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[Closed] Can I join the STW elite? Uberniche today.

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Been on this today. Orange AND woodpile - is that double points? ๐Ÿ˜€

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Posted : 05/04/2013 4:29 pm
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No one can deny that you have wood.


 
Posted : 05/04/2013 4:35 pm
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No, you cannot. Now go away.


 
Posted : 05/04/2013 4:36 pm
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I'm finding the 'piles-within-piles' effect of the second photo unreasonably pleasing.... time to go home......


 
Posted : 05/04/2013 4:38 pm
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no because asking to join is instant disqualification


 
Posted : 05/04/2013 4:47 pm
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I've not noticed the naysayers on this thread with wood recently.


 
Posted : 05/04/2013 5:08 pm
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Zero points; a > 3.5kg splitting maul is 10 points and a hydraulic splitter driver by an internal combustion engine zero points. Creatively stacked wood in inventive wood store is 10 points, bagged wood in a heap is zero points.


 
Posted : 05/04/2013 5:59 pm
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-5 pts for using ear defenders


 
Posted : 05/04/2013 6:10 pm
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Not connected to a tractor so...... meh!


 
Posted : 05/04/2013 6:55 pm
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a > 3.5kg splitting maul is 10 points

For a hobbyist perhaps.


 
Posted : 05/04/2013 6:58 pm
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The wood burner is the only heating in my house. If you're a professional then having professional tools is not worth bragging about on an STW thread. Bragging rights go to amateurs (hobbyists) that have a three-axis CNC machine not Dowty group. (add smiley to taste).


 
Posted : 05/04/2013 7:06 pm
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Nobody asks to join the elite. You either are or you aren't.


 
Posted : 05/04/2013 7:25 pm
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Bragging rights go to amateurs (hobbyists) that have [u]made[/u] a three-axis CNC machine [u]out of twigs[/u]

Minor correction....


 
Posted : 05/04/2013 7:26 pm
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Posted : 05/04/2013 8:10 pm
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Is that one of those sex machines my "friend" said he saw on internet?


 
Posted : 05/04/2013 8:15 pm
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It does look rather Dolcett.


 
Posted : 05/04/2013 8:16 pm
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The goal posts have moved since the discovery of these.

Goes off to reassess the definition of STW elite.

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Posted : 05/04/2013 8:39 pm
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Very pretty but examples of how not to season wood. Stacking to promote air circulation and a roof are essential.


 
Posted : 05/04/2013 9:07 pm
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Are they hollow? Does the broch have a spiral stair?


 
Posted : 05/04/2013 9:19 pm
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Very pretty but examples of how not to season wood. Stacking to promote air circulation and a roof are essential.

I'm curious how the core would dry too. My suspicion is that that they would sit for a few years so the drying rate may just be slower. It must be a centuries old stacking style.

I stacked peat in a similar way, with no tarp or weather proofing in Orkney which has a notoriously poor climate. Peat once initially dried changes it's structure and can withstand a certain amount of exposure to rain without reducing it's burnability.

The wood I stacked last year in an open shed with a tin roof has shrunk from being tight against the roof to about six inches or so below it. The wood I transferred from a shed which had limited airflow and that had started to grow a fungus ( mostly on Beech logs ) immediately stopped once stored with more airflow.


 
Posted : 05/04/2013 9:38 pm
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Are they hollow? Does the broch have a spiral stair?

It's almost worth a bike trip out there to find out โ“


 
Posted : 05/04/2013 9:39 pm
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(add smiley to taste).

You make me happy that I touched a nerve. Thank you.


 
Posted : 05/04/2013 11:06 pm
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I'm still trying to replenish what we burned last year. I'd would be interesting to see if I can fill the hole on the shed with this lot. I somehow doubt it.

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Posted : 06/04/2013 3:03 pm
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Congrats, you have about as much sawdust as I have logs left. It's been a hard winter.


 
Posted : 06/04/2013 4:51 pm