Wood Scraps - Uses?

[Eric Krewson]

If you are in to Muzzle loader hunting, broken bow limbs and scrap can make fancy loading blocks.

In this case I had an osage bow blank that had one perfect limb and one with huge rotten knots that wasn't worth fooling with. I cut the bad limb off and saved the good one for a billet.

I made the loading block out of a section of the bad limb.

   

[Wolftrail]

Originally posted by 7 Lakes:
Knife Handles and the Maple, Cherry, Hickory and Alder are excellent smoking woods.  

"Alder are excellent smoking woods"  I second that. Many times camping and cooking on an open fire I simply grab some branches and toss them in the fire pit.

[scrub-buster]

Originally posted by monterey:
Scrub Buster, Would like to see a picture of that propane tank wood stove.

Here you go.  It's made out of a lot of recycled junk.  The only thing I bought for it was the hinges and the car exhaust chimney pieces.  The base is made from 2 push mower bagger frames.  It heats my 8'x24" work shop very well.  I work in a T shirt during the winter.  I got carried away with it one day and got it up to 85 in my shop.  I worked with the door open for a while to cool it down.  A tightly packed 5 gallon bucket of tiny fire wood will last me about 2 days.  I didn't want to cut a hole in my wall or ceiling so I got a scrap piece of stainless steel sheet and ran it out the window.  I take it down in the summer.  I'm putting it back up this week.  I need to figure out a better way to support the chimney.  

   

   

   

       


   

[takefive]

That is very cool, scrub-buster.  Oops, I mean very warm.  

[Roy from Pa]

Very nice scrub.

[macbow]

Well built scrub.

[scrub-buster]

Thanks.