come back sometime late Spring next year...

Three straight days of "just enough rain" to make my forge starter wood wet. No propane bottles to use the torch to start the wood...no money to get any til next week....

soooo....no lighting of the forge.

Apparently I seem to be addicted to the smell of coal smoke or hot steel or something.....

This really sucks.

Can't wait til I get my smithy all enclosed and roofed...then won't have to worry about weather as much.

David

What size of wood do you have stored? If it's over a couple inches you can probably split it to get to the dry core.

You can also put a handle on a coffee can with some holes in the sides and bottom and start some wood and charcoal in a protected area then carry it to the forge.
Phil

Always keep some starter wood in a dry place, and then take it out and start it under a piece of tin, newspaper, etc.

I'm always tossing the odd piece of scrap wood in my tool box for just this reason and when I need the dry stuff I usually have way too much!

For extreme conditions dip your kindling in melted wax---keeps it dry and helps it burn. I like to do it in chunks and then split it into smaller pieces when I need to use it so there is just enough but not too much wax.

Edited October 29, 200916 yr by ThomasPowers

I use a propane weed burner, unless I'm showing off.

Poor baby, springs a long way off. I guess that you had best head for some place dry.lol