Having done it occasionally for bonfires and the like, there’s a certain catharsis to it. Not sure I’d want it to be my main plan for heating the house, but that’s how it was done for millennia.
If I were to continue or increase generating sawdust at the rate I did over the past couple years, I’d look into having my house fitted with a pellet stove and get a hammer mill.
I’ve never chopped wood in my life. Now mind you, I also live somewhere where even the threat of a light dusting of snow disables the city.
Having done it occasionally for bonfires and the like, there’s a certain catharsis to it. Not sure I’d want it to be my main plan for heating the house, but that’s how it was done for millennia.
I’ve got a hydraulic splitter and everything, but occasionally I still like to give a few logs a good whack with the old Fiskars.
If I were to continue or increase generating sawdust at the rate I did over the past couple years, I’d look into having my house fitted with a pellet stove and get a hammer mill.