Homestead mailing list

["Franklin W. Davis" <knarfme AT comcast.net>]

  Ayup...usin' hand tools to cut firewood can give ya a warm fuzzy feelin' 
when ya think about it settin' in yer easy chair...:-)...but I've been 
cuttin' firewood fer sixty years...more or less...with all manor of hand 
tools...and can tell ya I'll use my trusty Ol' Husky chain saw over all the 
hand tools put together...:-)...and I'll split it with my trusty Ol' 
Craftsman twenty seven ton  hydralic splitter...:-). Nuthin' against those 
that want to take the hand tool route...just been there and done that so I 
have an idea of whats it's like...:-) Would rather spend my time doin' 
somethin' I like better then workin' up firewood...Franklin
>From genegerue AT ruralize.com  Tue Nov 20 08:52:27 2007
Return-Path: <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
X-Original-To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Delivered-To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Received: from fed1rmmtao105.cox.net (fed1rmmtao105.cox.net [68.230.241.41])
        by lists.ibiblio.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D2374C035
        for <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>; Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:52:24 -0500 
(EST)
Received: from fed1rmimpo03.cox.net ([70.169.32.75]) by fed1rmmtao105.cox.net
        (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id
        <20071120135223.FWZN22853.fed1rmmtao105.cox.net AT fed1rmimpo03.cox.net>
        for <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>; Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:52:23 -0500
Received: from [192.168.1.117] ([68.230.53.196])
        by fed1rmimpo03.cox.net with bizsmtp
        id F1sK1Y0074E07Qs0000000; Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:52:19 -0500
Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3)
In-Reply-To: <cff.1d6fbcbb.3474353a AT wmconnect.com>
References: <cff.1d6fbcbb.3474353a AT wmconnect.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed
Message-Id: <027AC491-86D5-49B3-ACDB-1B82B3D67005 AT ruralize.com>
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:52:14 -0700
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3)
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Hand tools - for firewood
X-BeenThere: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9
Precedence: list
Reply-To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
List-Id: <homestead.lists.ibiblio.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/homestead>,
        <mailto:homestead-request AT lists.ibiblio.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/homestead>
List-Post: <mailto:homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
List-Help: <mailto:sympa AT lists.ibiblio.org?subject=HELP>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/homestead>,
        <mailto:homestead-request AT lists.ibiblio.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:52:27 -0000


On Nov 20, 2007, at 6:03 AM, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:

> The use of any type of manual saw depends on it being sharpened,
> set, and
> cleaned to make it cut the easiest.  You let the sharpness do the
> work and not
> your back.

All those who aspire to self-reliance should own and become skilled,
or at least competent, in the use of hand tools to back up every tool
they use that is powered, whether by electricity or gasoline. Whether
from power or fuel outages or inevitable high prices, power tools may
well become unusable.

I am today good with letting a propane-fired, thermostatically-
regulated heater keep the Heartwood shack warm. I would feel
vulnerable and stupid if I were not prepared to do the job with
firewood that I cut from our own trees. As I have done for many years
in the past.