Comments on: Firewood Rant

By: odin

odin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:43:35 +0000

Hi Henry, I always buy all my wood cut and split anymore. I’d much rather do pottery or firing than wood cutting.

By: Henry

Henry — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:52:05 +0000

you may be better off paying for “stove wood” which is shorter in length. Also seasoning the wood is the most important part, so if you are going to bid on a truck load, make sure to have it split and properly stacked for drying by the early spring. Then it needs to be hauled to the wood shed for final storage. IMO you are better off finding a quality dealer, and yes I sympathize…i’ve had good wood and crappy wood pieces mixed in every time.

By: odin

odin — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 17:51:11 +0000

I don’t think there would be anything wrong with using the wood from pallets. I would want to get all the nails out to avoid filling the kiln with bits of steel — the iron content would probably affect the pottery. The big issue would be the work. One pallet would probably be 1 to 1.5 stokes. Considering the stoking rhythm is once every 5-10 minutes depending on the situation, and the firing lasts many days, the stack of pallets would by sky high. Assuming 6 pallets/hr in a 4 day wood-firing segment, that’s 576 pallets … I’m too lazy to even think about that much labor. ;-)

By: idea man

idea man — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 22:32:16 +0000

Would wooden palets be of practical use? They used to be had for free from various stores around where I live. I guess it would be a question wood quality, break down labor and transport cost to you.