Pile 'O Work

Well I've been a bit busy at home the last month with cookouts and getting ready for winter.

Cutting, hauling and splitting fire wood has been one of the most time consuming things. The wood doesn't cost me anything other than the time to go cut haul etc. And it's more productive than going to the gym.

If you want to understand how wood feels and works split a cord or two by hand.

This load was huge pieces; 8 made a pickup truck full. Each piece was between 200 and 400 pounds. We used a front-end loader to load the truck.

This is all maple, oak and hickory. All of the trees had a hollow spot (or two). It's really a bit of a shame to burn the maple as it's nicely spalted.

I also have been building a round patio table. This table is build out of wood that was fake ceiling beams in a room I remodeled a couple of years ago.

The legs are, for now, 3 slabs of plywood hinged together so that they can be folded up. The top is about 60 inches around. Eventually I'd like to do some carving on the top and something better for the legs. I got it to this point so I could use it for a cookout.