myself that, that's why I haven't gotten one yet. What I really want to do is build a huztl 372xp, but I have no need for a 70cc saw, just a want lol.

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Oh you NEED a 70cc saw alright! I didn't think I needed one till I got one in my hands.

 

[LondonNeil]

Hi all,
I've not posted in a while as I've not done any scrounging, I've been too busy with home renovations. Part of that has been going from this old gas fire which was decommissioned years ago

via some of this

this

this

and this

to finally get to this

still some work to do clearly, but I actually now have a way of burning and enjoying the wood I scrounge, cut, split and season! Its 5Kw, I think that translates to about 17000 btu/hr....does that sound right? 5kw is just a small stove.

to stay on topic though, I did get scrounge another car load Tuesday, from the usual tree guy I collect from, just some sort of pine/fir but it'll burn fine once seasoned, and it won't be in the stove until next winter at the earliest.

Oh yes, i nearly forgot, the best bit about getting the stove in was my fiancee's response! I thought she was going to be indifferent, but she loved it! So much so she asked,
'Could we put one in the dinning room too? It eould look nice.'

So i said i'd keep looking on ebay for a bargain. I'd actually been looking for the past year but not seen any bargain stoves, but within days of my other half's blessing i won an auction for a Franco belge Belfort for just £68! WHat's that in dollars? a bit under $100 now the pound has crashed since we voted to leave the EU. The Belfort is a great stove, my parents have one, its about £650 new. It needs some parts, a new grate, new baffle, new inner top heat shield,new fire bricks, new rope seals and although not too bad I've also ordered some stove paint to respray it and get it back like new. Total cost including petrol to collect it £215. I don't seem to have a photo of the complete stove but here's one of some of the knackered bits....it had been run hard! 3 very tired bricks in several pieces, and the remains of the grate.

once refurbished it should look like this

 

[nomad_archer]

I'm sure what you have there could be modified to work well for me. I only need 2-3 wedges at any one point in time so just the one pocket will work. Adding a strip of fabric or leather for make the loop for the hatchet would do just fine, just would like to purchase something already built.

There are lots of options. I chose what I like. Baileys has something for everyone.
http://www.baileysonline.com/shop.aspx/Search?keywords=wedge+pouch

If you find something slick for holding your hatchet let me know. I would like to keep my fiskars x15 I think on my belt since it would be handy to pound wedges.

 

[tpence2177]

Hi all,
I've not posted in a while as I've not done any scrounging, I've been too busy with home renovations. Part of that has been going from this old gas fire which was decommissioned years ago

via some of this

this

this

and this

to finally get to this

still some work to do clearly, but I actually now have a way of burning and enjoying the wood I scrounge, cut, split and season! Its 5Kw, I think that translates to about 17000 btu/hr....does that sound right? 5kw is just a small stove.

to stay on topic though, I did get scrounge another car load Tuesday, from the usual tree guy I collect from, just some sort of pine/fir but it'll burn fine once seasoned, and it won't be in the stove until next winter at the earliest.

Oh yes, i nearly forgot, the best bit about getting the stove in was my fiancee's response! I thought she was going to be indifferent, but she loved it! So much so she asked,
'Could we put one in the dinning room too? It eould look nice.'

So i said i'd keep looking on ebay for a bargain. I'd actually been looking for the past year but not seen any bargain stoves, but within days of my other half's blessing i won an auction for a Franco belge Belfort for just £68! WHat's that in dollars? a bit under $100 now the pound has crashed since we voted to leave the EU. The Belfort is a great stove, my parents have one, its about £650 new. It needs some parts, a new grate, new baffle, new inner top heat shield,new fire bricks, new rope seals and although not too bad I've also ordered some stove paint to respray it and get it back like new. Total cost including petrol to collect it £215. I don't seem to have a photo of the complete stove but here's one of some of the knackered bits....it had been run hard! 3 very tired bricks in several pieces, and the remains of the grate.

once refurbished it should look like this

I would really love to add a wood burning heater to our house, but it's a two story and I would have no idea where to begin at all.

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[Marshy]

There are lots of options. I chose what I like. Baileys has something for everyone.
http://www.baileysonline.com/shop.aspx/Search?keywords=wedge+pouch

If you find something slick for holding your hatchet let me know. I would like to keep my fiskars x15 I think on my belt since it would be handy to pound wedges.

I thought the same thing at first but it just lacks the weight, handle length and poll to make a good wedge pounder IMO. plus I don't feel it's ideal to carry a razor sharp implement on my side in case I stumble and fall on it.
I recently acquired this hatched and look forward to giving it a try. I painted the handle red.

 

[Marshy]

I would really love to add a wood burning heater to our house, but it's a two story and I would have no idea where to begin at all.

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Through wall stove pipe to a tripple wall stainless chimney pipe. Stuff is expensive but is quality stuff. We can talk you into it if you hang around.

 

[jr27236]

There are lots of options. I chose what I like. Baileys has something for everyone.
http://www.baileysonline.com/shop.aspx/Search?keywords=wedge+pouch

If you find something slick for holding your hatchet let me know. I would like to keep my fiskars x15 I think on my belt since it would be handy to pound wedges.

How about this setup, that hatchet and all lol.

 

[tpence2177]

Through wall stove pipe to a tripple wall stainless chimney pipe. Stuff is expensive but is quality stuff. We can talk you into it if you hang around.

I've already been dropping hints to my wife for the past few weeks. Should've done that instead of buying a generator, since we are total electric.

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[LondonNeil]

My place is a 2 storey, 1936 biult brick semi detached house. Originally had open fires in lounge and dinning room plus the 3 bedrooms, and I think some sort of range in the kitchen. 4 of those flues are still intact going to a chimney in the middle of the building, the other chimney has been dismantled at some point. with 80 year old masonry unlined chimney, although our building regs allow a stove to connect straight to it, I chose to line it with stainless steel flexible liner, class 1 and 904 grade so I could burn smokeless coal if i chose to. getting on my roof is quite easy and relatively safe to work at the chimney stack, as it sits in a valley between 2 roof ridges. So for me, sweep, inspect, pull liner in, hang from hanging cowl at top, make up register plate to hold adapter, connect vitreous enamel pipe and stove...it was all quite straightforward.

I guess the place for you to start.....do you have an existing chimney/flue?

 

[jr27236]

Having a existing chimney is a huge plus.

 

[tpence2177]

My place is a 2 storey, 1936 biult brick semi detached house. Originally had open fires in lounge and dinning room plus the 3 bedrooms, and I think some sort of range in the kitchen. 4 of those flues are still intact going to a chimney in the middle of the building, the other chimney has been dismantled at some point. with 80 year old masonry unlined chimney, although our building regs allow a stove to connect straight to it, I chose to line it with stainless steel flexible liner, class 1 and 904 grade so I could burn smokeless coal if i chose to. getting on my roof is quite easy and relatively safe to work at the chimney stack, as it sits in a valley between 2 roof ridges. So for me, sweep, inspect, pull liner in, hang from hanging cowl at top, make up register plate to hold adapter, connect vitreous enamel pipe and stove...it was all quite straightforward.

I guess the place for you to start.....do you have an existing chimney/flue?

I do not. I have been looking at walls, but any decent places either have the room upstairs to go through, or wouldn't really be beneficial to spreading heat throughout the house. Can't win lol

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[LondonNeil]

you guys seem to go for big stoves and try and duct heat about to heat your whole house. Wood heating is much rarer this side of the pond, and we tend to have more small stoves for ambiance/fill in heat so don't have your issues. ********** might be a good place to get some tips.

with no existing chimney triple wall would be the easiest i guess, but it may be possible to build a chimney. Give us some details...what you got and what are you seeking?

 

[LondonNeil]

Ha ha! that other site get's 'swear filtered out!' Do we not like a bit of competition here?

 

[cantoo]

Oh you NEED a 70cc saw alright! I didn't think I needed one till I got one in my hands.

Wood Nazi, check the pics out, might be something here for you. I have a couple of other sales I want to go to but I might have to run up there for this one.
http://theauctionadvertiser.com/cgi-bin/nslsearcx.pl?s1=118281452

 

[JustJeff]

Wood Nazi, check the pics out, might be something here for you. I have a couple of other sales I want to go to but I might have to run up there for this one.
http://theauctionadvertiser.com/cgi-bin/nslsearcx.pl?s1=118281452

That's not far from me at all. I saw the listing at Sydenham, one of my boys works at the auction in Rockford. That welder sparks my interest. Would love to have ac tig at home. Be easier to make money at than firewood!

 

[tpence2177]

you guys seem to go for big stoves and try and duct heat about to heat your whole house. Wood heating is much rarer this side of the pond, and we tend to have more small stoves for ambiance/fill in heat so don't have your issues. ********** might be a good place to get some tips.

with no existing chimney triple wall would be the easiest i guess, but it may be possible to build a chimney. Give us some details...what you got and what are you seeking?

Honestly don't know. Probably more of a dream than a reality. Living in the south we won't benefit much from it except during maybe January so I don't know that it would be very cost effective to add all that just for maybe a month every year, at night. We do have a half of a flat of bricks that the original owner had left over from building the house. I'm thinking I will probably just build a fire pit to get my firewood fix lol.

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[muddstopper]

Why does everyone need to carry wedges. I have cut wood for close to 50 years and can count the number of trees I have used a wedge on with one hand. Actually I cant remember ever using a wedge, but that might not have anything to do with whether or not I have actually used a wedge. Not to say I dont have a few wedges, I just dont feel the need to have them strapped to my side.

 

[Marshy]

Why does everyone need to carry wedges. I have cut wood for close to 50 years and can count the number of trees I have used a wedge on with one hand. Actually I cant remember ever using a wedge, but that might not have anything to do with whether or not I have actually used a wedge. Not to say I dont have a few wedges, I just dont feel the need to have them strapped to my side.

Well, when I'm cutting a 80' pine with a 24" bhd and there's a house 45' away in one direction and a power line 30' away on the other side I wedge. Hell, I wedge when I'm in the middle of the woods. Takes a second to use and protects me a my saw and helps control the tree especially if your felling g against a lean. Having them on your body while cutting saves time.