kindling machine

[drythropple]

Hi, has anyone out there managed to make an automatic kindling machine, any ideas/pics will be appreciated

 

[hr3]

Automatic no but I use a small electric splitter in the basement...

 

[Baby Grand]

Are you looking to create large quantities of kindling? Just curious. For starting the stove I find that a light, limbing axe and a short scrap of 2x8 is all I really need. If the wood is well seasoned and doesn't have a lot of knots it splits right up.

 

[/pine]

...automatic kindling machine...

I call it a Poplar tree...

Poplar branches from 1/4"-1" make for great kindling especially with a few pieces of "tinder" sized pieces of the same...does not take much to get the hardwood fuel burning...

Poplar breaks very easy..what I do is pile up a bunch of branches etc. and just run over them with the tractor a time or two and it breaks them down to managable size for storing in bins...

 

[foggy1111]

Wood Shingles. If you ever find where they are pulling old wood shingles off a house.....get a load of those shingles for fire starters. Split real easy. Simply the best I ever had.

You can buy a bundle of these shingles....and it will last a long time....but they are pretty spendy fire starters.

 

[BHD]

I just use the trash and splinters from the splitting process, that fall off under the splitter,

if there is a construction site any where near, the cut off of the framing process, make fairly good fire starter,

 

[drythropple]

I appreciate all your advice, I sell firewood but a lot of my customers want me to supply them with kindling, I have been chopping by hand but it is very time consuming so I thought a dedicated kindling machine would be the answer. I cannot justify spending the thousands required to purchase one

 

[The Haymaker]

One of the old shingle machines? Seems something you could rapidly run stuff through would be the best.

I've always thought of some sort of machine to crush pallets. The hard, dry, wood usually splinters and breaks, so crushing them would make nice kindling.

!

 

[Treemonkey1000]

If they are or were building as many homes around where you live as they are here go get the lumber scraps. Kiln dried lumber usually splits up pretty easy. I doubt if you can get your hands on a Cedar shake splitter but that would be the way to go as far as faster processing. What I have done in the past with cedar and 2x4's is hold or strap them together. Then whack them with a sharp axe to split several pieces off at a time. Something else to consider is hiring someone like a retired person or student to split it and pay them per bundle.
So now if you come up with something we want pictures

 

[drythropple]

Dont worry, there will be pictures, I dont think you guys realise but I'm in the uk