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Gonna make one of these this week...

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CentralSigns

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Cool idea but will it work on the pallets that have a cuzillion nails in them. Let us know how you make out, and how well it works. I might make one as well.
 
James Burke

James Burke

Being a grandpa is more fun than working
After watching this, I believe I will make the forks a fuzz longer and increase the angle so I won't have to reach down so far.

And...while I'm at it, I'm going to make something similar to snap the slats and stringers in half so I can fit them in the wood stove.

It's way too much work with the chainsaw, and it's extremely tough on the chains...especially the nails.


JB
 
Typestries

Typestries

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Another pallet burner, eh? Damn straight processing them with a chainsaw sucks. Gotta love free heat, though!!
 
James Burke

James Burke

Being a grandpa is more fun than working
Speedsterbeast said:
A chainsaw up and down along the skid parts makes faster work of them.
Four cuts per pallet and you're done.
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I'd rather cut up a new tree than try to cut up a truck load of pallets...they take the edge off a chain in a hurry.

Kinda think of it as marinated steak vs. tough beef jerky...now you get the idea.

Typestries: Another pallet burner, eh? Damn straight processing them with a chainsaw sucks. Gotta love free heat, though!!
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They burn like a house a'fire...and throw off the best heat. It gets a little busy feeding the stove all the time, but I like to burn them when I'm working in the shop.

Here's a photo of my stove. I've stacked nearly 6,000 pounds of solid cement blocks around it. The blocks soak up the heat like a sponge, and then radiate for hours. They make a HUGE difference in keeping the place warm. Do a search for "masonry heaters" some time...that's where I got the idea.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masonry_heater

The way it's set up, it heats the upstairs of the house via convection (hot air rising) and I don't even have to use a fan.

Way too cool....or should I say warm?
 

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phototec

phototec

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James Burke said:
They burn like a house a'fire...and throw off the best heat. It gets a little busy feeding the stove all the time, but I like to burn them when I'm working in the shop.

Here's a photo of my stove. I've stacked nearly 6,000 pounds of solid cement blocks around it. The blocks soak up the heat like a sponge, and then radiate for hours. They make a HUGE difference in keeping the place warm. Do a search for "masonry heaters" some time...that's where I got the idea.

The way it's set up, it heats the upstairs of the house via convection (hot air rising) and I don't even have to use a fan.
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Are you heating your sign shop or your house with this heater, (you mentioned upstairs).

What type, size, brand of heater is it?

How is it vented to the outside for combustion air and exhaust?

Thanks
:rock-n-roll:
 
James Burke

James Burke

Being a grandpa is more fun than working
phototec said:
Are you heating your sign shop or your house with this heater, (you mentioned upstairs).

What type, size, brand of heater is it?

How is it vented to the outside for combustion air and exhaust?

Thanks
:rock-n-roll:
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I'm heating both, and also have a smaller stove in the kitchen area that helps with the downstairs. My shop is an enclosed two car garage, aprox. 30' x 30', and the upstairs is approx. 1500 square feet. It's vented via a double-wall 6" stainless chimney up through the garage ceiling, the upstairs and the attic to the roof....that boils down to approx. 8 feet of black pipe and 20 +/- feet of stainless.

The stove shown in the photo is a "Fire Chief" FC1100 with the side and top panels removed. The blocks are dry stacked around the stove and are secured with straps screwed to the frame of the stove....much like the way they lay up brick on a cinder block wall. Every one in a while, I have to remove the blocks above the stove and re-position them since the cooling and expansion tends to move them around. The blocks atop the stove rest on the side blocks so there is absolutely no weight resting on the stove.

Here's a link for the stove: http://www.firechiefwoodfurnace.com/fc1100.aspx

I moved that particular stove out a couple of years ago and put in a smaller one made by Johnson Energy Systems (1980s vintage) and it seems to work better for some reason. I think it has a lot to do with running the smaller stove harder...rather than letting a larger stove smolder. Once the blocks get warmed up, it's quite easy to keep the place warm with just a small fire....it's kinda like building up momentem in a flywheel, so to say.

The bummer is that the Fire Chief cost me over two-grand eight years ago, and I picked up the Johnson for $50. Believe me, I'm taking it with me if I ever move.

The dog door is only ten feet away and the draft from that helps with the "make-up" (combustable) air.

Air is such a poor conductor and retainer of heat, hence the reason for the concrete blocks. My next step will be trying to engineer a boiler to sit atop the concrete blocks and pipe that into the cooler areas of the downstairs.

It's a sad tale when the dogs get the warmest room in the house.


JB
 
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round man

round man

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James I guess I'm getting lazy in my old age but I would put a bend in the handle of that tool so ya wouldn't have to bend over to use it
 
James Burke

James Burke

Being a grandpa is more fun than working
round man said:
James I guess I'm getting lazy in my old age but I would put a bend in the handle of that tool so ya wouldn't have to bend over to use it
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Ditto...I was going to adjust the angle, but yes...he's bending down way too low...and walking way too close to those boards with the nails sticking up...what a doofus.


JB
 
GAC05

GAC05

Quit buggin' me
Looks like it would be useful to motivate employees or help get rid of customers wanting "window stickers"

I'm gonna make 2.

wayne k
guam usa
 
FireSprint.com

FireSprint.com

Trade Only Screen & Digital Sign Printing
If anyone near Omaha wants our pallets we tend to build up quite a few during the busy summer months. They are a little odd, 48x36 with the holes on the 48 side so they don't get taken by the pallet guys as quickly.

They are GREAT for burning though, and easy to pull apart. Good Canadian Lumber.

Here's us with them one of our piles in the background..

http://www.firesprintprinting.com/about-us
 
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