The 2024 Firewood Thread

[Yarz]

This weekend I was finally able to get started splitting the wood I collected earlier this year:

I made a decent dent in the total amount - not bad for swinging a maul. There's a mix of locust, maple, cherry, and sassafras already split. And in the background, there's more of each of those, plus some oak.

 

[total newb]

This aprox 50% of gramas pile.

 

[Captain Call]

Lawnmower steering wheel is very cheech.

 

['84 Bronco II]

Got my first load of wood yesterday. My chainsaw is cutting like shit though which is super frustrating and made things take a lot longer than it should have. It won't make a straight cut to save my life and keeps binding up in the logs. In the past when it would start doing that, it was usually a dull chain, but I stopped to file the chain 3 times and it kept doing it Maybe I just suck at sharpening chains? I guess I'll try a new chain the next time I go out, but I am wondering if it might be an issue with the bar.

 

[Tacodriver]

Got my first load of wood yesterday. My chainsaw is cutting like shit though which is super frustrating and made things take a lot longer than it should have. It won't make a straight cut to save my life and keeps binding up in the logs. In the past when it would start doing that, it was usually a dull chain, but I stopped to file the chain 3 times and it kept doing it Maybe I just suck at sharpening chains? I guess I'll try a new chain the next time I go out, but I am wondering if it might be an issue with the bar.

Take the chain off and see if the rails are wearing unevenly and also see if a burr is starting on the side of the bar. I cheat and use a ski edge guide to make sure everything is square, on a side note a buddy had an old bar that had been so work hardened that a file wouldn't touch it had to hit it with a belt sander to tune it up. Also how are the rakers in relation to the cutters if the rakers aren't set to the cutter the chain will want to cut in circles.

 

[Opiebennett]

Agree, sounds like a raker height problem.

 

[What?]

Fire season is officially over for me so letting my fire saw get its last run for my friend. Now she'll have extra fire starter

 

[[486]]

Agree, sounds like a raker height problem.

this
file the depth stops so the teeth take a bigger bite

if the chain cuts at a curve pay attention to which side is cutting better and file the poorly cutting side like the better cutting side
angle is important

 

[Pony_Driver]

Stihl makes a handy file setup that files the cutter and rakers at the same time. Pferd makes a blue knockoff. Well worth the $40 or whatever they run. You can swap the files out easy enough.

 

[Ranchtruck]

If you ignore the modern rack the picture could have been taken in the mid 70s. Cleaning up some beech trees.

 

[Yarz]

I finished splitting last weekend. I borrowed a hydraulic splitter to finish the last couple dozen rounds after I was fighting every split with a wedge. So probably 80-85% of this was done by hand.
The pile of splits is ~6' tall and covers 17 pallets.