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- From: "Robert Walton" <waltonrp AT gmail.com>
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- Subject: Re: [Homestead] Winged Elm
- Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:45:38 -0400
good info. Mine is not that thick, biggest pieces are maybe 10" to a
foot. I'm leaving them as is for night logs! I actually broke a wedge
in the one piece that I split.
Rob - Va
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 10:43 AM, <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com> wrote:
>
>> >Thanks, good info. Do not try to split.
>
> It's not just winged-elm, all elms are the Devil to split. It is, IMO, an
> utter waste of effort to try to split it. But it's excellent firewood so
> when
> I can get it, it is reserved for the chunk stove. After bucking the log
> with
> the crosscut saw, any piece too big for the stove is cut with a rip saw.
> You
> wimpy chiansaw types can do that easily, it rips very easily with a chain
> saw.
> Wedge behind the cut or it will bind. </HTML>
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[Homestead] Winged Elm,
Bunjov, 09/12/2008
- Re: [Homestead] Winged Elm, Robert Walton, 09/12/2008
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Re: [Homestead] Winged Elm,
Clansgian, 09/13/2008
- Re: [Homestead] Winged Elm, Robert Walton, 09/13/2008
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