Show 4 Page Firewood: Take the time and reap the rewards Reader's Digest Books For AP Special Features Tools By 1995 1 Most firewood is made by split- and muscle by renting a splitter You can get one at low daily rates and do the job in a fraction of the time gas-operat-ed CAUTION: When splitting wood always wear safety gogg gles clothing and steel-toe- d safety shoes Make sure you have firm footing Don't split wood if you’re tired A wide rt belt available at stores can many sporting-goo- d reduce fatigue and help prevent lower back pain Check tool handles frequently for cracks Never use frozen tools when splitting the steel may crack well-fittin- back-suppo- OF Utah- Logan Wood What kind of wood? For the hottest cleanest fire bum hardwoods rather than softwoods Hickory apple black locust beech oak yellow birch d and sugar maple produce iron-woo- Journal Herald Dig the most heat For scent throw on a cedar log But be careful: cedar tends to spit while burning Freshly cut wood is easier to split than seasoned wood Brittle frozen logs are the easiest to split Split kindling with a hatchet with an ax a maul (a sledgehammer with one wedge-shape- d end) a hatchet or a sledgehammer and steel or tough plastic wedges If you split a lot of wood you’ve probably missed the mark enough times to chip away at an ax handle A good way to prevent this is to tape a piece of split rubber hose to the underside of the handle This will triple the ch life of the handle and take the sting out of the misses Use a chopping block such as a piece of tree trunk at least 20 inches wide on which you can the log sections on end to Elace Or here’s a way to hold logs for splitting: stack a couple of old automobile tires and set the log sections one at a time in the opening As a bonus the tires will keep the split halves from falling and will protect the ax blade if it falls short Here’s another hint to keep your chopped wood from falling to the ground Drive a series of nails around the edge of the chopping block leaving wide openings so your ax is clear The nails act like a fence catching the pieces and saving you a lot of bending and stooping 10-in- ch Splitting A log splits more easily if you Continued from Page 3 which end should be up check the diameter at each end of the log The smaller end is almost always the top To use a maul or ax stand the log upright on the chopping block Swing from over one Most hand splitting is done ting logs However if you have a lot of wood to split you can save time Flue cut into its natural top end To tell with a chimney The barbecue consists of a hearth about 3 feet wide and 3 feet deep It is open on one side and on the top There is a chimney in the middle of the side opposite the open side The chimney is about 7 feet tall with an opening about the size of a standard brick in the base just above the floor of the hearth “The barbecue has removable covers for the front and top With the covers removed and a good fire going on the hearth I observed the smoke and flame being pulled sideways rather vigorously to the chimney inlet The smoke vented out the top of the chimney “If the simple fact that hot air rises were the cause of the chimney’s draw why did the smoke go up the chimney rather than straight up from the fire? “I would also like to clear up a confusing statement you made about pressures and areas You stated that the pressures stemming from the Bernoulli Principle have little effect on a surface as small as a chimney flue al area of the chimney is large “As long as the enough to allow laminar flow through the chimney the area of the chimney flue has little to do with the flow through it Pressure is defined as force per unit area and the size of the area is irrelevant A pressure of 10 pounds per square inch (psi) al will have the same effect moving a fluid with area of 18 square inches as it will If the area is 18 square feet “It is only when calculating the force of a fluid on a solid that the area becomes relevant “If you have any questions about this or any other aspects of physics please contact me The University of Southern Indiana is a community resource and I encourage the community to make use of it” I stand corrected (C Dwight Barnett a member of the American Society of Home Inspectors and a former contractor was selected Great Lakes Chapter Inspector of the Year for 1991 Questions may be addressed to him co The Evansville Courier PO Box 268 shoulder rather than straight over- head Aim for the center of the log in line with the largest knot or branch Bend your knees as you swing so that the tool strikes the wood squarely To use wedges first drive two or three of them partway in with a relatively light handheld sledgehammer Place them in a straight line along a crack if possible Drive them the rest of the way with a heavier sledgehammer or with a blunt edge of the maul Never drive wedges with an ax Don’t use a maul or ax as a wedge cross-section- cross-section- Stacking Stack wood bark-sid- up (to e shed rain) in a sunny open area and put logs under the wood to keep it off the ground Don't put the stack against a house wall that invites carpenter ants and termites lb keep the pile from toppling stack the wood in layers that alternate in direction Cover the pile with plastic or canvas sheeting leaving the sides open for air circulation Evansville Ind 47702 Questions will only be answered through this column) Tour Buying & Selling HEADQUARTERS! 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