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I had a Lopi Revere insert installed this past summer. It replaced an earth stove insert. I follow the directions for reloading and I get smoke coming back into the house. I open the bypass and open the primary air and then slightly open the door for a minute before putting wood in. Before I...

I opened up a lot of windows this morning and got our first fire going in our new Lopi Revere insert. I think I am going to like this stove.

We said goodbye to our old Earth Stove insert and hello to our new Lopi Revere insert today. It only took 4 hours to remove the old stove and put in the new one. They had a lot of demo work to do before they could actually set the new stove in place. We will be waiting until later this fall to...

Is it necessary to whip the ends of New England 3 strand rope or does it already come whipped?

A friend of mine is learning how to turn wood and I have given him some cherry and shagbark hickory along with some cherry berls. I have some paper birch and elm as well and I was wondering if they might be OK for turning. I also have some poplar, same question. Thanks in advance. Erik B

I just bought a Stihl 2 in 1 file. It is for my Stihl o29 that is using a 3/8 rapid micro chain. If I change the round file, can I use it on a 3/8 picco micro chain? I did see they sold them seperately but I don't know if the frame is good for more than one type of chain. The guy behind the...

I had some dead elm trees removed by a tree company this past fall that were too close to the house for me to take down. The one dead elm tree I really wanted down couldn't be climbed because of a bad split part way up. The ground at that time was to soft to get the bucket truck close enough...

During the winter when I am using my wheelbarrow to bring wood to the house, I struggle to hold on to the handles because my gloves are a bit slick on smooth wood. I have thought about using the kind of tape used on hockey sticks or bike handles. What have you found that works best for...

I have heard it is best to score the bark on a paper birch trunk to aid in drying if it can't be split right away. I will be having a paper birch dropped and I plan to get it blocked up after scoring the bark with my chainsaw. Should the blocks be stacked with the scored area up or down? I...

I was doing a bit of splitting this afternoon since it was a beautiful day. Heard some funny noises coming from the motor, and before I could do anything there was a bang and a cloud of smoke. I have had the splitter since 1999. The motor is a vertical shaft unit. pics show the details of...

These showed up in on our driveway this morning. I counted 16 of them. I had seen some of their tracks in the snow earlier this morning when I went out to get the newspaper. They eventually flew into the woods.

For those of you who use the ir temp probes, which makes and models to you find work well on temps up to around 1000* which won't break the bank to buy one?

My 192t starting acting up the last time I used it. I am used to having to baby the trigger right after firing it up but after I can get it up to speed and start cutting I have no more problems. This last time out I was having to baby the trigger just about every time I went from idle to full...

Since I started burning wood many years ago I have gotten by with only using about 25% of the fuel oil I burned before I started burning wood. Winter of 14-15 was typical for western Wisconsin and I used 128 gallons of #2 oil. I know many on here do not get 100% of their heat from wood so I...

I split some box elder this morning and noticed how beautiful the red color in it is. When I cut it I noticed a lot of bright red chips flying out of the saw. I gave a few pieces of that tree to a friend of mine who is getting into wood turning.

I am looking for a product review for Stihl's new 193t. If anyone has had one for awhile, what are your impressions. Thanks, Erik B

All those hundreds of trees were cut by hand and I didn't get a single stick of firewood. They were all maple. And in my garden. Had a bumper crop of helicopter seeds this year and a lot of them started growing in my garden. A tiller and a hoe were the tools to take down all of those trees...

I have broken about 3 bolts on my speeco splitter over the years. It is the one holding the wedge to the ram. Size is half inch by 3 inches. I have been replacing it with a grade 8 bolt and it lasts for maybe 5 years. It is real easy to replace but I was wondering what others are using for...

What would be the difference in price for climbing and piecing a tree down or using a bucket truck to get the tree on the ground? Cleanup is not part of the job. I am just looking for a ballpark number that might best be expressed in percentage, i.e. using a bucket truck is 20% less than...

After spending much time sitting on the ground working on my saws while in the woods, I came up with this setup for using my trailer to bring my work up to a comfortable level. I used an old shelf and attached two pieces of2X4's to keep it from sliding around.