[TheForge] cutting wood

[Jerry Frost]

It's pretty humbling when I think about how many people were praying for me. 
I've never seen myself as much more than a likable story teller with a knack 
or two, some training and experience to share but certainly NOT a great 
smith, an artist or. Uh well I don't come close to so many truly talented 
guys I've met online. Still . . . Deb set me up in the hospital with a 
netbook and a Facebook act. There I soon discovered a lot of guys who seemed 
to love puns and my twisted sense of humoe but the one that really got to me 
is how many guys thought I was something special for the way I'd welcome 
folk to a forum or list. There is just no way to tell how you might touch 
someone, I know I've been touched incredibly deeply by all the people online 
who pulled so hard for me. Deb calls you guys her Hairy faced blacksmiths 
and a time or two guys came together and lit fires under people here in AK 
to do the right things. Deb loves you guys as much as I do.

Anyway, it's hard to say how good it is to be here with a mind mostly intact 
and a body that's getting back in shape. Believe it or not getting into the 
talk on the lists and fora has really helped get my brain ticking again. It 
wasn't that long ago I couldn't visualize the workings of a chip stove and 
type at the same time. Thankfully that's changing.

I wasn't holding one type of wood burner up over others. My only problem 
with pellet stoves is the expense of pellets here, about 3x the cost per lb 
of buying stovewood. I know if I lived where pellets were more available and 
better priced we'd probably have one. A REALLY good thing about pellets is 
you can make darned near any wood into pellets and they work well. Trash 
wood, right of way slash, land clearing and just about any other source will 
make good pellets. What a great way to make use of what's otherwise a 
nuisance.

Have you considered an insert for your fireplace? Some of them actually make 
darned efficient wood heaters with force air and efficient heat exchanging 
walls. If your fireplace is too far out of position it may not work 
regardless of how good the instert works but. . . Maybe?

Living proof prayer works, Frosty the Lucky.
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If it ain't forged
It ain't real
wrought iron is
The Frostworks



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark A. Pesetsky" <pesetsky at princeton.edu>
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 4:09 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] cutting wood


> Yo Frosty,
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> LOTTA Prayers went out for you and I am glad to see that God answered
> the!! Great to see you back and answering questions to the fullest.
>
> Physical labor, NEVER been afraid of it or have I ever steered clear of
> it. Especially if it is heavy/hard work. But the pellets are SOOOOOOOOO
> readily available and seems that how they are manufactured would keep
> them so for years to come. Not to mention the efficiency at which they
> burn. With the rising cost of oil heat here in the great state of NJ, we
> are looking at a supplemental heat source. The fireplace in my home is
> situated in a room that is TOTALLY wrong for trying to supplement the
> oil heater. It will bump the house up a point or 2, but that aint worth
> me buying, hauling, splitting, stacking wood for days on end. So that is
> why we are entertaining some other source.
>
> That is what is great about this and other lists that I am on as well.
> You get a LOT of great advice on just about anything you need advice on
> from the great list members...
>
> Take Care/God Bless Jerry
> Mark
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