Who here Makes Their Own Firewood related stuff?

[smokedragon]

I make my own beer too.....

I also have a cart that I made, it holds about 200 lbs of firewood. We roll it into the family room from outside and park it in the corner by the stove. It is a lot easier than carrying in an armload at a time.

I also just built two 8'x12' covered wood storage facilities

My trailer is home made too.

I really like that hand made pickeroon.......how do you use one, and how does it help??

I had a handmade sledge, but we broke it in some sycamore and gum (galvanized pipe welded to an old steel pipe, cap on one end, filled with lead). The handle bent until it was too awkward to swing.

 

[hamsey]

Work for a metal shop. Had one of the guys weld me a wood seasoning rack. Going to pour piers for the post supports at some point. Just needed to get the wood off the ground this winter. Currently have 4 of them. Each holds 2/3 cord of wood. Does not look to stable from the photo but with the 40 mph winds we had recently it is still standing. For some reason I cannot upload the front view. Going to build a couple more as soon as I find more wood.

 

[mlappin]

Skid steer mounted inverted log splitter.

http://s160.photobucket.com/user/Marty_Lappin/library/Facebook/Logsplitter

 

[mlappin]

Also built my OWB years ago, this is the 14th heating season for it. Next one will not have a 20x30 door as I've matured since then and have no desire to pick anything up that requires that large a door.

 

[1kzwoman]

A froe from a leaf spring for kindling

 

[Jags]

A froe from a leaf spring for kindling

You know the rules....pics or it may not have happened.

 

[1kzwoman]

You know the rules....pics or itCan't do not have happened.

Have the forge yet you doubt, they work great for making gate hinges too. Can't do photo of froe it migrated along with my Dad's double bit axe. Shall post forge, anvil and oxyacetylene bictor torch photos if you wish. They have to be cherry to work draw and taper. Rubber bushing is bi-- to remove..burn out easiest . A froe os not sharp it is a wedge

 

[1kzwoman]

Have the forge yet you doubt, they work great for making gate hinges too. Can't do photo of froe it migrated along with my Dad's double bit axe. Shall post forge, anvil and oxyacetylene bictor torch photos if you wish. They have to be cherry to work draw and taper. Rubber bushing is bi-- to remove..burn out easiest . A froe os not sharp it is a wedge

 

[1kzwoman]

Alas I shall gather another leaf for another froe.cuss the thief.

 

[Jags]

My post above was just a cheap shot at getting a picture of a hand made tool.

 

[1kzwoman]

My post above was just a cheap shot at getting a picture of a hand made tool.

May well be...but I miss having one every darn time I split more than a days kindling..I'll call you a motivator as well as moderator!!

 

[DTrain]

I helped make these two wood haulers. Apparently their load rating increases over time!

 

[byQ]

I realized I can use this tow mixer to make 'bio-bricks', I think. I haven't did it yet, but I'll try it and it should work.

The machine: a round livestock tank, a frame with differential off of a pick up truck (rear wheel drive), lawn mower blade, irrigation gate/door, tow hitch and some wood framing.

How it works: the differential is repositioned from horizontal to vertical. And a lawn mower blade is attached to the now vertical differential. When towed the differential spins the lawn mower blade with great force - i.e.a big blender. So put a 100 or so gallons of water in it, newspaper (or cardboard) and wood chips if you have them. Now tow it for a block or two and turn around.

Now you have a grey slurry. Open the little irrigation door and start filling 5-gallon buckets. Dump the buckets into forms. I am thinking of ways to compress the "bricks". I think I will try to make a form that I can roll over with a pick up truck to compress the oatmeal-like slurry. And maybe figure out something to throw in the slurry to make the bricks smell good (like a crystal incense?).

After a day, remove the forms/ And you have a wet bio-like brick. Stack them and let them dry like regular firewood. I have no idea how they will burn or what their btu rating will be. I did make some just paper slurry with no compression and I was surprised at how solid it dried into. This is a good use for newspaper and wood chips. Probably make good shoulder season stuff.

 

[Jags]

Hmmm...the results will be interesting. It does sound like a somewhat energy and time intensive project. Maybe compare time/energy to produce these bricks in relationship to time/energy used in producing firewood??

 

[byQ]

Hmmm...the results will be interesting. It does sound like a somewhat energy and time intensive project. Maybe compare time/energy to produce these bricks in relationship to time/energy used in producing firewood??

The hardest part is toting full buckets of 'mush' to the forms. Everything else is just time consuming - gathering newspapers and chips, taking off forms, compressing, stacking, etc..... A person could probably rig up a chute or conveyer to move the mush into the forms. I'm guessing you could get about 1/3 to 1/2 a cord from one mix with the system I have.

 

[Jags]

Standing by for results...

 

[jdg239]

byQ, I'm impressed with your ingenuity! I would be interested in seeing the wood heater of a fellow Idahoan. (I sent you a private message in this forum tool, but not sure you saw it yet)

 

[triptester]

Pallet forks and grapple attachment. It is used for loading and unloading logs, holding the logs at a comfortible hieght when bucking,and pileing brush. Forks for the 3-point. A 1/2 cord wood tote for the 3-point.

 

[Charlie2]

Got the forks, got to have the tote! Need something to get the wood out of the woods, been using my skid loader but it's not real good in rough terrain. What kind of tubing did you use?

 

[BrotherBart]

A gazillion dollar tractor rig and no chaps.

 

[xman23]

My wood pile design.

 

[1kzwoman]

I realized I can use this tow mixer to make 'bio-bricks', I think. I haven't did it yet, but I'll try it and it should work.

The machine: a round livestock tank, a frame with differential off of a pick up truck (rear wheel drive), lawn mower blade, irrigation gate/door, tow hitch and some wood framing.

How it works: the differential is repositioned from horizontal to vertical. And a lawn mower blade is attached to the now vertical differential. When towed the differential spins the lawn mower blade with great force - i.e.a big blender. So put a 100 or so gallons of water in it, newspaper (or cardboard) and wood chips if you have them. Now tow it for a block or two and turn around.

Now you have a grey slurry. Open the little irrigation door and start filling 5-gallon buckets. Dump the buckets into forms. I am thinking of ways to compress the "bricks". I think I will try to make a form that I can roll over with a pick up truck to compress the oatmeal-like slurry. And maybe figure out something to throw in the slurry to make the bricks smell good (like a crystal incense?).

After a day, remove the forms/ And you have a wet bio-like brick. Stack them and let them dry like regular firewood. I have no idea how they will burn or what their btu rating will be. I did make some just paper slurry with no compression and I was surprised at how solid it dried into. This is a good use for newspaper and wood chips. Probably make good shoulder season stuff.
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May I suggest you check out a pellet mill used for making hay cubes, there may be adaptations you could find useful

 

[triptester]

Found that ballast helped when loading logs. Fireplace wood racks
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[triptester]

Got the forks, got to have the tote! Need something to get the wood out of the woods, been using my skid loader but it's not real good in rough terrain. What kind of tubing did you use?

The pipe is 1" black pipe

 

[smokedragon]

So here is one of my homemade tools that I brought in the other day and took a picture of tonight. I use this to set the length of my firewood. It is 16 1/16" long. Hammer it in, them move down, repeat. Cut at each mark that it makes. If I can get logs or whole trees, my wood pile looks REAL pretty