Can I Accelerate the Firewood Drying Process?
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
- Trying out my DIY process for drying firewood faster. Click the link below for more info on Back 40 Mini Firewood Racks and Back 40 Mini Firewood.
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As a youngster I worked at my now in-laws greenhouses. If you made an enclosure with the glass at a 30 - 45 degree angle on top with a small fan at one end and a exhaust vent at the other, I believe you would dry and heat treat your wood faster. You would be amazed at how hot it would get in there.
I have some ideas on perhaps building something since I have a few more windows that size...and yeah I can about imagine how hot it would get...that sun can get things cooking!
ANOTHER GREAT SHOW, DAN
ONE THING THAT MIGHT ALSO HELP IS BLACK PLASTIC SHEET UNDER THE TABLE GRATE TO INCREASE THE TEMP FROM GLASS, OR SOME OLD TARP, METAL SHEETING ETC. CHEAP AND YOU PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE SOME LAYING AROUND. THE MORE HEAT WILL INCREASE THE CONVECTION ALSO.
LOVE WHAT YOU DO, STAY SAFE, BE COOL AND STAY COOL!
Would be interested in seeing the temperature difference behind and in front of the glass at full sun.
Dan, now you shouldve made another pile of wood on pallets to check if there is a moisture difference after a week or month .
The ventilated grate is Great!. Idea: build a wedge shaped box, Use the grate, inside. Put a vent at one end, and a fan blowing through the box, at the other end.
You could use a solar panel and a 12v fan, won't take much air flow. The box will heat up, drive moisture out of the wood, and the fan will blow the moisture out of the box.
Mini Wood Solar Kiln! (MWSK).
great minds think alike, you beat me to my comment by 1 minute. lol. you just have fleshed the idea out a bit more.
I agree with both of you.
Bill
Eventually that is my plan is to have some sort of set up like that...think adding a fan would really help.
As the mini firewood sales continue to grow. I believe you have a lot of streamlining of the process inorder to make it easier and profitable. For starters...Never dumping mini wood this low ever again. It should all be done at waist height or above. The being bent over and crawling around at ground level chasing these little pieces would get old real quick. The last time they should ever be this low in log form,IMO...👍
Yeah gonna continue to refine the process, but I have someone who is smaller that can easily pick that all up for me. 😀 Or I will actually probably rake it into the big utility bucket.
@Back40Firewood He won't be little very much longer! And if he lives up to his name. He will start micromanagement of his task really soon also!🤣
QQQ Dan Maybe Put a Big Fan Along Side of the Mini Splits to Help Dry it
Definitely gonna look into hooking up a fan of some sorts.
hey dan ..good idea for drying the mini...keep up the good vids cheers from canada
Hi Dan, another great video! I am looking forward to the results of your experiment. Would you consider putting another batch of minifirewood out in the open in the sun as a control group and measure the differences between the two piles? Keep up the great work!
Finally a straight handle axe. To me, they last longer and feel natural in the swing. You’re doing great and I do grab some tips and ideas from your shows.
Hey Dan, if you have acquired any of those little power packs, you can put one of those out there with a small fan blowing air through there on low speed just to keep air moving
If you have a full-length mirror, set it up behind and above the wood pile such that it reflects additional sunlight onto the wood. As the wood dries, collect it off the top of the pile as needed.
Just a little suggestion for next time. Put you pallet the other way around and a turn it a quarter to get maximum airflow from the bottum.
Wondering if you have need of a mini moisture meter??
Hi Dan.
You could also put the boxes is cherry in the back of a parked suv in the sun with the windows cracked. That car would probably get up to 140 degrees and dry it out really quick. As and added bonus the car would smell like cherry. Just an idea. Also no dumping of the boxes. Take care
Dan,another excellent video time for little boss man to shift gears for production for his dad and his pockets 😮😊❤
You do get some airflow by convection this way. but a small or medium sized ventilator on a solar generator would really increase airflow and reduce the drying time.
I agree with both of you.
Bill
I've been thinking about adding something like that....still trying to decide on which one or how best to do it.
What’s a GYF? I can’t figure it out!
hi there Amanda would not mind if you put it in your home cloths dryer. problem solved . ready in 1 hour , and heat treated in one ,or just put it in your attic , looks good best to all john
Hahahaha....that might be a bit loud with all the clanking and banging of the wood spinning around! lol
@@Back40Firewood that is why they invented ear protection , john
@@fricknjeepit's also how you burn your house down. Lol
Dan, What are the dimensions on your mini firewood?
It's just like regular firewood...only smaller, like mini in size.
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I try to have like 1-1.5" splits that are around 5" long, but sometimes the length varies so I have on my labels 4"-6" long splits.
Just discovered your channel going to guess having that much wood I take it you sell it in the Local area where u live or u keep ur house warm at in the winter months. But anyways looking forward to watch sum of ur old videos 😊
Dan the man 👍🏻🇺🇸
Low E glass in the door?
I like Wayne's idea. Get this up higher off the ground.
Overall, it was a good idea in drying time.
I'll just make the lil Boss man pick it up...lol
in pa it hot as hell 95 degrees
Another way to speed up the drying, just fall the trees and wait a few weeks until the leaves have sucked a lot of moisture out of the wood before it is limbed and cut and split.
Hi Dan That looks like a great idea Drying out your Cherry Wood Mini Firewood Splits QQQ Have you thought about Shrink Rapping The Mini Splits
Not sure the plastic wrap would work that well with the amount I have in a box or bag...be tough to hold it all together.
Qqq how has that roofing type building held up for you over The winter, i lived 20 miles south of cleveland ohio,i talked to them they would not give me any kind of warenty because of The weather, i figured your winters are harder than ours so i thought i wouldé just ask someone who has one
It has held up great, but we only had one snow event that was over 6". Otherwise we didn't get much snow this past winter.
I just stack mine on pallets in the barn. wait 24 months and she’s ready to go.
That's rubbish, if the timber is sawn and split to final size then it's dry in under 6 months
Check with your local grocery store, see if they give away banna boxes. Most stores do,.
I grab boxes from Costco every time I go...lol....some are better than others, but they work great.
Just wondering why your buddy scheib isn't making videos anymore. Did he quit or is he sick
I find if you put 2 pallets on ground it dries a lot faster
I do that also but everyone has their method.
Just put in mesh bags and take to the local laundromat!!
I like your idea, but since everything has to be "green" these days, that would make the hippie mad as you are using electricity and "adding" to your "carbon footprint"😮
There, I think I touched on all the Hippie talking points 😂😂
I think you're going to need lot more racks, lmao 😂😅
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Did the Little Boss Man give up on splitting the small stuff for you? Stay safe.
Nope, he split a bunch of that stuff....I just don't show it cuz then I have to deal with people telling me he's gonna get hurt, and that I'm breaking child labor laws, and also CZcams gets goofy when kids are in your videos...lol
How was the potato salad 🍻
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Build yourself a solar kiln
It'll either dry faster or catch fire...
Sun-dried cherry: great idea!*!*!Those new lumberjack tools from Whiskey River Trading look like $$$$ money in the bank.
The pickaroon is definitely nice to have! And I like the sound of that 'sun-dried Cherry'....lol...has a nice ring to it. 😀🍻
Great idea Dan. Would be neat with a side by side pile without the glass door for comparison. I think you're on to something practical. Good luck!👍🪵
Might have to do that next time for the comparison...or maybe I'll split up some more here soon.