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I have made them a few times for scouts, better ones were easy burning timber like leylandii, lime, willow so I would say DF perfect - cherry for example didn't really work.

I put two cuts up to about 8 inch diameter log, 3 cuts for bigger. Depends how long they need to last I guess, you can light a new one easily by turning it over on top of a burning one.

The way I cut them is laying down in a holder, just cut a vee out of a big log part way and notch at the end (I can photo if that makes no sense). Then use the tip end of a 25 inch bar so it's parallel to the grain. This way the teeth peel the wood out in long shards, which fall from the bar before they jam in the saw.

I found this a lot quicker than standing the log up and ripping down the grain.

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