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How to cut kindling shorter
What's the best safe way to cut kindling to half length (cross-cut)? I have a small electric chainsaw. Not interested in handsaws, too slow for the quantity I have.
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chain saw is too grabby. chop saw or table saw or by hand
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Circular saw
Depending on the kindling size (diameter) and dryness, I either break it in half over a saw horse or use a small 5 inch battery powered circular saw like this one. Still need some type of backstop to place the wood against.
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I almost never use kindling. I load my stove with standard splits towards the back and small ones in front and use 1/8 of a Super Cedar in between a couple splits but with space above—air control totally open and the door cracked a bit for a few minutes.
The Super Cedar gets the draft going and, once the flame is up, I close the door and wait to reach ~300° on my stovetop thermometer before shutting the air down 1/2 and then, eventually, to 2/3. Unless I need a very extended burn, I never shut it all the way. I season my wood long enough that, unless the outside and inside temps are close—resulting in a weaker initial draft—I don't need kindling. Some sweet pics—lookit those secondaries, baby! Sent from my SM-G990U1 using Tapatalk |
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Electric chain saw should work, although it might be grabby to the wood, so be careful. A corded sawz-all ( or equiv.) with a coarse blade might be easier to handle, should work great and be relatively cheap to acquire. If you don't mind spending more, a battery one will be more convenient.
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Best Kindling Ever!
All the years I burnt wood this is what I used to start my fire…
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LOL. All you youngsters with power tools!! cut carry, store, etc. Google an (antique) kerosene fire starter. Next choice: visit a house under construction and they'll let you take away nice kiln dried scrap wood. Those logs you see in the supermarket can be cut into 1" discs with a hack saw or serrated bread knife, but that's work again.
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They easily cut in two, so I've now got 400 fire starters that work really well. I might even be able to cut them in four given my wood is so dry, but I think they might start to crumble. I also took the remaining sheddings and wrapped them up in (Viva) paper towels to make another five or six starters. Yay me! Sent from my SM-G990U1 using Tapatalk |
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I just go out in the woods behind my house and load up on kindling before the snow flies. If you can't break it over your knee, then it's not dry enough!
All those free news fliers make good fire starters. Once I get it going I throw a few pieces of dry pine, old 2x4's I've cut up from projects, to get a good fire going. Then the hard wood goes in. |
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