Wood/Coal Heat Differences?

[cuthound]

A length of chain dropped down the chimney and swung about removes a lot of the hardened tar (technical term for it is "clag").

[GreyLady]

Yes, coal tar can be a problem too. But it makes great soap.

I saw what you did their Nick. :-)

 

I had to Google it out of curiosity .

 

Blinkin eck !

 

I would of thought it gave a 'bin downt pit complection.'

Edited December 4, 2015 by GreyLady

[Loafer]

I saw what you did their Nick. :-)

 

I had to Google it out of curiosity .

 

Blinkin eck !

 

I would of thought it gave a 'bin downt pit complection.'

 

Lovely stuff! Makes the whole boat smell nice!

[GreyLady]

Lovely stuff! Makes the whole boat smell nice!

It would be brill if Google added Smells as an option right next too Google Images.

 

Sounds lovely.

Edited December 4, 2015 by GreyLady

[John V]

somebody mentioned pine cones as a great fire lighter but an even finer one is dried orange peel !!! (occasionally it's handy being an orangoholic )

[bizzard]

somebody mentioned pine cones as a great fire lighter but an even finer one is dried orange peel !!! (occasionally it's handy being an orangoholic )

A source of acetylene.

Before toothpaste was invented folk used soot from the chimney, flue-fluoride.

[GreyLady]

A source of acetylene.Before toothpaste was invented folk used soot from the chimney, flue-fluoride.

 

Hell yer why not. Pffft.

Edited December 4, 2015 by GreyLady

[bizzard]

Hell yer why not. Pffft.

That looks like Excel soot.

[GreyLady]

That looks like Excel soot.

Only the best bizzard.

[Chewbacka]

As you have access to 'free wood' be aware that it takes about 3 years to season, one of these is worth having if you go down that road.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Quality-NEW-Digital-Moisture-Meter-Wood-Timber-Damp-Tester-with-FREE-BATTERY-UK-/390563713397?hash=item5aef695175:g:4KQAAOxyBjBTTQYG

 

Wood such as oak & beech is better than pine as pine contains a lot of resin.

[nicknorman]

As you have access to 'free wood' be aware that it takes about 3 years to season, one of these is worth having if you go down that road.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Quality-NEW-Digital-Moisture-Meter-Wood-Timber-Damp-Tester-with-FREE-BATTERY-UK-/390563713397?hash=item5aef695175:g:4KQAAOxyBjBTTQYG

 

Wood such as oak & beech is better than pine as pine contains a lot of resin.

Seasoning time varies tremendously (treemendously?) with the type of wood. Birch for example is pretty quick, 1 year plenty. Personally I don't see the need for a moisture meter, the weight of a lump of wood is a good guide to how much water / sap remains inside it (bearing in mind different types of wood have different densities).

 

We have an electric log splitter at the gliding club, it's a slowly travelling v shaped ram that pushes against the log to split it. Works really well. So we need mr Bizzard to design the boaty version, I envisage a bow (of the boat I mean) v-shaped fitting and some sort of protruding rack that could slide backwards, so you would load the rack up with some logs and drive the boat into a wall / lock gate, whereupon the logs would all be split in two. Simples!

Edited December 5, 2015 by nicknorman

[Athy]

Yes, coal tar can be a problem too. But it makes great soap.

That's Wright.

 

Whoops, I see that Brassy beat me to it. Great minds etc. We used to have Wright's Coal Tar Soap in the house when I were a little boy, as a back-up to Mum's favourite Imperial Leather (again an odd name for a soap - surely it should have been "lather"?) Paradoxically, it always smelled very clean and fresh.

[GreyLady]

As you have access to 'free wood' be aware that it takes about 3 years to season, one of these is worth having if you go down that road.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Quality-NEW-Digital-Moisture-Meter-Wood-Timber-Damp-Tester-with-FREE-BATTERY-UK-/390563713397?hash=item5aef695175:g:4KQAAOxyBjBTTQYG

 

Wood such as oak & beech is better than pine as pine contains a lot of resin.

Thanks for the link Chewbaka.

 

The trees on his farm are mainly beech trees, with a bit of luck he will let me have wood that's already been stored for a while in payment of me helping him with hay making in the summer.

[Loafer]

Eh?

 

Thanks for the link Chewbaka.

The trees on his farm are mainly beech trees, with a bit of luck he will let me have wood that's already been stored for a while in payment of me helping him with hay making in the summer.

[Athy]

Eh?

 

 

...is for 'orses.

[Chewbacka]

Seasoning time varies tremendously (treemendously?) with the type of wood. Birch for example is pretty quick, 1 year plenty. Personally I don't see the need for a moisture meter, the weight of a lump of wood is a good guide to how much water / sap remains inside it (bearing in mind different types of wood have different densities).

 

 

Ah but for someone not so experienced a meter will help them to get a feel for how the texture and weight changes as it dries out. After a couple of winters she probably will not need it, but for less than a tenner it seemed like a good idea.

Better than burning wet wood and all the problems that go with it.

[GreyLady]

Eh?

Eh makin with a massey fergie tractor :-)

 

Not quite a phantom F4, slightly less fun.

 

Ah but for someone not so experienced a meter will help them to get a feel for how the texture and weight changes as it dries out. After a couple of winters she probably will not need it, but for less than a tenner it seemed like a good idea.

Better than burning wet wood and all the problems that go with it.

Thanks it was a great idea.

Edited December 5, 2015 by GreyLady