Recent content by fenderjaguar

ah right, i get it now. heh, there's actually a sweet chestnut in my back garden, but that's got a preservation order on it :D

wow thanks for all the replies, folks! i did try it with some oak today. and i had reasonable success even with my axe, stakes and sledge hammer. i'm looking out for a froe too. there probably is some chestnut in the valley (that's the stuff you get conkers off, right?). but i doubt there is...

thanks guys. the froe looks like a good idea. the coniferous tree from the other day never wavered from the original grain of where i had started. this obviously gave me the illusion that splitting wood would be much easier than it really is. there's some oak down in the valley too. i'll try one...

hi. does anyone know or have seen an online guide for splitting wood for fencing rails and posts? i cut down this dead coniferous tree yesterday. and i was able to split it easily using 2 small stakes (or chisels, whatever), a large axe and a sledge hammer. today i cut down a live birch tree...

nice. i thought you weren't allowed to sell knives on ebay uk? i bought one from US ebay though

today, i was walking through a valley, when i found a cheapo knife. looked a bit like a kitchen knife, really. but i think it must've been some sort of survival, because it had holes dotted up near the edge of the blade. i then looked round to see a very flat piece of sandstone. at least i...

thanks for the replies. the metal box with an insulating clay surface around it sounds quite a lot easier. yeah, i was concerned about the type of cement i would have to use, since ordinary concrete can crack, when it gets hot. and these firebricks are a good idea as well. also, maybe thinner...

i just wondered what you guys thought of this idea i've had. i want to make an outdoor oven, that has a fire underneath. with the fire in a tray, possibly. this is actually for the garden, not roaming around in the wilderness. but i thought i'd post it here anyway. so it would be using...