Todays shop time.

[Redneck in training]

Made a smoke hood for our fire pit. The "trees" are rests for the sausage forks. I make those from SS round and my wife turns the handles on a wood lathe.

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The hood looks OK but it doesn't work exactly as expected. There is still some smoke coming out when even light wind blows. I think the chimney is too small (it is 10X10) to provide substantial draft. If I do it again I would make the chimney significantly larger.

 

[Spanner]

Aesthetics will dictate your chimney size to some degree. You don't want 'Industrial' ducting in a 'Residential' setting.

The perfect chimney would be as wide as the firebox, taller than your house, and extending down to the grate. :confused2:

What wood does Mrs. Redneck use for those handles. They look nice and smooth with the ferrules and all.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Sawyer Rob, what is the dimensions of those? Pressure treated wood I assume?
I'd like to build a couple also that I want to load down in the back 40 and bring up to the house later as needed.

Only the bottom 4x4 is PT lumber, the rest of the lumber comes right off my sawmill, so "normally" they are built out of white pine.

They are 4' wide, 8' long and 2' tall...

I over fill them a bit and that = one half cord...,

They are designed, so you can put green splits right into them and the splits will "dry in place", that's why there's two rows of splits in them, the air can get all around the splits. IF I don't have a helper loading the boxes right off the end of the splitter,

then we fill the boxes off the piles my splitter makes,

Filled with green wood, they ARE pretty heavy, so hope you have a big enough tractor to handle the weight.

Hope they work out for you too...

SR

 

[4570Man]

Sawyer Rob, what is the dimensions of those? Pressure treated wood I assume?
I'd like to build a couple also that I want to load down in the back 40 and bring up to the house later as needed.

I've got a 1 rick rack I use to measure wood for wood delivery. I've got a tractor with the same loader you do. I can try to lift it if you want, but I don't think it'll do it. Sawyer robs racks hold the same amount as mine does with a level 2' stack of wood but it's harder to lift because the weight is farther out. Here's another racks I've got that holds a little better than a full cord, but it takes serious muscle to lift that.

 

[Redneck in training]

Aesthetics will dictate your chimney size to some degree. You don't want 'Industrial' ducting in a 'Residential' setting.

The perfect chimney would be as wide as the firebox, taller than your house, and extending down to the grate. :confused2:

What wood does Mrs. Redneck use for those handles. They look nice and smooth with the ferrules and all.

Look closer. Thre are sausages on the end of the fork attached to the handle. The "trees" on the edge of the fire pit are there so you could rest the sausage fork on particular "branch" for best baked sausage results.

 

[Spanner]

Yes, I saw the sausage and the tree-rest. Very effective.
I was asking what type of wood was used to make the handles?

 

[4570Man]

It appears that a LA524 loader can lift a rick of wood, but that's dry maple. Green oak would be a different story.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

A "rick" here, is 1/3 of a cord... My boxes hold 1/2 cord, so quite heavy if filled with green splits...

SR

 

[4570Man]

A "rick" here, is 1/3 of a cord... My boxes hold 1/2 cord, so quite heavy if filled with green splits...

SR

They would hold a 1/2 cord, but you said you don't fill the middle. That's 2 stacks of wood 2' high and 8' long. That's a rick.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

So, you have it all figured out do you? How long do I cut my splits? You would have to know that too, wouldn't you?

I put a HALF cord in my boxes!

SR

 

[4570Man]

So how long do I cut my wood? I could have 1/2 cord there too.

 

[lennyzx11]

I've got a 1 rick rack I use to measure wood for wood delivery. I've got a tractor with the same loader you do. I can try to lift it if you want, but I don't think it'll do it. Sawyer robs racks hold the same amount as mine does with a level 2' stack of wood but it's harder to lift because the weight is farther out. View attachment 521487 Here's another racks I've got that holds a little better than a full cord, but it takes serious muscle to lift that. View attachment 521488

You guys are right. A rick of green wood may be a bit much. And I want to keep the width down to the width of the tractor also some I may try to build one or two that will hold slightly smaller at about 6 ft wide. And my wood stove uses 16" pieces.

 

[4570Man]

I've found it un economical to build racks unless you've got a source on lumber. Pallets are easily thrown together into racks but they only last a year. It's more effort to build a 1 year rack than to just move wood by hand. And that's coming from someone who hates moving wood by hand.

 

[Redneck in training]

Yes, I saw the sausage and the tree-rest. Very effective.
I was asking what type of wood was used to make the handles?

The one on the picture is hard maple. But I found that handles made from redwood or cedar beter handle the weather exposure if you leave them outside. And are also noticeably lighter.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I'm still using the first half cord boxes that I made YEARS ago, and they are still fine to go even longer...

I do have the problem of banging one up once in a while with my tractor, but that's not the fault of the box.

I have altered the design a little over the years, just to make individual pieces more easily "replaceable, if I damage one. I'm very happy with the design I now have, although in the past, I tried to make smaller ones ect. and a couple other designs, but didn't like those designs for a number of reasons.

SR

 

[4570Man]

Yes, but yours are built from fairly heavy lumber that you sawed. If you don't have a sawmill those boxes are too expensive to build.

 

[Big Barn]

Kind of a discouraging day in the shop. Got my nuts in a vise.....


Terry

 

[Spanner]

Looks painful. You need some salt 'n beer 'medication'... :drink:

 

[daugen]

Kind of a discouraging day in the shop. Got my nuts in a vise.....
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Terry

Yes, but a very nice vice to have your nuts in!

 

[dragoneggs]

Yes, but a very nice vice to have your nuts in!

I will agree on the vise, but won't ever go that far!