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Title: Forced air ,kind of
Post by: Al_Smith on January 14, 2018, 06:22:20 AM

I had a lapse of memory last night when I banked the fire in the wood stove.Left the damper wide open .Well of course this morning it was down to just a few coals .Aha 1000 degree heat gun ,good one .Within about 3 minutes I could have melted a horse shoe .You put the air to dry white oak it gets pretty hot pretty quick . ;D

Title: Re: Forced air ,kind of
Post by: SwampDonkey on January 14, 2018, 06:25:02 AM

It does with rock maple and beech to. When I used to boil water for steam for bending wood, rock maple and beech was the best to get enough steam from my boiler barrel. :)

Title: Re: Forced air ,kind of
Post by: Al_Smith on January 14, 2018, 06:33:23 AM

Beech makes a good fire .

Title: Re: Forced air ,kind of
Post by: John Mc on January 14, 2018, 10:35:03 AM

Quote from: Al_Smith on January 14, 2018, 06:33:23 AM
Beech makes a good fire .

One of my favorite firewood species. Oak is nice, but it takes forever to dry. If I need to, I can cut, split and stack Beech in late spring and still have it down around 15% MC by the time heating season rolls around (and Vermont isn't exactly known for having a long, prime wood-drying season).

Title: Re: Forced air ,kind of
Post by: thecfarm on January 14, 2018, 10:54:15 AM

That chimney is clean now.

Title: Re: Forced air ,kind of
Post by: submarinesailor on January 14, 2018, 11:34:39 AM

The wife did that one time. Yes the pipe was clean, but I had to repaint the outside of it because she burnt the paint off it. Good thing I brought the thicker walled pipe. The thin stuff most likely would have failed.

Bruce

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