That works great and even better if you cover the top of the fire with a drum with the bottom cut out and a lid on top . It helps to keep the heat on the stump and completely eliminate it .

Crazy how damn resilient stumps are.

@faulltw

3 жыл бұрын

@Noah Huxley Why would you want to do that?

My neighbor beat you to it, without a shop vac, 65 years ago. He had several 4 to 4 foot oak stumps and used an old Electrolux vacuum. Took him weeks and a lot of beer.

We live in the middle of what was a prime lumberjack area back in the 1880's to early 1900's. We still have stumps from that time. It's terrible on chainsaw chain, etc, but I cut stumps down below ground level and cover them. That works great until you want to do a garden or flower bed. Great video, thanks.

@TeachaMantoFish

2 жыл бұрын

It is crazy how long those old dense sap filled stumps last.

There is some simple math that covers why a surface fire is so hard to burn out a stump but it boils down to 3 figures, Wood ignites at 660F, Water boils at 212F and the wet wood acts as insulation with the heat only reaching 1-2 inches depending on wood density and how wet the wood is. The hottest surface fire is at most cooking the water out of 2 inches of wood so lots of energy going to waste when a internal small smoldering fire cooks to the same depth but 360 around it so more total area on a fire you could have next to a building as the extra heat is going up rather then out. A vertical burn hole that you did with the chain saw and evenly spaced air intakes from around the stump to promote even burning out as the fire will follow the air intakes as it smolders. Think a turtle and hare type race where if you need it done faster simply cut more burn holes. The only major thing is if you have rain in the forecast is to find something metal you can cover the burn hole with to keep the water from hitting the burning area of the stump so a scrap of metal roof or even just a old baking sheet will work.

At 5:50 What a flame! Now, all we need is a Witch. Great video. I've got some to get rid of and your video is a great inspiration.

@TeachaMantoFish

3 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed it. 😃

@TeachaMantoFish

3 жыл бұрын

That’s one of the first videos I did. Come a long way... 😁

Always fun with fire 😀

i was crying when you just randomly started blacksmithing.... i saw a few other videos where they didnt get the stump, using way more 'advanced' techniques if you can call them that... meanwhile a guy with a shopvac is entering the iron age.

@TeachaMantoFish

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

Hah!!! Did the same thing with a leaf blower!!!! Got me beat on using it as a forge. Good thinking!

@Technoanima

3 жыл бұрын

I lol’d. Right out of nowhere.

Cool - @night looks like a light saber.

That's a great idea making the stump a forge to eliminate it 👍

This is ingenious. Works like a forced air kiln. We have everything here to get it going, heat, fuel and air, except a few things, ie sausages, chicken and stake.

@TeachaMantoFish

2 жыл бұрын

Marshmallows!

It is easier to use a carbide circular saw blade with a gas trimmer to grind down and cut the tree stump. Cheap, fast, easy, and fun.

@TeachaMantoFish

5 жыл бұрын

I just looked at your video, you aren't actually removing the stump. You are just cutting it off level to the ground, that isn't stump removal.

great idea i have 2 i need to do this to thanks

Did this a few years back with a long garden hose with a 1 inch pipe on the end. Used a little mattress pump on the other end. Put the pipe down in the hole. You could put set leaves and cover the hole and it would just incinerate.

@TeachaMantoFish

4 жыл бұрын

Nadia Preis it is a good way to get rid of a stump.

Good job pal I enjoyed the video

@TeachaMantoFish

3 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you did! One of my first videos. 😄

Several containers of Cadwield poured down into the holes and across the top. It is far hotter than what you used.

A leaf blower works well.

At first I thought the shop vac wouldn't help but it makes a big difference.

That was awesome, what was the total burn time.

@TeachaMantoFish

4 жыл бұрын

Donald Lewis probably about 8 hours

I am so greafull for this. Will it kill the roots too. And I wil also like to know could the root to burn underground and cause any problems later on. Since they might burn a long time?

@TeachaMantoFish

2 жыл бұрын

I've not seen a problem, but some people have warned that is a possibility. Yes, the roots have to be long dead for this to work.

Yesssss

@TeachaMantoFish

5 жыл бұрын

K Archie 😂

I've tried that before. It might have burned the top 1/8th of an inch even with charcoal, accelerant, and good air flow boosted.

I dig out for 1 foot around and the same down. Slice it 8 ways side to side. Soak it in Diesel fuel and pack Wood around it, lights it up and forget about it till tomorrow.

wow, so now i gotta go out buy all those freakin tools...

@TeachaMantoFish

2 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas!

Congratulations you created a Stump Forge

@TeachaMantoFish

2 жыл бұрын

It was fun

Should cook something on that fire.

@TeachaMantoFish

5 жыл бұрын

Hmmm, that's pine. Have you ever cooked over pine? I've heard it adds bad flavors. That could be a good video experiment.

Had trouble understanding much of the video but got the general idea.

@TeachaMantoFish

2 жыл бұрын

One of the first videos I ever made, I was learning. I swear my skills got better.

@TeachaMantoFish

2 жыл бұрын

My last video kzread.info/dash/bejne/doZhts2Go7XeoJM.html

RIP Headphone users at 3:20

That's too much work, get a bag of charcoal dig a hole all the way around the stump surround it with charcoal light it on fire the first 10 minutes you'll have Flame and then the charcoal will slowly burn out the route. This might take a couple times maybe three but it's a good way to get a little campfire with the family while the job is getting done. :-)

Try tannerite!

@TeachaMantoFish

Жыл бұрын

lol

How long did it take?

@TeachaMantoFish

5 жыл бұрын

That was about 6 hours

Unfortunately I will have 80 of them by next week... All to close to a natural dry fieldstone wall for the digger to pull them out. Guess I choose the lazy way and just wait for nature to do the job.

gates to the underworld who (title pic)

@TeachaMantoFish

4 жыл бұрын

jesse parker that’s funny 😆

I think stumps are indestructible.

@TeachaMantoFish

2 жыл бұрын

These pine stumps are full of resin

Energy lost

@jeeprenegade1985

5 жыл бұрын

Is he supposed to make steam and turn a generator with this heat lol.