At Home In The Woods

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Was it this one where he put a tire around the log before splitting it? It's a funky looking axe, but it does the job. If anyone should know about wood heat, it would be the Finns.

Larro


Here this thing goes again, i think this thing made its rounds on the hearth a few years ago. I want to say even a few maybe had a test model to try???

If i remember right the consensus was that it would be great if you have straight grain softwood like fir or pine but for oak it will just laugh at anything other than smaller straight grained redoak.
 
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Here this thing goes again, i think this thing made its rounds on the hearth a few years ago. I want to say even a few maybe had a test model to try???

If i remember right the consensus was that it would be great if you have straight grain softwood like fir or pine but for oak it will just laugh at anything other than smaller straight grained redoak.
Yes, I would like to see someone splitting hickory with it. Then I might be sold.
Obed
 
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Our master closet has not been finished. It has no shelves or clothes hanging rods. My wife hung some new plywood shelves in the basement in order to put polyurethane on them.

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We finally have shelves in the master closet! They are not completely finished.

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The trim pieces that will cover the edges of the plywood for the long shelves and uprights have not be installed. We also will build some more shelves along the wall opposite from the door between to shelves at each end.

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The work will have to wait until the springtime because wife wants to be able to open the windows in the basement for airing when she puts polyurethane on the remaining shelves and trim pieces.

My wife did this project by herself. The only help I gave was my opinion. Let me restate that. I gave my opinion - I'm not sure you can call that help.
 
   / At Home In The Woods #5,585  
Looks like you have a lot more clothes than your wife. Never seen that before! :laughing:
 
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Kinda funny how my wardrobe keeps being brought into this thread. Maybe I should audition for GQ Magazine. Please, nobody take offense...

Looks like you have a lot more clothes than your wife. Never seen that before! :laughing:

And just curious do you have any other clothes other than the grey pants and light blue shirt? Seems every picture of you your wearing them! Like one of those shows where the guy has a closet of the exact same thing.

I have to question any guy who notices the clothes another guy wears. Your man card may be revoked for such things or at least be put on probation. If the desire to critique the fashion of others Womans Day has a nice web site that may interest you. :D

Dude, YOU'RE the one recommending a women's fashion web site, so what does that tell us!?:confused2:

OK, this is getting funny. I understand some of the safety critiques and even agree with most of them to a degree, but questioning his wardrobe...

Saturday morning I woke up and wondered, "What should I wear today?" I went to my closet and carefully inspected my wardrobe. Making certain that you look good while you are working by yourself in the woods is of dire importance. Knowing this truth, I had a difficult time choosing my garments.

Should I prefer the Chartreuse shirt with the obtuse swirls today? How about the dashing beige shirt? Or perhaps the striking grey pinstripes? Then my eyes fixated on the perfect selection. There it was, the BLUE shirt. My face beamed with excitement. I thought, "Man, I look gooood in blue!" So the blue shirt it was. Once I had finally arrived at a decision on my tunic, picking the pants was easy. Of course! I'll wear the GREY pants because they compliment so well the BLUE shirt.

After I donned my apparrel, I strutted in front of the full length mirror like a male peacock parades in front of his potential mate. "Now I'm ready to go out and work by myself in the woods. It's too bad nobody will be able to see me out there because I really am the bomb!"

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Why is it I have the feeling you have a closet full of blue shirts and grey pants?

:)
 
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Kinda funny how my wardrobe keeps being brought into this thread. Maybe I should audition for GQ Magazine. Please, nobody take offense...

Hey, you're the one who brought your wardrobe in this time...;)
 
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I think that spending years in a camper without a respectable closet, having just one finished in your home is an improvement. I know that most of us have never full-timed in a camper, and would not understand. Makes me smile thinking that a simple post about, 'setting up a closet' would seem trivial to most...... but I understand!
Both my wife and I R/V now for vacation, one day we wish to sell the home and do it full time. Vice-versa to you. One thing is for sure, "Space" is coveted in a R/V. I get just the nightstand next to our bed for all my things and she gets the rest :(
My secret hiding spot is the place where she thinks I place the wheel chocks, outside compartment.
 
   / At Home In The Woods #5,590  
One item is still missing in your wardrobe!
A pair of chain saw chaps or trousers, with that many ordinary pants it would be a shame to have to cut a leg of so many pairs to make them fit....

/Lars
 
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One item is still missing in your wardrobe!
A pair of chain saw chaps or trousers, with that many ordinary pants it would be a shame to have to cut a leg of so many pairs to make them fit....

/Lars
 
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I think that spending years in a camper without a respectable closet, having just one finished in your home is an improvement. I know that most of us have never full-timed in a camper, and would not understand. Makes me smile thinking that a simple post about, 'setting up a closet' would seem trivial to most...... but I understand!
Both my wife and I R/V now for vacation, one day we wish to sell the home and do it full time. Vice-versa to you. One thing is for sure, "Space" is coveted in a R/V. I get just the nightstand next to our bed for all my things and she gets the rest :(
My secret hiding spot is the place where she thinks I place the wheel chocks, outside compartment.

drajj5, yes after spending years in a camper, I think we appreciate lots of simple things that we would have otherwise never noticed. For example, when temps got down in the single digits a couple weeks ago, we could still use the toilet in the house. That wasn't possible in the camper. Now I don't hold my breath every time the wind blows hoping a limb doesn't land on the camper roof like it did one week after moving the camper onto our house property.

I have to say that our first week living in the camper on our property was filled with excitement. If you recall, last Wed. we had a wind storm that knocked down trees, dropped a limb on the top of the camper and poked a hole in the awning that covers the slideout roof. This weekend, my wife woke me up at 3:30 AM saying we had a leak in the roof. I went into the kitchen and there was a steady stream of rain water coming through the ceiling. The kitchen vinyl floor was covered with water and more rain water was coming through the ceiling at an alarming rate. My wife initially put our 2 largest pots on the floor to collect the water but they were filling much too fast. We ended up using a large cooler to collect the deluge.

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I quickly got dressed and got a flashlight, went outside and climbed onto the roof. I found a hole in our aluminum roof about the size of 2 golf balls sitting side-by-side. Apparently, the limb that had poked a hole in our awning during the wind storm earlier in the week had also poked a hole through the aluminum roof. Unfortunately, I did not see the hole when I had initially inspected the damage.

The rain was collecting on the roof and running into this hole. It was 32 degrees F, raining continuously, and dark. I had to find some way to stop the water from running into the hole. I put my finger in the hole and lifted up on the aluminum and found if the alumnum was lifted high enough the water would flow around the hole instead of into it. I ended up placing a small 2 inch long stick through the hole and lodging the stick between the aluminum and the rafter below it. Doing so raised the aluminum high enough to cause the roof water to go around the hole instead of through it. I placed a bucket over the hole to complete the temporary repair. After 90 minutes in the cold and rain, I went back to bed.

Monday evening, I used this stuff Quick Roof to repair the hole. I cut and glued a piece of wood on top of the rafter and below the aluminum roof to elevate the roof at that spot. I then glued a piece of aluminum flashing over the hole. Lastly, I covered the area with a piece of Quick Roof.
 
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One item is still missing in your wardrobe!
A pair of chain saw chaps or trousers, with that many ordinary pants it would be a shame to have to cut a leg of so many pairs to make them fit....

/Lars
What color chaps would go well with my complexion?
 
   / At Home In The Woods #5,594  
You are more of an autumn, so I would go with Stihl Orange!! It's like an oak in fall! :laughing:
 
   / At Home In The Woods #5,597  
Kinda funny how my wardrobe keeps being brought into this thread. Maybe I should audition for GQ Magazine. Please, nobody take offense...

How long did it take to dig up all those quotes? !!!!
 
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clemsonfor said:
How long did it take to dig up all those quotes? !!!!

About 30 minutes.
Obed
 
   / At Home In The Woods #5,600  
Getting back to splitting maul's....have we discussed Fiskars yet? The Fiskars is more like a splitting axe, sharp as a razor, lightweight and you swing it quickly, work your way around the round, then split the center. You don't use brute force and you swing it straight back over your head, not side arm like a maul(this also keeps your feet out of the way). The thing is amazing & I have the X-27(36"), and X-25(28") and the hatchet...X-7. I will never use a heavy splitting maul again. I bought the x-25 first, but prefer a longer handle which is safer in my opinion.

Amazon.com: Fiskars 7884 X27 Super Splitting Axe, 36-Inch: Patio, Lawn & Garden
 

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