Now that’s pretty cool!!! Another great job Jim!

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

thank you my friend, it did work better than i thought it would

Very funny and answers the question we've all asked ourselves at some time. Thank you. Great!!

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Stella

Great idea using the ban saw with the shop vac... Brilliant!

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

It helped speed up the cutting a little

That’s great! You crack me up. Awesome vid.

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks cuz

Smart guy! Not crazy. It is about saving money, thank you so much!

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Teresa.

Love the bandsaw and vacuum!

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

thanks Michael

Brilliant video! I've always wondered about doing that. This was better than an episode of myth busters!

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

thanks, it was a lot of work still not sure if I would recommend it but it did work.

@TheCreedBratton

2 жыл бұрын

I laughed pretty hard with this one. It answered the question we all had too!

That's awesome I love your channel.

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that, love to have another subscriber happy heating

Harmon stoves BURN everything!!! love the video, thank you. In my area today (4-7-2022) could not find pellets? still cold at night here in New England (New Hampshire) so I bought a few bags of pelletized bedding for horses and small animals, from my local Tractor Supply store. burning them now in my Harmon Invincible pellet stove. plus I have a parrot, and I have been tossing his food scraps (seeds, empty shell husks) he does not eat into the hopper to burn. have done that for years. Harmon's Burn EVERYTHING. great video, Idea. Thank you very much!! thanks, Thumbs Up Rdownergarage...

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome I thought about making a video of me burning horse bedding. Maybe next winter

Just a suggestion. If you get the chance to get some wood fuel blocks at a cheap price, try cutting them into 2x2 or 2x3 or even 2 x4 pieces. I had some given to me. I can add a 2x4 piece to my stove just before I shut my auger off and can put another piece on top of it every 30 minutes. It’s just enough heat to keep the chill out of the house on cool (not cold) mornings sometimes I can find the wood fuel blocks cheaper than a bag of pellets. Just wanted to give you some more ideas for possible future videos

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

I can buy small square chunks of oak maybe I could try that. Thanks for the idea

lol gj mate. enjoyed the video.

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

I love your Harman videos! You should do a pellet test between hardwood and softwood. Maybe measure burn time, air temp and ash? That would be fantastic data for people to reference.

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

maybe I will this winter if I can find some soft wood. Thanks for watching

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

Here are all my Harmon videos thanks again for watching. Hope you have a Merry Christmas. kzread.info/head/PLZEGsnRsdHN5OBGSj2h0bNAqFjsPyroG9

Re burning sticks, what I do in the spring is make bundles with pencil-size sticks then use a thin one to wrap the bundle. Takes less time than driving to the dump and back. In the summer I use two of these bundles to warm the box of my Invicta wood stove before I throw the logs in. I am about to install a Q-Lima pellet stove in the workshop just because I am a sucker for a remote control! 🙈😂🤣 Best wishes from an Englishman making armour in a French forest. 🇬🇧🌞🇺🇲

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

inventive punishments plus teaching your kids something is perfect

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

I was searching for some information about corn burning pellet stoves, as I would like to maybe convert over to that. And I stumbled across this video. I really liked it haha looks like you put a lot of effort into this one, so I subscribed. looks like you got some pretty cool videos here man

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Adam for subscribing. I sure did put a lot of work into this video. Hope you have a good summer

@Adam_Poirier

3 жыл бұрын

@@DIYJIM same to you sir! Happy Easter and thank you for your service. I really appreciate it. I am 31 and feel like alot of my friends/ people my age don’t appreciate what yourself and so many others have given.

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you I also tell people to thank the wife’s of veterans that deployed they are left home to do everything on there own. I’m happy to be retired now never have to leave my family again.

Haha I like the way you think. I'd love to have a pellet stove for the convenience but I'm also so antisocial that I would never want to go buy pellets. I like to burn old tires and motor oil in my wood stove. I'm also cheap and nervous so cutting wood is good for my nerves.

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Oil and tires burn good and hot Lol thanks for watching Jason

Well I was impressed I have a lot of sticks by my house since I live close to the woods never thought of that ,I am goin g to try that for next year ,I wish my girls were young again that would have made a great time out punishment for them but this was a good video all about pellet stoves and good parenting can't beat 2 for 1 deal JRo from montague stay safe

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks glad you like it, hope everything is going good for you stay safe

Bro sounds just like Jeff dahmer! lol great video I’ve been really considering something like this

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

I use a king Ashley, but love the idea

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

It was just an experiment lots of work. Thanks for watching

😂 love it! To reduce ash content get your kids to debark the sticks before cutting them into pellets for when they are really really bad

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

LOL thanks for watching

@MBarram

Жыл бұрын

@@DIYJIM sure thing

I have a corn/wood pellet stove and I use sticks when I'm out of wood pellets to get the corn going. But I don't put the sticks in the hopper I put my sticks right directly into the firepot. love burning corn though corn is a lot hotter then wood pellets only.

@DIYJIM

3 ай бұрын

thanks for watching

Harmon stoves are the beat hands down 👊🍺🤟

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

agree thanks for watching

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

Here are all my Harmon videos thanks again for watching. Hope you have a Merry Christmas. kzread.info/head/PLZEGsnRsdHN5OBGSj2h0bNAqFjsPyroG9

I’ll give you a view and a like for all your troubles brother lmao!!!

@DIYJIM

5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot

Well, I was also wondering how burning sticks would work. Now I know.

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

I think it turned out better than i expected. Happy heating

Seems sticks could bind the auger..where pellets will break up..

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

I am sure you are correct this was just an experiment. It was a lot of work

@theamericandream70

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure it was a lot of work. A Japanese company sells a small machine that makes pellets. If it works for dog food why not sawdust.?

Have you ever thought or tried burning wood chips from a wood chipper in a pellet stove? I'm thinking of trying it and see if the auger can push the chips through. Just a thought. Things that make you say hmm 🤔

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

I have, just make sure they are small maybe run thru a couple times. Let me know how it works maybe I will make a video on it.

@richarddowner4292

2 жыл бұрын

may clog up the auger???

I think I would really enjoy cutting up sticks with the clippers. Now all I need is a pellet stove

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

Lot of work but it was interesting how it turned out. Thanks for watching

Great experiment, way more patience than I would have to cut those up. I have no kids. Have you tried corn?

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

Tried corn once and I blew my fuse was real dirty. Maybe the corn was not dry enough. I never wanted to try it again.

@wildmanofborneo

7 ай бұрын

Seems like the corn has sugar that would be messy

Bundle them together and use any type of saw

@DIYJIM

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

ha, a few years ago I burned about 150 lbs of wood chips from my harbor freight chipper shredder just to see if it was possible and it was a much quicker way of getting pellet stove sized pieces ... i should have recorded that experiment but I believe I was into ignition before my head said "you should have recorded this"

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

I know someone that has a chipper maybe I will borrow it. thanks for the comment

That looks like our p61A. It's not our stove, it's our furnace. Heats three split levels at 2300 sqft. I believe the auger snaps pellets so they don't jam. If a stick got jammed, that could be a pain to clear.

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

It was just an experiment to much work. Thanks for watching

I found this video because I was searching if you could burn regular wood not pelletized in a wood pellet stove.. I'm coming to the conclusion that yes you can it doesn't burn up any different than wood.. trying to find this out just in case my power goes out cuz without power wood pellet stoves don't work..

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

I don't think you can use the pellet stove without power. You would fill your house with smoke. Thanks for watching

I wonder what would happen if you chopped up one of those duraflame logs?

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

sounds like a lot of work also and there not cheep

Dude cut em on a chop saw like a handful at a time!

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Lots of ash. What you're of tree were the branches from?

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Sorry I do not remember, thanks for watching

I have heard bark produces more ash than wood even though it does burn well. I think to make it a worth while adventure short of the adolescent labor issue one would have to create a stick chopper. Cutting sticks green would dry faster and be easier to cut with a shear cut device like an old school paper cutter with a wall to set the pellet length. Maybe power that with some sort of crank and flywheel combo running off a low power electric motor and a sewing machine type pedal switch to be most efficient. I just cannot imagine cutting 4 tons of sticks a season but if you have already logging on your woodlot and practice coppicing as a forest management effort it could be possible. Just seems going with wood or corn is a less labor intensive endeavor. Sell the sticks on Etsy to crafters and buy a chainsaw.

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

It sure would be a lot of work I thought maybe a chipper would work. For now I just work a few overtimes at work and buy pellets much easier. Thanks for watching

@zodszoo

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting, I thought of going to Goodwill and looking for a food chopper. Certainly limited to thickness tho. I'm intrigued

bundle them and use a chop saw dude

@DIYJIM

3 ай бұрын

Sounds like a good idea but not sure if I am doing that again lol

if you make a machine with two whells with spicks and a motor you will make this sticks very fast

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

I wonder if you could conceivably make a machine, similar to a mulched, but that basically makes the cuts to the sizes needed for a pellet stove... Would still be labor intensive, unless of course you are mulching branches anyway (we don't mulch but we burn lots in our fire pit as we live in the edge of a state forest). Even if you're not heating the house with the majority of your fuel being sticks, it seems like you could certainly offset some costs and out the sticks you labor into cleaning up to good use. I'm guessing none of this would be ore focal from a monetary perspective. But it would still be neat to see.

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

If I could figure out a way to cut up small sticks easier I might try to burn more I really do not think it hurts the stove just so the wood is dry. Thank you for the comment Happy heating

Hey have you thought of using a chipper machine. Thinking of it

@MrFrance97

3 жыл бұрын

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@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

Yep thought of that thanks for watching

@MrFrance97

3 жыл бұрын

@@DIYJIM Useful and great content! From your test, do you think this would cause problems for the feed auger? I live in the coast and Its cold with fog all year long.

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrFrance97 I don't think so, as long as the wood is good and dry. If you try it let me know how it turns out.

@ranyork7626

Жыл бұрын

I am a pellet fire technician, im 100% certain this will eventually jam up your auger system if it is continuously used this way. Pellets break up into sawdust in the auger feed, sticks will break up into wood chips and jam up alot quicker.

Asking if we could just throw wood in incase of power outage

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t think that would work it has to be running to exhaust the smoke outside

More time on your hands than me... Lucky bastard....

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching

😁

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

I wonder if I could do the same with my wife’s fruitcake? Great video!!

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure you could try but you might want to dehydrate first LOL

Depending on the type of wood maybe, but im sure thats one good way to absolutely wreck ur burn pot quickly, and also the inside of ur auger system will fill up with hard wood chips/bark rather then softer sawdust from pellets which will cause jamming and also strain on ur auger motor. Pellets are specifically made to decrease these problems lol. Hats off to your commitment of chopping those sticks though lol but i recommend to not do this.

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

I tell you it was way too much work for me to ever do it again Lol thanks for watching

@chrisbeekley1887

Жыл бұрын

Harman stoves are designed to burn cherry pits also. A cherry pit sure is harder than a small twig. I doubt that small twig will hurt the auger.

Ah, the infamous "don't worry/don't try this, I'm a professional" mumbo jumbo. It should be "I'm not a professional, I just play one on KZread". But hey, I guess you're making money, so that counts, right? :)

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching my channel has been a real lot of work to get to where i am today.

Probably wasting more money in electricity using the band saw and vacuum then the 3.99 bag of pellets lol

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

You are probably right never thought about that lol

@probmxjona

2 жыл бұрын

@@DIYJIM cheaper if you put the kids to work 😎😜

@chrisbeekley1887

Жыл бұрын

4.50 a bag now

@probmxjona

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisbeekley1887 still probably cheaper. If you but it Im bulk like a pallet worth is still cheaper

@chrisbeekley1887

Жыл бұрын

@@probmxjona It's 249.00 plus taxes for a ton of pellets. That's how I buy them.