I have to remind myself to split my logs at frequent intervals, otherwise the bastards don’t flush and the wife complains. I hate that.

Onto two pages and nobody has said to poke it with a toilet brush? This place really is going down the shitter.

I’ve managed to find a source of ex-builders wood (snigger, etc) – joists and 3×2 etc etc. Quite a bit of de-nailing and it’s all softwood but at least it’s free. I’ve carved up some using a tree saw so far but is it worth getting an electric chainsaw? Any experience with them?

Poke denailing it wht a pain in the hoop

Im all about the evolution rage multi saw . Rips through nails in wood like cheese 🙂

there’s no reason to take nails out i can think of. just throw ’em on the fire and sweep ’em up afterwards.
chainsaws require all manner of gear and and care. i have a reciprocating saw that set me back about a ton and it’ll go through anything, including nails if you use the appropriate blade. it’s ace!
mine’s a hitachi but you can get them made by bosch, B&D etc. etc.