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Woodworks

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  1. Whats not to get? There an estimated 8.7 million species on the planet but just one is causing these and the list could go on and on and on. https://xkcd.com/1732/ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/29/earth-lost-50-wildlife-in-40-years-wwf
  2. Hmmm dont think anyone would like it. Wipe out humans! seriously we are like a plague consuming everything. Making the planet twice as big wont buy us long as we we soon wreck that as well. Happy Sunday evening everyone
  3. Hope you find them as good as I have Mark.
  4. Thats seems a pretty good assessment of them IME
  5. Stoves online have a review page that you can enter dimensions on. Dont think you can select eco design though. https://www.whatstove.co.uk/
  6. Dads go the baby Burley. It's OK but build quality is not up to Jotul standards with the handle being very poor also it only likes dinky logs.
  7. Al are you sure it needs cementing back? Most stoves I see use the vermiculite board and they sit lose in place. They usually go in in a specific order so they hold each other in place and maybe there is a baffle that they wedge behind at one edge. I dont know your stove so maybe they are supposed to be bonded back but worth a check.
  8. Yes some of their EPA approved stoves look very good but way to big for many UK homes.
  9. Always paint the ends IMO. As the wood dries fastest through the end grain you need to slow this or it will develop crack readily. The worst cracks tend to happen right on the centre and the other way I have seen used to deal with this in timber yard are metal cleats hammered in across the cracks to stop them spreading.
  10. By bricks I meant the board. Only ever seen this used in modern stoves or do some still use the old bricks?
  11. I leave cracked bricks in place until the literally fall apart. Cracked bricks in place still do their job IMO.
  12. Thats a great tip. Thanks
  13. Worth mentioning that hardness and durability do not go hand in hand. A hornbeam post wouldn't last 5 mins in wet ground where as a cedar post would have a good long life.
  14. ? No need as the wood was sub 25% when it went in.
  15. Well I made a shed with it all. Left the uprights to soak in a barrel of Creosote for a bit. Cut some purlins from the larger diameter lengths and used the edge boards to support some Heras panels. Also used some scavenged timber for a couple of the roof timbers. Now all loaded up with some douglas fir logs ready for the winter
  16. It does convert to charcoal and biochar very readily and the branch logger is way faster than putting small stuff through the processor. I sold our branch logger but still pine for it when chopping up the small stuff for our charcoal production.
  17. I posted a video in another thread or what my old small one could handle. It cant compare with a chipper but it not bad. Yes a separator would be very helpful.
  18. It's good to question these things. Sooner or later the value of firewood is going to be too high to leave brash to rot. Branch loggers need to have some stoves developed to make the most of them IMO
  19. Not widespread here (West Devon) but few are showing early signs. Only completely dead ash trees are some whips we planted on our hedges and still not positive as to cause of death of those.
  20. It's not our experience. I would say 2/3rds of our orders are made by women and we supply good logs but we are not talking perfect and plenty of processor crumbs in the loads. I tend to apologise about the bits and am usually met with something like " oh I love all those bits and keep them for lighting"
  21. Just been processing some douglas fir. Lovely stuff as it dried in the round was nice and straight and flew through the processor also it smells lovely. Good burning as well so whats not to like.
  22. This is what our little branch logger could handle. You get much bigger machines than this one though
  23. Yep prepping wood for the branch logger eats time or you let all the small side branches through but that makes the product extra messy. Never sussed how to market it myself but be great if you could make use of it.
  24. Seriously! One of those things I really hate seeing on farms is all the crap getting burned with black toxic smoke billowing up. Always presumed it was an absolute no no. Now we hear it's not only taught but the grass loves it haha.
  25. "burn pile" what are we talking about here plastics or wood?

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