Kin'lin

[WoodpileOCD]

Scrap lumber and pallets and such are definitely my fav for making kindling out of. We took down an old deck a few years ago and have a pretty decent size stack of lumber from that. Been working on processing it lately.

I'm sure no one needs to warn you about burning treated lumber BUT.....

Haven't seen a deck made out of anything but treated in I don't know when.. Just sayin :-S

 

[pen]

I've used ash for kindling and don't mind it a bit. Softwoods certainly do start quicker, but sometimes it's nice to have the ash as it burns longer which helps me load bigger wood on top of it. It's amazing how often I end up with only big stuff in the rack. I head out for a day or two or get home after she has loaded the stove and the wife uses up the med stuff (don't mind a bit, just that's what I end up with).

pen

 

[Shadow&Flame]

I tend to get a bit more Kin'lin than most...working at a cabinet shop. This is only
a small amount of the total that I have and I give away at least half of what I bring
home. I just cant stand throwing all the wood into the dumpster...so I take as much
as I can of it.

 

[NH_Wood]

I tend to get a bit more Kin'lin than most...working at a cabinet shop. This is only
a small amount of the total that I have and I give away at least half of what I bring
home. I just cant stand throwing all the wood into the dumpster...so I take as much
as I can of it.

Wow, wish you lived in southwest NH! Cheers!

 

[gmule]

I just break up my slash and use that since I have quite a bit of it to haul off every year.

 

[Shadow&Flame]

I tend to get a bit more Kin'lin than most...working at a cabinet shop. This is only
a small amount of the total that I have and I give away at least half of what I bring
home. I just cant stand throwing all the wood into the dumpster...so I take as much
as I can of it.

Wow, wish you lived in southwest NH! Cheers!

I could sure hook you up with some... I get apple boxes from the grocery store and fill them to give out to people. It sure makes starting a fire a snap.

 

[littlalex]

Shadow&Flame; - A little bundle shipped to each member of the forum for Christmas would sure be a lovely gesture 8^)

Littlalex

 

[Shadow&Flame]

Shadow&Flame; - A little bundle shipped to each member of the forum for Christmas would sure be a lovely gesture 8^)

Littlalex

Ha...if I only had the money to do things like that, I would be a much happier man.
Alas, I am just a poor slob who gets a little free kindling. I say free, but I give up my
breaks and my time to get it and cut it up...and then perfectly healthy people will ask if
I could just drop it by their house... >:-(

 

[gpcollen1]

I too 'make' kindling out of the nice straight splits I have. Just i do it as needed in the garage. When I bring loads of wood in for the stoves, i save a few pieces and then fill the kindling baskets. I have a kindling basket next to both stoves. When very low on coals, both the olympic and the F400 like a few scraps to get their appetite up...or to prop up the pieces for better air flow.

I use a small splitting maul...I have one like this...

(broken link removed to http://www.lehmans.com/store/Stoves___Wood_Cutting__Splitting__and_Hauling___Mini_Maul_Splitting_Axe_with_Sheath___76952?Args=)

adn one like this...except with an all plastic handle and steel head...

(broken link removed to http://www.estwing.com/product.php?product_id=1400)

 

[Got Wood]

I feel like a kindling slob.... I use splitter scraps. I like to use all of the BTUs I worked for and dont want it to go to waste. After a day of splitting I pick up all the scrap pieces (yes, even stuff that is finger size) and through it into a big bucket. I have garbage cans full of the stuff - I keep a full 5 gallon pail of it in the garage and grab a hand full when needed. It aint pretty but it works great for me.

 

[Blue2ndaries]

I feel like a kindling slob.... I use splitter scraps. I like to use all of the BTUs I worked for and dont want it to go to waste. After a day of splitting I pick up all the scrap pieces (yes, even stuff that is finger size) and through it into a big bucket. I have garbage cans full of the stuff - I keep a full 5 gallon pail of it in the garage and grab a hand full when needed. It aint pretty but it works great for me.

That doesn't sound much like slobbing to me. I do the same after using the hydro splitter, well I have my boys help me as I don't like to continually bend over... Anyway...I keep them in 5gal buckets and large garbage bags out in the shed and brign them in as needed. As you said, I like to use all the BTUs I worked for and none to waste!

 

[firefighterjake]

I tend to get a bit more Kin'lin than most...working at a cabinet shop. This is only
a small amount of the total that I have and I give away at least half of what I bring
home. I just cant stand throwing all the wood into the dumpster...so I take as much
as I can of it.

I'm a kindling addict . . . I have a shed with a stack of kindling 6 feet high by 10 feet long . . . and even now I find myself thinking I should get some more . . . even though I know there is no way I will use all of that kindling this winter. I just find that during this time of year I go through a lot . . . and know it's much easier to start a fire from a cold start with good kindling and so I keep gathering it.

 

[gpcollen1]

I feel like a kindling slob.... I use splitter scraps. I like to use all of the BTUs I worked for and dont want it to go to waste. After a day of splitting I pick up all the scrap pieces (yes, even stuff that is finger size) and through it into a big bucket. I have garbage cans full of the stuff - I keep a full 5 gallon pail of it in the garage and grab a hand full when needed. It aint pretty but it works great for me.

I use the splitter mess too but don't end up with nearly as much as you do...

 

[onetracker]

I feel like a kindling slob.... I use splitter scraps. I like to use all of the BTUs I worked for and dont want it to go to waste. After a day of splitting I pick up all the scrap pieces (yes, even stuff that is finger size) and through it into a big bucket. I have garbage cans full of the stuff - I keep a full 5 gallon pail of it in the garage and grab a hand full when needed. It aint pretty but it works great for me.

That doesn't sound much like slobbing to me. I do the same after using the hydro splitter, well I have my boys help me as I don't like to continually bend over... Anyway...I keep them in 5gal buckets and large garbage bags out in the shed and brign them in as needed. As you said, I like to use all the BTUs I worked for and none to waste!

same...

can't stand wasting btu's.

 

[LLigetfa]

I feel like a kindling slob.... I use splitter scraps...

I feel like a kindling snob.... I don't use splitter trash. Won't stoop that low.

 

[River19]

I got two large trashcans filled with kindling, which since we burn only Fri-Sun normally that should last me a couple years.

Last year I just kept all the small branches from yard clean up and when they were nice and dry I broke them up and used those to start my fires..........no issues, if it can start a good campfire, it is fine for my woodstove as well.

This year is all old lumber from the cabin build........a friends girlfriend and my wife cut some scrap up while we built the woodshed.......worked for me.......

Thsoe are some nice piles posted in this thread though.

 

[mdocod]

Scrap lumber and pallets and such are definitely my fav for making kindling out of. We took down an old deck a few years ago and have a pretty decent size stack of lumber from that. Been working on processing it lately.

I'm sure no one needs to warn you about burning treated lumber BUT.....

Haven't seen a deck made out of anything but treated in I don't know when.. Just sayin :-S

The deck was built sometime in the late 60s early 70s out of what appears to be mostly redwood, Which was/is a common rot resistant alternative to pressure treated and back then- cost effective as well. Many houses built in the era had redwood decks. Over the last 15 years or so, various "repairs" were made to the deck with Douglas Fir as a stop-gap between when it would all be torn down anyways.

 

[golfandwoodnut]

It is nice to see that all you OCD guys got your kindling fix. I am just not that neat and have a big box filled with some branches, bark and scrap lumber. Plus 4 of those sticks Ligettfa would probably start about 4 fires for me cut into small pieces instead of the full 20 inch width. I do enjoy looking at the OCD results though.

 

[LLigetfa]

Plus 4 of those sticks Ligettfa would probably start about 4 fires for me cut into small pieces instead of the full 20 inch width...

Ja, it has crossed my mind to cut them in half or even thirds to stretch it out but hey, it's all BTUs in the end. If I hadn't split them down small like, it would have just been another big split on the fire.