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Old 03-28-2022, 02:53 PM   #52
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Way back, there was talk about splitting wood with an ax and hitting the ax with a mallet. Eventually, that will spread the eye on the ax and the head will fly off.
Exactly what happened when I used a hatchet to pound on the ax the other day, though the head didn't actually fly off.

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If the price of oil remains stable, learning to conserve wood and feeding every 4 hours will take over.
Ha! Good point! Hence I'm trying to learn more about this. I have not yet grasped the balance between a fire's need for air and burning too quickly, and how to maintain the right temperature in the house. At the moment it's too hot in my house and the humidity is 16%, which again led to shorting out my computer with static electricity.

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If wood will be the dominant fuel for 2022-23 winter, better buy now, split and age it yourself.
For people like myself who aren't retired, we have to weigh having free heat from our own property against the time lost from our work to cut, split, and haul wood.
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