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Granite Geek: Physics of a Woodpile

  • Rusty · 2 years ago
    Interesting. and here I thought chopping and stacking firewood was 'work'. :-)
  • Matthew · 2 years ago
    Hahaha, I never knew a pile of wood could be so interested! Thank for the wisedom, hopefully I'll be able to use it to make me seem smarter at a cocktail party or something.

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  • M@ · 2 years ago
    So how should you stack wood to use this knowledge to not have your stack fall over? Just stack so it's "pre-leaning" away from the direction the drying will cause? Or do you cover the pile in such a way to prevent the drying?
  • Earle Rich · 2 years ago
    You pretty much have the idea. Keep the stacks seperated so they can move indepenantly, Preleaning sort of works and a third way, insert a few boards or sticks to connect the piles together. Some four foot sticks for three piles of sixteen inch bolts is good.
  • Janice Brown · 2 years ago
    However, all that scientific knowledge and application is for naught if you end up with a large family of squirrels messing with your stack.....

    J