Gimme Shelter for My Firewood: Slim's Fixer Upper Part 15
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- Опубліковано 7 гру 2022
- With winter pending, I needed to keep firewood dry for my wood stove. I make one from materials lying around for free!
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Don't worry about the content. Just you, your plans and a fire side chat is worth watching.
Exactly. 👍
A true man of the people. Information, entertainment and even a little public service announcement at the end. You're a legend Slim!
Audio and video quality is perfect. Nice woodshed that you build.
Decrease the warmth on the video color and adjust the contrast
Adjust the contrast which way? Thanks! SP
@@SlimPotatohead Reduce the contrast by 20% and the warmth by 10% also reduce your brightness by 15%
I would make these adjustments befire you film... Mind you my remarks are for just that scene in which you talk about the lens. All other scenes are great!
@Αλέξανδρος Μπουμπάρης Great advice. Thanks for being specific, it helps me a lot! SP
Everything is really coming together. Great job Slim. You're very talented.
I totally loved it Slim, it was NOT boring in the least! I like how your repurpose your building materials, that's the way to go especially in these high price times that we are into today! Thanks Slim and I can't wait for your next video.
LOL "was it a Shih Tzu" HAHAH! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Thank you Slim! I am glad that you let us hang out with you !!👍
I'm still laughing over that one 🤣
Lol, read this comment while he was building the firewood thing and scratched my head. She should have carabined the leash to something so she could pull her way out. The dog probably went to find help but decided to maybe keep going.
Everything looks and sounds great Slim. Your presentation is always wonderfully entertaining.
New mic and lens are working great. I've never started a fire that way so agree with going 'traditional'. Good video. Thanks.
I'm not supposed to digest potatoes because it is a night shade veggie and bad for my psoriasis. However, I always make an exception of digesting your videos Mr. Slim Potatohead.
You are an exceptional videographer. Thank you for my weekly or monthly dose of your expertise.
Many ways to build a fire in a stove. I like to put two large pieces lengthwise down each side leaving a good opening between them. I put another large piece crosswise at the rear. Then I build a small conventional fire in the middle and can lay slightly larger pieces crosswise over the two side pieces. The fire burns up and out. Now with a good start you can do things anyway that pleases. I taught this to my wife for sure starts and no tears. Good luck getting and keeping warm as you work. I always enjoy your videos, especially when I can snag an idea from you. My next woodshed is forming in my mind.
I had my fireplace in our cabin going a few days ago. There's nothing more calming than a warm fireplace going in a cabin on a cold night. Your cabin is looking so beautiful! You should decorate for Xmas, maybe a bough wreath, a bowl of pine cones around a candle and a warm fire with a good beer in hand.
Slim, before your brush piles are covered with snow, collect as much of the small wood and twigs as possible to have small kindling. Also, split up some of the old short pieces of two by fours into half inch or inch inch diameter pieces to throw in to get the fire started better. Keep all of this small wood in boxes in the house to help it dry out well. The kindling you put in your stove looked too big to get the fire going.
Yeah the kindling didn't quite look right to me either. I learned about the fire building method he tried a couple years back. It works great! Far superior to the old school way, in my opinion. He just needs a little practice with it, he'll get it but when all is said and done, both ways start a fire lol.
You can use the 2x4's for kindling but only if the lumber hasn't been treated.
yeah, maybe layer kindling between the bigger pieces of firewood, more contact and longer burn.. :) was wondering if the open sides of the shelter, would allow rain to blow in? maybe add 1 last layer under the roof and side edges? Slim your expertise is always excellent and what you want to do best. :) you are so ingenious with your solutions and practical and very cost effective!!
It all looks great, can’t wait for the next updates 😊
Greetings from Florida, Slim!! Wanted to say that I love the new lens and microphone that you have. The color rendering and light enhancing (for a dreary day) are excellent! The mike sound pick-up is also great! I always enjoy your episodes: short, medium, long, scripted or not, trips or stay at home. Thanks for sharing your life with us; it gives a little lift to my life. Stay yourself, stay safe, and stay well. And we will endeavor to do the same!😜😜😜
I've never heard of starting a fire that way. I enjoyed watching you build the woodshed and the sound and video quality are both good!
I think the viewers were talking about the "upside down fire". I've never personally tried it, but it seems to work pretty good.
My grandma (and then my mom) would have had a fit with the way you built your pile of wood to start the fire. Not the way they taught me to build a fire. But, to each his own. I was taught to start with small kindling and small diameter split wood and round wood pieces, then once you have a good base of fire and coals, the start gradually adding larger and larger diameter wood, eventually getting to where you can put in an unsplit round cut. Then, monitoring the fire, add split and unsplit wood as necessary and appropriate. In doing so, we would end the day with a fire that we could put a couple of "big boys" (as my mom would say) on a good bed of coals that would get us thru til about 5 am .... when we would get up just long enough to stir the ashes and add more big wood, to then jump back into bed for some more ZZZZZ's.
Slim's a lumberjack & he's ok, sleeps all night and he films all day
That awesome wood stove should of been in the movie Zarthura~ I just love his face!
i’m really enjoying your cabin series…probably because it’s my dream to have one, too.
I think I mentioned that if you heat the stove pipe right you won't get smoke coming out the door. Roll up newspaper hold it by the pipe so the fire is drawn up into the pipe. This is recommended by bricklayers when starting a natural fireplace. Remember creosote build up is danger. When you load the stove listen for cracking in the stove pipe as the heat builds. If you hear it run a chimney brush through it, you are getting buildup.
The new lens and mic 👍👍👍👍👍
I had to edit because, your splitting stump can be cured with 4 pieces of that rebar you have. Pound rebar alongside the stump wire it tight. Nothing worse if you have to ajust after every split, much easier on the back.
Never saw anyone load a wood burning stove like that, only traditional loading. Different strokes for different folks.
Pit toilet story was hysterical LOL
Don't Fret So Much About Not Having Enough Content. Not Every Video Has to be Loaded With Constant Projects. Sometimes Just Sitting Around Chatting About This and That is Enough. Your Video's are Always Ineresting and Some are Relaxing. Staying Inside on a Rainy and Stormy Day, just Visiting With Us is Like Spending Time With a Good Friend. Love The Firestove!! Your Cabin is Coming Along Great!! Already Looks Cozy and Inviting. Stay Safe Slim!! Thanks For Sharing So Much With Us.
Your videos are always entertaining. Loved the ending story. I've never dropped my cell phone in the toilet, but I did drop it into my dogs water bowl. I was mowing and bent over to move bowl, forgetting the phone in my shirt pocket. And my dog is a Shih-Tzu 🙃
I love your "on the fly engineering" when it comes to building things. It's my favorite style when I have extras around, and even when it comes to planned builds, I ALWAYS build on the fly even when I have everything I needed. Love it Slim.
Oh Slim!! You made me wet my pants laughing! A shitzu!!! Wahaaaa!! Everything is looking so good at your cabin. Great work!! ♥️🙏🏼♥️
The lighting was very good in this video as was the audio. Equipment upgrade well worth it. Nice work on the woodshed. So satisfying to get a job done that adds ease and supports the practical aspects of completing your day to day chores. Another enjoyable half hour watching your well crafted video. Thanks for making them, Slim.
Hi, Slim! Hope you’re in good health, thanks for posting your videos.✌️🇺🇸🇨🇦✌️👏👏👏
The sledge hammer and chisel brought back memories over 70 years old when I helped Dad to prepare many cords of hardwood for our very large furnace where coal was used also . Heating such a large house during winter along with a wood burning stove for cooking in the kitchen, was a very labour intensive job for many until they switched to oil after Dad retired in the seventies.l
I agree with you about these cell phones nowadays...loving your cabin, good job Slim👍
That little fan is so handy . We have one on our wood stove . It really moves a lot of air .
Hi Slim! The new lens is a winner; bright colors, very crisp definition, just excellent. I like the new wood shed, and perfect timing for that project too. Wondered about that suggestion you received for the wood stove as well because any fire I’ve built has started with small pieces of wood & paper, then work up to big. It’s not you; it’s the stove, Slim. :)
The poop story was the pits lol (get it?) I can remember when my family primitive camped long ago and there were pit toilets. Yes, I had a super tremendous fear of falling into that sucker but my behind was a lot smaller then, kid size, so the fear was very real. One thing I know for sure, if I dropped something into that mess today - it stays there.
Take care, stay warm and be well. Enjoyed your video very much.
Fresh coffee on a Saturday morning watching Slim mess with a fire....so chill
Glad to see you have a heat resistant plate under the stove… the video and sound was excellent 😊 thanks for the update and enjoy the cabin life 😊
Can always rely on a laugh with you Slim! You never disappoint. Take care.
That stove really has a classic look. The front reminds me of an old style cartoon robots face.
I thought that the video is exciting! It’s nice and relaxing to watch you work on all the small cabin stuff! Thanks!
I reckon that was a perfectly good story, even without a Shitzu ending!
Slim I'm 74 and instead of beating myself up splitting logs with a wedge and sledge, I bought a Sun Joe 10 ton manual hydraulic log splitter from Amazon. Doesn't need gas or electric. You can buy similar, cheaper designs but they have bad reviews. Sun Joe is the best. I've split a few hundred oak logs so far over the years and this splitter was worth every penny. It really saves your back and shoulders from using a sledge. I can even send you a video via Google Drive of me using it if you want to see it in action, but I would need a gmail address to send it to.
Wife and I love your videos,
Arthur
Having camping trips and cabin restore is a very good format, Slim. Like them both.
Hey Slim. Thank you for this video, I like the squeak on your front 🚪 door. It sounds like home. 👍
Sound and video are fine. nice work.
You ought to think about building a "Rocket Mass Stove" in your cabin Slimbo. Not just a Rocket stove but a barrel with a concrete mass attached to it where the exhaust pipe runs through it and transfers most of the built up heat into the mass. Look it up. They burn about 25% of what a plain stove burns and keeps you warmer longer. Most of the materials can be had very cheaply. 55 gallon drum. Sand, gravel, concrete. A block fire box. They are extremely efficient. Stay warm.
I have seen some absolutely amazing designs to the type of stove you are talking about, they are sooooo cool!
I quite enjoy the low-key videos there's something really fantastic about your little cabin and the work you're doing little by little. I really enjoy your travel videos but honestly the cabin videos are my favorite
We love the simple videos. It just shows the everyday life. We don't expect a big production, just be yourself. Thank you for sharing.
Hey Slim, great job on using supplies you already had for your firewood shelter. Here’s a tip for helping your firewood to dry faster and get seasoned…. Split it! If you open up the rounds and quarter them, they will dry out from the rain. You can also get a wood dryness tester. As you know, the drier the wood, the less smoke and creosote you’ll have to deal with. Keep up the good work, love your channel.
Steve in Austin Texas.
Slim, enjoyed this one. Really good job and informative. Suggestion: when you stack your wood, put the bark side up. Helps keep the wood drier by not trapping moisture like a bowl. We had a wood stove. Chopped and split a bunch of wood.
When you start the fire, close the door almost all the way , leave it open by an inch or so to cause the Venturi effect, it’ll create the draft you need to get it going. After a few minutes, once it’s really going, you can shut the door and enjoy the heat!
I believe they are called vault toilets because the waste goes into a concrete container that must be pumped out instead of into a hole in the ground that is covered and redug in a different location when it gets full.
Just enjoy watching you hang out in your 'new' cabin. Keep those " cell phone" stories coming! LOL.
New item to look at: MANUAL SLIDE HAMMER LOG SPLITTER. It is a pole with a wedge welded onto the bottom of the pole, that you place on top of the log you want to split, like you do with your regular wedge. There's a weighted slide on the top of the pole that takes the place of your hammer. There's no swinging a heavy hammer or axe, just slide the weighted slide up and down to split the log. This is a good product for people with limited mobility or weakness, and for older folks who need to baby their aching joints. And there is excellent accuracy when using this, for splitting smaller pieces for kindling, without putting fingers in a dangerous position. (I've needed stitches using my super sharp hatchet to split kindling.) This would be a good product to review in a video.
That actually sounds pretty gosh dang cool. I'm gonna look it up.
He needs something, that loose base log plus holding and hammering is an accident waiting to happen. Slim, you can't hurt your camera hand😉
Had one its now a mailbox holder
@@skinnflint Many, many, years ago. I had a friend that burned wood and he didn't have a hydraulic log splitter. He just had a splitting axe. I tried to help him out by splitting wood for him. After I broke the handle on it twice they took that thing away from me and told me to never try and help with splitting wood again. lol Not every one can split wood with a splitting axe.
Low key is nice. If we want excitement, there are lots of places to find it. I enjoy your calm, quiet videos.
When I was a kid we heated our house with a wood stove. When we had hot coals that we added fresh wood to and we're trying to help it light(like in the morning). When we wanted to blow more air on the coals we used about a 2 ft piece of copper pipe left over from a plumbing project my dad did. I remember it working very well
You're the Canadian version of Jacques Cousteau. Always interesting narrative and stellar technical filmography. A bit obsessed with toilets however.
Love your video's Slim. The main reason is because there is NO DRAMA. Just you doing your thing and trying different stuff to get where you you want go. Always entertaining. The new lens and mic seem great. I fed that exact same wood stove from the age of 6 till I was 17 and went into the military. Some of the tricks are to keep the main part of the fire as far to the front as possible, always keep the door closed, except to load firewood and try to use as much hardwood as you can. Adding mass to the stove also helps keep the heat in the house. We had a piece of cast iron sitting in the cavity where your fan is, but anything that will add to heat retention will work.
It’s called a vault toilet because it’s like a tank. They have to be pumped out by the honey wagon. A pit toilet is a hole in the ground.
Good to know. Either way I'd prefer not to kiss the bottom of one! SP
👍👍 On the mic & camera. No requirement that the video is "exciting" or "step by step". We (hopefully I can represent a part of your viewership) enjoy your thought process, intentional use of materials, and the pleasure of designing & diy. Be well & warm!
We did have an old pit toilet collapse at our farm, pre cellphone days. Fortunately no one was using it at the time. The concrete that made the floor over the pit had been cracking for a while and finally gave way. When we arrived home, said toilet building had sunk down into the earth. Final tip, keep your kindling indoors. Always easier to start a fire, with bone dry kindling!
Hello Slim. The new lens and camera combination looks fantastic with the natural light and the audio seems just right. I enjoyed this video like all the rest 🙂
We loved this “winging it” video. It doesn’t matter what you’re doing, it’s entertaining. The sound and light quality were both excellent, so your new equipment works great. I’m from Texas, and the only thing I’ve ever heard an outdoor toilet called is “outhouse”. As always, Slim, this was an outstanding video.
Love you vids for years. Mic is very clear, so is image. The brightness, I would have never guessed gloomy outside with only natural light.
The "upside down" fire is a good idea, more complete burning and no need to add wood for a while. I usually build a smaller fire with tinder (paper /bark) small twigs and several 1-2" branches on top after filling the stove/fireplace with the larger logs. Once the small wood gets going, the logs ignite.
Slim your videos are always perfect and you did an outstanding job on your wood shed where you put your fire wood at bueatiful job
Gimme Shelter or I'm gonna Fade Away! 🎵 🎸 Great job on the firewood shelter. Stay safe out there SP. 🕊
One more thing to concider. Not sure if you need it. Just a thought. Building a little shelf for wood indoors aswell. My moms boyfriend did it with 2 vertical shelves and a metal bar going through in the bottom so the wood rests on these two metal bars and have airflow all around. 2 shelves so he has 2 sections: more wet and more dry ones. He fills up one but uses the other section that has been indoors for a week or so and when that empty fills it up and uses the other one :) simple and smartway to store and dry some of it indoors.
But not sure its suitable for summerhouse or cottage where there isnt 24/7 life in
Here to tell Slim "You're doing it wrong," LOL. What you want is a "top down" fire. I had a huge fireplace when I lived in Northern Michigan. Using this method, my fires would burn for hours. For a good example of what to do, search UA-cam for "When it comes to firewood burning, take it from the top" by the Chimney Safety Institute of America.
Here's how I did mine. Bottom row - logs about maybe 6-8cm in diameter, about 3 of them, leaving about 1cm between each log. Next level slightly smaller logs, maybe 4-6cm, laid the opposite direction, again with a little room between them. Repeat with gradually smaller logs as high as your stove allows, leaving room for your 3 smallest rows. Don't forget to alternate the direction of the logs on each row.
3rd from the top should be larger kindling, maybe 3cm in diameter. 2nd from the top - take a few sheets of newspaper and twist them into 3-4 somewhat tight "ropes" about 2-3cm in diameter and cross-hatch those (the twisting of the paper makes it burn slower so it doesn't just turn to ash right away, and will catch the kindling better). On the newspaper row, I would also include a single fire starter stick sticking out slightly so you can light it. Finally smallest kindling of sticks. Set the fire starter alight, and watch it go.
Remember to leave a little space between the logs on each row for air flow. And alternate the direction of the logs on each row.
Hi Slim, Picture quality was great. No shadows on your face and perfect sound. Color was spot on. About that cellphone story. I am paranoid about those Vault toilets. When I go in to use one, I always take my wallet and anything else in my pockets and put them in the corner as far away from that horrible hole as I can. I did drop my old cellphone in my home toilet one time. But it was before I had used it. The toilet that is, not the cellphone. It was in the water for no more than a second or two, but it never worked again. I had to purchase a new phone the next day. Nice job on the firewood shelter.
Don
Great video! Reminds me of all the work we did on our A frame cabin when I was a kid in the 70’s. I learned a lot that I carried into my adult but nothing like what you can do. I’m amazed at all the things you just figure out when trying to rig or fix something. I kinda have that quality as well but more for fixing things in the house. I believe it has a lot to do with being left handed or having grown up around a mother that always figured something out. I really enjoy the videos as it helps me figure out some of my problems I’m having redoing a mobile home. Keep,the videos coming please 😀
The top down fire build is a good and easier way. You start with 2 or 3 large logs on bottom. Add fine split logs (1-2" diameter) between the large and for 2nd layer. Third layer is 1/2" diameter and smaller. Then straw size or smaller on top of that for 4th level. You light between the 3rd and 4th level. Embers drop down and start the 2nd and 1st layer. I didn't believe it either when I first tried it but it was a routing success! Love you videos Slim!
Slim, you are quite the man I must say. If you were mine, I would never worry about anything.!😊
Loved the view from inside the cabin with the heavy rain outside!
It was a free range cell phone, but she should've had it attached to the leash...
New lens looks good and new mic sounds great. Now I always put paper or fire starter sticks then small kindling gradually adding big pieces of wood.
Deck wise, besides the snoopers, hinged sections of the deck would allow you to access under the deck easily and still keep it finished at the same time. Just a thoughr
Nice shelter 👍. If you didn’t have one stacking barkside up helps protect a stack of wood from water.
I love wood stoves, the younger generation tried to say you can start a fire on top the way you tried. A very proven point that is older than the hills, heat rises,!
I feel attacked watching this on the toilet 😂😅
I have watched you for years now and I am finding the cabin build great watching.
Much love Slim!
Oh Slim!!! This made my day!!! That headline story! Ha ha ha ha!
Hope you have your firewood shelter filled for the upcoming winter. Stay warm!!
I love the Git-R-Done videos! No fooling around, just do what you gotta do. I would watch you read the phone book! If you could find one nowadays!!!
It's a Vault toilet because it's a concrete vault that holds the waste so it doesn't contaminate the ground water. That's why. If it was just a hole in the ground, ie. a pit it would be refereed to as a pit toilet.
Slim that’s a good start now my grandparents home firewood crib was much bigger and right next to the house. When you have one of your cold cold Canadian winder you want the shortest path from the house to the crib.
Drop the cell phone down the vault. Love your energy.
Slim if you get tired of the cold northern winter, feel free to come down here. I have a spare room and bathroom for you and there is this thing on the wall you just turn and the fire lights right up and warms the house!! lol. I may be in N. Maine Next summer late.
Thanks Rick! Not sure where I'll be traveling, but I am working on campers upgrades at the same time as cabin renos. I gotta test them out somewhere! SP
Back in the days of phone books, once I had a good bed of coals, I would put in a large phone book. It would blow up and glow red for hours and ended up as a fine powder. I lived in a large metropolitan area, so I had access to large phone books. One of my daughters dropped her cell phone in a regular toilet at the Grand Canyon! She didn't notice until later when the toilet was closed because it was clogged! She didn't ask for it back.
Picture and sound quality are great! Any video about the cabin and your take on life in general are great and fun to watch!
Evening. Nice tweeking of the stove. Fire bricks are wonderful at extending the warmth. My father use to manufacture wood burners. Just a tip, the rebar spacing to your grate should be 1/2" - 3/4" apart otherwise the coals that help keep your fire going fall to the bottom. Small kindling on the bottom, then medium, then large pieces on top has worked for me for 30 yrs. Keep at it you'll get the hang of it. Funny story. Thanks for the laugh.
Great video. It felt like I was there helping saw and hammer stuff. And after getting rained on, it was nice to go inside and fire up the stove. And then came the campfire story. I pity the viewer that finds it boring. I’m with you on that phone deal. Buh bye phone!
Yes Slim you had the design details covered. Ready for the winters gift of the white "stuff". Tom
Informative and entertaining. That’s why we tune in to you! I loved the trees blowing in the rainy wind! Thank you.
That woodshed is functional and rustic. Very good. And since you asked, the video quality, to my uneducated eye is really good.
Can’t believe it. It is your cabin and you can do what you want. Looking good Slim.
The woodshed was sort of interesting but the end was so funny...I watched it twice! Amazing things do happen to us if we tend to ignore good old common sense.
Slim, to get a cold stove fired up, place your starter kindling on the bottom. Then take a full sheet of newspaper and roll it from corner to corner to form a long tight tube. Light one end and hold the burning end inside the stove beneath the stove pipe. This will quickly heat the air in the stove pipe and start the draft. When the flame gets close to your hand just drop the paper onto your kindling. When the kindling gets a good start add the bigger firewood and enjoy the heat. I've used this technique for years and it works well.
Hahahaha....was it a shih tzu?! You're a hoot, Slim! Love the woodshed!
I use small tree branches as kindling. I have a tote full all broken to size. You have plenty all over the place. It works for me. Good luck Slim.
Split your wood before you stack it, if you can. Front loading that work makes your life easier in the winter and the wood will dry better. You don't want to be splitting wood on a subzero morning in a snowstorm. Also, wet wood is only wet on the outside. Split it up more and expose the dry interior.
Video and audio is the best it’s been. Nice work on the cabin.
Loved the quick, easy and costless woodshed. I do miss your old time music. Also we loved the fireside chat. So funny, we read about that women, too. So good to be reminded. Let us know how you like the grate. We just bought a new wood stove and it has a grate covering the ash box. We now have trouble keeping it banked to keep it going all night. We would love suggestions. BTW, your lighting and audio was great. Thx Slim
The casual format works great Slim. a little of this, a little of that. Every video doesn't need to be a Hollywood production. Good job on the salvaged material firewood shelter! Hope you're staying warm.
I had a woodstove for years cooked on it and thoroughly enjoyed it