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Thanks guys. I don’t post on social media much except for this site some over the years. It’s a good group of people. I needed to grieve and vent a bit last night to random good strangers with the current situation. It helped. Sometimes the internet isn’t all bad! Today was a lot better day...

It’s been a rare two bad weeks in my world. My close beloved aunt was dying after 84 great years in hospice. She was my fave with her kids/ my cousins I hang out with weekly. And then suddenly a 47 yr old close friend of my family with 3 kids dies unexpectedly in between. His 2 boys are best...

First fire of the year tonight here in Ohio! Right as the first snow is falling. My dog, whats left of the roses, and the Jack O Lantern are confused. Lol. Happy Halloween AND First Burn!

Is it tonight here in Ohio? Forecast above freezing for the foreseeable future. Heat pump can probably take over from here. Glad but always a bit sad for losing my moments with the kids, Wife, and dog in our basement “Winter Room”. Supplying, stacking, and stoking the basement wood furnace...

Longtime member here, not often contributor. But I always have to chime in for the first fire to heat the house of the season! First fire tonight with youngest son lighting. Not a pretty fireplace pic but just another year of auxiliary heating the house with some wood. With rising heating...

I used to loan a craftsman saw to a buddy once a year because his saw didn’t “run/cut well” anymore. I’d always sharpen the chain and prep it before he used it with fresh gas. Always came back with a loose dull chain. But he did me favors too so I tolerated it. UNTIL: Once when I was in the...

Low of 27 F here in Ohio tonight with some remnants of snowfall still on the ground. This winter won’t quit! Brought a dry armload in from the shop and told myself this is definitely the last fire this year. Sunday is supposed to get up to 81F so I hope it’s true. I slacked on the woodcutting...

Howdy again gang! I usually start a new thread annually but life and family gets in the way now more these days so I don’t post as much. No complaints because as the kids get older they’re better helpers with my firewood gathering. Just lit the first indoor fire of the season with my youngest...

Thanks for the info Lee. I’ve always wanted to try coal but know it adds another variable. I’ve been using a “smoke dragon” US Stove hotblast 1557m for 12 years and have made it not smokey out of respect for my neighbors too. I lose a lot of heat out of the chimney and keep a good year plus...

Thanks Del. My sister lived in Woodstock for a few years. Beautiful State. And I personally learned how to respect fire ants at Kennesaw State park. Don’t have those up here! She moved back here when she started a family but sure misses the mild winters. And I miss the March visit vacations too.

This may be the latest in the year I’ve ever fired up the basement wood furnace. It’s been a mild fall here in Ohio but it finally dumped 5 inches of snow and made it into the twenties last night. I’m not complaining! I actually got a rare late November motorcycle ride in Sunday! Per my routine...

Nice work and happy belated birthday Jere! A few years back, my young new next door neighbor was struggling with a blown down pine. (Revved out Craftsman saw with a dull chain. To be fair, that was me once too as a young homeowner!) Got together with another neighbor of mine on the phone and we...

I was pro flippy cap and loved them for years. Until I had one start seating improperly and had to cut all day with gas burning my leg. Made me miss the slight discomfort of my youth from an overfilled zippo lighter in the pocket. Now I only use regular caps so when I put gas in the bar oil...

Thanks guys! I knew I should’ve asked here first before buying! Did use the fiskars today with the boys and it works fine. But would much rather buy American as I see the Ontario’s are indeed. Good price on a D handle 18” too: I expect I’ll be buying one soon as my helpers are getting older...

Ouch! Sorry to hear that ooper! Sounds like u found their bow/gun/gear hanger! Hope your cutters survived. I only find that when I put a brand spanking new 28” bar chain on for its first run. I own two 28” chains. Both found a “barbwire surprise” within minutes of first use. I’m scared to buy...

Allowing hunters is a slippery slope as a property owner. I hunt some but not as much anymore as I’d rather be in my woods doing other things. But have a great respect for good hunting and hunters. My family hunts it more than I do. But by my rules. Had an old friend with 3o acres behind his...

I use a machete in my woods for cutting poison ivy and grapevines that love to strangle out my trees, and occasionally for finishing off some stringy wood while splitting. The handle on my cheapie job just started getting wiggly so I picked up this Fiskars for $20 off amazon. I don’t think it...

I’m a copper guy but had an old capped water line under my Kitchen sink start leaking Monday. Discovered at 4 pm on the warmest sunniest day this year that I’d much rather been enjoying outside. The copper was going to be hard to solder without burning many things around it. So I tried my first...

FYI that the 12 year old boy’s plan worked well! We had a a full truck load of blown down ash wood and a full gator load of the base rounds of it too. A good day. Forgot to take more pics but I took this one at promised campfire break time with my 7 old helper. I’ve never worked less getting...

New break through for me tonight gentlemen! I started heating with wood 12+ years ago to save a few bucks and also give me a hobby to do during the winter time instead of sit around all winter staring out the window watching tv. As a kid my Dad dragged me and my brothers to the woods on a cold...