Kindling

[mark99]

Is this the most lucrative wood product?

 

I've seen bags of it for sale at about £4.

 

Now we have a couple of cubic metres of wood logs from last years tree surgery - so I started to chip a log with axe and I reckon I can get about 5 - 6 bags or kindling out of a fairly smalll log.

 

All of a sudden my log pile looks better........ hard work tho.

 

Mark

Edited September 24, 2013 by mark99

[tree monkey]

Is this the most lucrative wood product?

 

I've seen bags of it for sale at about £4.

 

Now we have a couple of cubic metres of wood logs from last years tree surgery - so I started to chip a log with axe and I reckon I can get about 5 - 6 bags or kindling out of a fairly smalll log.

 

All of a sudden my log pile looks better........ hard work tho.

 

Mark

hard work and very time consuming, unless you buy the sort of expensive automatic kit really required to produce kindling on a commercial scale.

 

it is a very satisfying thing to do with a small axe though

[Doorman]

Fir tree cones, splendid kindling!

 

Free, plentiful and good exercise whilst out looking for them. :-)

[ChimneyChain]

Half a box of firelighters, job done.

 

Darren

[mark99]

Thank you Doorman! we live in a road called Pine Walk and those pine cones drop onto our drive and footpath all the ruddy time - never thought of using them for kindling!

[Doorman]

Thank you Doorman! we live in a road called Pine Walk and those pine cones drop onto our drive and footpath all the ruddy time - never thought of using them for kindling!

Lucky man, right on your doorstep!

[onionbargee]

railway sleepers. straight grained pitch pine soaked in creosote, splits into kindling by just threatning it with a hatchet !

 

i did a load of pallet wood kindling once, i couldn't sell it even for a pound a bag on the cut . People would rather chop up their cabin lining than spash out a whole pound on kindling !

[Doorman]

 

i did a load of pallet wood kindling once, i couldn't sell it even for a pound a bag on the cut . People would rather chop up their cabin lining than spash out a whole pound on kindling !

That surely must be in Yorkshire, happen. Where they excel at chopping currants in half to make them go further. I should know, I'm married to a Tyke. :-)

[carlt]

Mods...Shouldn't this be merged with the Wooden Boat Association thread?

[Doorman]

Mods...Shouldn't this be merged with the Wooden Boat Association thread?

Lol

[Grace and Favour]

Mods...Shouldn't this be merged with the Wooden Boat Association thread?

Ah! - There's a chip off the old block!

[Beaker]

Should we form a splinter group?

[Chop!]

Should we form a splinter group?

From the local branch?

 

 

[Simon (Hawksmoor)]

Don't let the fire go out. No need for kindling.

[gaggle]

can anyone point me to the thread that has a poem describing the different burning behaviour of the various tree logs .

thanks

[Ray T]

can anyone point me to the thread that has a poem describing the different burning behaviour of the various tree logs .

thanks

Courtesy of Mr Pink.

 

http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=42357

 

Logs to burn, logs to burn

logs to save the coal a turn

here's a word to make you wise

when you hear the woodsmans cries

 

never heed his usual tale

that he has good logs for sale

but read these lines and really learn

the proper kind of logs to burn

 

Beechwood fires burn bright and clear

Hornbeam blaxes too

if the logs are kept a year

and seasoned through and through

 

Oak logs will warm you well

if they're old and dry

larch logs of pinewood smell

but the sparks will fly

 

pine is good an so is yew

for warmth through wintry days

but Poplar and willow too

take long to dry and blaze

 

Birch logs will burn too fast

Alder scarce at all

Chestnut log are good to last

if cut in the fall

 

Holly logs burn like wax

you should burn them green

elm logs like smouldering flax

no flame to be seen

 

Pear logs and apple logs

they will scent your room

cherry logs across the dogs

smell like flowers in bloom

 

But ash logs all smooth and grey

burn them green or old

burn up all that come your way

 

they're worth their weight in gold.

Edited October 10, 2013 by Ray T

[sassan]

I find that the wooden boxes that restaurants get veg delivered in are the best kindling. I'm in Bristol for the winter, so I know 5 or 6 places that often have a few outside for me to nab on my way home from work!

[gaggle]

Thank you ray and mr pink , thats what i was searching for.

[Mac of Cygnet]

Thank you ray and mr pink , thats what i was searching for.

 

Take that old rhyme with a pinch of salt. It refers to burning logs on an open fire, and even then I would dispute some of it. In a stove you can burn any kind of wood as long as it is reasonably dry. I have used all of those mentioned, except pear(!), and a lot more without problems.

[carlt]

can anyone point me to the thread that has a poem describing the different burning behaviour of the various tree logs .

thanks

Wood is good

 

and so is coal

 

but smokeless is best

 

unless you're on the dole.

[Doorman]

 

Life as a Bard is so very hard.......

[SamKingfisher]

Btw I was interested to find out that the calorific value of all wood is almost identical *per kilo* *if dry*

 

Ash has the reputation it has cos it is pretty dry even when green.

 

Oak is better than willow cos it is more dense.

[Caprifool]

Birch burns ok when green as well. Be careful with oak through. It burns hot and can warp your grates if allowed to much oxygen.

[deckhand]

Having cut 4 large old oak trees last year, we have a HUGE pile of logs which saw us through last winter and still plenty left. Burns beautiful, this is in a woodburner in the house.

[Arthur Marshall]

Kindling doesn't grow on trees, you know.