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There is a problem with using man made ovals, large or small. Incomplete burning of the ovals produces carbon monoxide. If you riddle the ash into the ash tray it could give of c.mon - your c monoxide detector will tell you - so all ash needs to be tipped into a lidded ash carrier box and placed outside the home. You will also find that the ovals burn through more quickly than anthracite, and the inside of the glass will quickly be covered in a sticky "sooty" film. Anthracite is very hard to light. I use a half dozen small ovals with the firelighters and kindling, with some small anthracite pieces in between. When all are alight I carefully add more anthracite a few pieces at a time. I never thrown coal on the fire, I always carefully place it. Too much anthracite in one go can deaden the fire. And then it's s fight to resurrect it.
@@RockHavenFarm All part of our government's obsession with their 'Carbon Neutral' fantasy... Smokeless briquettes cost us almost £1 per kilo (over $1000 per ton).
The fastest and reliable form is just to put kindling on the bottom of furnace (try criss cross some wood peaces) when you do that so that is airy structure and put about 800g of quality black coal on it. Ignite 2-3 peaces of fire igniter and put it somewhere in the middle of kindling. You are now warm and free for at least an hour :)
Is that coal? What kind? Looks like CHAR-coal. Also known as compressed wood dust. Maybe some countries consider that coal? I don't know. In the states we have coal. Actual coal. Black rock
"Coal Fires"? That Black Fuel is in Overabundance.. Just need all the Tools of the Trade, a Good Fire, some Tools of Practice and then Burn it from the Bottom Up... Then keep Adding Coal, as Needed... Everyone Burns Coal these Days.. I think is the Message that my RU-vid Channel Feed is telling me?
Brilliant. Took me two hours to try to get my stove going yesterday and went through way too much kindling. Found your video and got it going in minutes. I feel like a bit of an idiot 😂.
I start mine with brute force. We can't get firelighters here in Mongolia - I'm a British expat - but we can get butane. So I put 20kg of semi-coke briquettes (the approved and cheap coal product we have here) in the burner, put kindling on top, then blast the kindling with a butane torch. Once the wood is burning well, I can close the vents most of the way and it burns all night. My system is not a stove, but a boiler, which feeds 5 radiators filled with anti-freeze. We're a lot colder than almost anywhere habitable, so the system is designed to keep us warm down to -50C outside at night and 20C inside. Just for comparison purposes, a 25kg bag of semi-coke briquettes cost us £1 per bag and that's sufficient for a day in the winter. Less is required in the shoulder seasons. We also burn firewood but at about 8x the cost by weight and thermal output, coke is our cheapest and best choice.
Unfortunately this device only sharpens half of the mower. The cylinder and bottom knife act like a pair of scissors, this device only sharpens one half of the scissors.
I have been searching for something like this for 2 years. My Gardena C400 mower can barely cut air anymore. And the grinding paste is something I have nto wanted to try. You should get full endorsment for this. basically the only video I've found that showcased this. Thanks a lot! I just ordered mine from Amazon to try.
@@Milnero I have just contacted them, and promoted your video as the reason for me buying this tool. Used mine today and it worked extremely well! Again BIG THANKS! If you come to STHLM Sweden any time, a couple of pints are on me mate! 🍻😎🤘
I really like them, however my wife isn't so keen, her reasons are because they don't have a non stick surface which can make cooking certain foods more difficult, like egg's. I know you can season a frying pan and maybe this is something we should get better at. The quality two years on is still great and they clean up really well, I would buy them again but the wife wouldn't, that's my honest opinion.
@@JessopVTS yes more practice needed that's for sure, we better learn fast otherwise I'm going to come home one day and find some horrible Teflon coated pans in the kitchen.
@@Milnero good job I'm the cook in the house.. AND it's harder to wreck quality uncoated pans.. Provided they don't pour cold water in a red hot pan!!! You could look at bare carbon and season it well?
Just curious - if needing something like this for a larger (read 'wider') mower, might you know of a wider brand, or purchase two of the shorter ones and "trim" them to fit ? Your Thoughts? Excellent video, thank you.
I think they come in two sizes, trimming down two smaller ones might work but having not tried it I can't guarantee your results, best of luck with whatever you decide
I think this exactly what I need. Thanks for your demo. I have a Reel push mower "14 inch. Does it matter which grade of sandpaper? Where can I purchase this product? And what's it called?
i always start with a bed of coal on the bottom then kindling stacked on top then a log on top of the kindling and it never fails to light first time , i also use eco wood firelighters i never use parrifin lighters but i suppose theirs lots of different ways to light a stove
If you just need to clean the glass, scrunch up some newspaper or a paper towel, dip it in water, then dab it in cold fine ash. Then just give the glass a good scrub. Works great 👍
On my particular stove, yes. If you also have a top and bottom vent I would also suggest the bottom vent is closed once the stove is up to temperature and you regulate the stove with the top vent. If the bottom vent stays open you allow to much air into the stove which means you burn through your fuel faster than you need to. My stove is a Stovax Stockton 5 for reference. Hope that helps.
Currently out of stock on Amazon but here's the link. I have also included the link to the the companies website. amzn.to/3K9JYBv www.kindlingcracker.com/
anthracite coal is able to burn but it takes a lot of work to keep it going and it burns extremely hot so it will heat up your house very quickly even if its a 2 story house
I was paying as little as £1 a box for 40 fire lighters, the only reason for using additional firelighters when starting a coal fire is because it takes longer to get it started. A wood fire you can get away with one firelighter
What flue have you got, there seems to be some talk online that anything other than 904 stainless will be ruined by smokeless coal and "The Tortoise" channel on YT calls it highly corrosive, we've got a 316L and the manufacturer claims it's suitable for solid fuel just not ordinary house coal.
So I don't actually have a flue liner installed within my chimney, however I have located a useful bit of information which answers your question. Thanks for watching. I have no affiliation to this company. www.flexifluedirect.com/316-904-liner-differences.html
@@Milnero No liner? Smoke and gasses straight up the brick work? sounds a bit old school, does the breast get hot? Has the chimney interior ever been inspected for perished bricks or pointing missing? That could lead to carbon monoxide leaking into one of the rooms.
@@RichardSmith-wr6go I own a 1950s property, the chimney is in good condition and I have carbon dioxide sensors thought out the house, I will at some point get around to installing a liner for efficiency, the breast only gets warm not hot.
@@Milnero Ah okay, we've got a new multifuel stove & twinwall flue on the exterior of the house, just fitted a multifuel kit (grate & ashpan pan) to try out smokeless coal, it's a bit of a learning curve getting the smokeless coal going and that's why I landed on your YT vid, some of these modern stoves only have 1 air controller that operates primary, secondary and tertiary air while most people still reference top & bottom air vents.
There are certainly many methods to light a fire, I have used most of them including a newspaper. Firelighters keep burning far longer than paper, guaranteeing that you don't have to relight the kindling for a second time. whichever method you choose enjoy the warmth of your fire and thanks for watching.
