Another Fatwood Thread - Processing a Stump

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I know I just posted a thread on Fatwood. But today I went walking with the kids and found a small stump that was already out of the ground. I couldn't resisit. :D I picked it up and carried it home. It wasn't light either. Anyway, I though tomorrow I would processes it and post some pics. Gonna try to cut it into 4 to 5 inch pieces. Here's two pic's from today. More tomorrow....

Here's a pic of the stump. I cut a little out of the root part. Also in the pic is my bravo-1 and a cheap coleman axe I plan to replace.

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Here's the part I cut just to see inside:

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That's terrific, when you see what fatwood sells for (especially in the UK) that's a heck of a good find!

Look forward to the pics.
 
Well, time processing the stump didn't go as I thought it would. First my chainsaw is broken. I thought I'd try using a regular saw but that was a little too optimistic. The fatwood is so hard it would take forever to actually cut it up in nice sizes using the saw. So I just use a mallet an chisel to break open the log and look inside. It was fatood from the roots to about three inches up. Here's some pic's

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Here's some pic's inside the stump..

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Here's some pics of some pieces I got off the stump. The rest of the stump I just put to the side until I get another chainsaw (hopefully soon).

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These are some of the small pieces that I scooped together that came off when I used the axe and chisel on the stump.

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I lite this pile with the going gear misch metal rod. I like the rod because you do not need small shavings to get a fire going. The metal shavings burn long enought to light tinder that's a little bigger. Two strikes and it was lite.

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Just some bigger (small) pieces I picked up

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I was surprised that the fatwood on this stump didn't go up much farther. Usually I see it go up near the top of the stump. Here's another stump I took a picture of today with fatwood going further up it. You can see where I cut it with my axe.

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Here's a close up of the part I cut with the axe:


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Here's a larger stump by my place. I cut off the small piece in the second photo:

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Here's the pieces from the above photo. I was hoping to cut up the stump today in pieces like this but it didn't work out.

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I think until I get rid of all this I won't cut any more up. :)
 
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