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Larry Cosgrave's avatar

a few comments from decades of experience building and living in the woods:

Always make sure your saw blades are chamfered or you'll be swearing to the skies as the blade jams over and over.

To split wood, get a real splitting maul, not just an axe. An axe will often jam whereas the maul's more heart-shaped profile will blast through and actually split it - plus has more weight to help you out.

Matches backup for sure but for super convenience, get a micro butane torch and a small bottle of butane that will last forever with this torch, often 1/2 price at Princess:

https://www.princessauto.com/en/micro-butane-torch/product/PA0000141010.

Also, a super convenience to cold start a fire are the parafin and sawdust firestarters from Dollarama. $1.25 for a package that will last to start fires for many weeks...you'll see the benefit when you use them, especially using the torch noted above to ignite them: https://forums.redflagdeals.com/dollarama-firestarter-1-25-2547937/#&gid=1&pid=1

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Mary Dixon's avatar

Yay, so good to hear your chemo update. And I love your shoreline pix. And the frozen brook. Keep on keepin' on! :)

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