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Offline ricktrojanowski

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I found a use for......
« on: February 10, 2010, 10:04:20 pm »
Osage shavings. ;D

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« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2010, 10:07:11 pm »
cool looks like that works good
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« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2010, 10:25:42 pm »
 Looks like a good use, Rick. I have a bag full of Heart Pine dust and cattail fluff mixed for the same thing.
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« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2010, 10:37:06 pm »
Cool Rick! I need to learn how to do that!!
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« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2010, 11:01:01 pm »
awesome Rick, that is next on my list of things to learn!  Thanks for sharing!   :) -josh
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« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2010, 11:59:16 pm »
thats neat.  when i was scrapping my red oak bow, i would sweep the shavings and just throw little hand fulls on the fire in my chimenea (or whatever you call it) and watch it flame up.  pretty neat stuff
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« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2010, 12:37:08 am »
I save them up in grain bags for kindling. It works better than anything else I've found.  ;D
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« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2010, 01:23:14 am »
I use it for starting our wood stove.
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« Reply #8 on: February 11, 2010, 07:13:16 am »
I use it for starting our wood stove.
  Rick, you need to do a class at the Classic for a few of us. ;)
I'm pretty sure I'm coming down.   If I do,  I'd love to do a little class.  Hopefully it will be a little drier this time. :)
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« Reply #9 on: February 11, 2010, 10:25:57 am »
Sweet,that stuff will really go up,thats for sure. Hope you can make it. :)
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« Reply #10 on: February 11, 2010, 10:44:51 am »
Just did that with Hackberry shavings about 2 weeks ago!  That is fun...
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« Reply #11 on: February 11, 2010, 02:24:25 pm »
Looks like it works good. I have a ball of bamboo fibers I plan to do the same with. I'm pretty sure it will work great as well. I haven't made a hand drill fire in a few months now. I'm gonna get a blister for sure on the next one :o You should teach a class at the classic. If I learned it from you then anyone can. I can see it now. Everyone exhausted and holding their blistered hands in pain :D
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« Reply #12 on: February 11, 2010, 02:49:07 pm »
Thanks for sharing. What is it that you put on top of the shavings to get them going? I can see that you worked the stick in the cedar board til it got hot, but I'm confused on how you transfered that heat to the shavings?

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« Reply #13 on: February 11, 2010, 04:13:27 pm »
Thanks for sharing. What is it that you put on top of the shavings to get them going? I can see that you worked the stick in the cedar board til it got hot, but I'm confused on how you transfered that heat to the shavings?

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Thanks for sharing. What is it that you put on top of the shavings to get them going? I can see that you worked the stick in the cedar board til it got hot, but I'm confused on how you transfered that heat to the shavings?

Thanks
a coal develops in the notch on the side of the board. Once you get the coal glowing you just take the board away and scoop up the coal with a knife and set it in the shavings.
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« Reply #14 on: February 11, 2010, 04:22:34 pm »
Gotcha  ;)      Aren't there alternative methods of doing it as well, such as tucking some tinder down in the hole as you drill? I've never done this before or even seen it done, that's why I'm curious. I do want to try it someday though.