katilea wrote:
He can buy the big bag of logs himself, too big for me to wrap..lol! I just wanted a small box to wrap up so we can try it after he's opened it xmas day.
My friend says her rabbits use wood pellets and she has loads she can bring some over free (for the Kelly Kettle I was getting for me).. would they work instead of the pet sawdust shavings? or to drop down middle to keep it going in place of twigs (if had run out of my free twigs!) She wanted to know how many I'd need per boil (was going for biggest Kelly Kettle to fill flask of tea and hot water bottles in one go) to give her an idea as she's never seen these Kelly Kettles either
By the way I'm none the wiser after looking at the photo of different sized pieces of wood???? I thought a video was going to start when I clicked on it or something..lol!
Buy a big bag box him some up and keep the rest for yourself
The shavings catch light much easier than pellets
heres my quick brew kit....
couple of baby oil soaked cotton face wipe pad make up things..
few bits of wood
and a sharp knife
i placed one pad in the bottom of the stove and used a knife to shave up some shavings making some fine thin ones and some thicker slivers,,,,
then i made a "feather stick"
and had some small dry sticks handy and a couple of larger bits.....
I lit the other disc soaked in baby oil (i used flint and magnesium block but a match / lighter would work and dropped it onto the shavings..)
i left it 10 seconds or so to catch
i then held the feather stick over the flame till it caught and let it drop into the fire...
then added a few more bits of wood as it took hold
dry wood of any kind basically is good. To get him started take a walk in the local wood or along the river and find windfall branches etc. If you can snap em they are dry. Just take a rucksack when you go. I do it when I walk the dog, as I NEVER go for a walk and come back empty handed!