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  1. Thread: Axes!

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    This is a real treat,89 yr old nieghbor just...

    This is a real treat,89 yr old nieghbor just brought this over as a gift,he used it in the 30s working in the conservation corps.
    he was going to toss it in the garbage,Has the most beautifull solid...
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    I heated my last house for 23 years with wood,5...

    I heated my last house for 23 years with wood,5 cords/yr,all split by hand with mauls and wedges,I know what sweat is.:)
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    Looks great shooter,but where do you put the gas...

    Looks great shooter,but where do you put the gas and bar oil into:)
  4. Thread: Axes!

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    I have no use for it shooter,do not do axes,Ihave...

    I have no use for it shooter,do not do axes,Ihave a chainsaw:)
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    I Know sqwat about axes but you keep talking...

    I Know sqwat about axes but you keep talking about pucks? Is that what this is? Carborundum #107, never used it for anything,just hangs around the shop.
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    Actually wood harvesting in this local was...

    Actually wood harvesting in this local was allowed after a big storm came thru the santa cruz mtns.
    You could only take downed, tagged trees.
    We would scour the areas around loma preita for madrone...
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    Madrone is the same way, dry it will also throw...

    Madrone is the same way, dry it will also throw sparks,made a world of diff when I got a carbide toothed chain for my huskys.
    Your Wandoo must be similar to madrone about 3200 lbs/cord dry.
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    Problem I had was,I had to buy cordwood than...

    Problem I had was,I had to buy cordwood than split it all into stovewood,big differance.
    Also both stoves had cat convertors so softwood of any kind was out of the question.
    The best heating woods...
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    Absolutly,shes strong like Bull and twice as...

    Absolutly,shes strong like Bull and twice as smart and will work all day for beer. Great Germanic Stock:)
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    I split,wife stacks:)

    I split,wife stacks:)
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    Husqvarna x 2 here,I heated our last house for 25...

    Husqvarna x 2 here,I heated our last house for 25 yrs with wood (2 vermont castings stoves)
    Mauls, wedges up the yinyang,great excercise for the young at heart,cut, split, stacked, stored 5...
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    Will let you young guys dink around with axes:) I...

    Will let you young guys dink around with axes:) I pack my chainsaw when I go camping.
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    Only a blue green,if you use a yellowish esher,...

    Only a blue green,if you use a yellowish esher, you will roll the edge for sure on anything more than poplar or pine/fir.
    For real dry oak,Hickory,madrone,I find a Charnley used with sperm whale oil...
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    If the only use is splitting firewood,I use a...

    If the only use is splitting firewood,I use a fine mill file,is such a thing as oversharpening a camp axe.
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