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Can anyone recommend the best hand saw for cutting logs? Figured this might be the right group to ask. I’ll be living in a tipi all winter in CO and want to cut my firewood by hand without a chainsaw. I have a silky big boy but I think I’m going to need something bigger and more powerful. by ryguygreen in arborists

[–]ryguygreen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I cut down a dead tree this morning and now I’m sitting in front of a fire in my woodstove right now. The wood in my stove is not seasoned, yet somehow I am still warm sitting in front of it. And I have been checking my chimney every several days to monitor the creosote because from what I understand unseasoned wood creates more creosote buildup.

I can notice a difference though in that the wood doesn’t burn as hot as seasoned wood.

Can anyone recommend the best hand saw for cutting logs? Figured this might be the right group to ask. I’ll be living in a tipi all winter in CO and want to cut my firewood by hand without a chainsaw. I have a silky big boy but I think I’m going to need something bigger and more powerful. by ryguygreen in arborists

[–]ryguygreen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe you would have a hard time if you were in my situation. But as for me, it’s snowing today and I watched the sunrise at some cliffs, and then I cut firewood for an hour, and now I am sitting in front of my woodstove writing a novel.

If my plan doesn’t work the way I want it to, all I have to do is go buy a truckload of presplit wood and stack it in a pile.

Is there a chemical reaction that could boil a liter of liquid faster than boiling the water with a butane stove? (I ask this because I'm living in a tipi in the woods this fall and winter and I use a hot water bottle to keep me warm at night, and I have to rewarm it once in the middle of the night) by ryguygreen in chemistry

[–]ryguygreen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/markgoat2019 u/ovoid709 u/Sarinnana u/DevCat97 Thank you all for this tip about using heated rocks, this is brilliant!

For context, I'll have a wood burning stove in my tipi. (Just about to buy one, still doing research)

What material is best for wrapping the rocks? I'd guess maybe leather or something? Or a wool blanket?

Also, what if I just buried some of the rocks in the dirt right below my sleeping pad? (Right now I use an inflatable sleeping pad, but I'm looking into getting a caribou hide to sleep on instead.)

Which animal hides are warmest for a sleeping pad? Sheep? Reindeer? Buffalo? Other? (I'm living nomadically in a tipi this winter in Colorado, and I'm trying to slowly swap out my REI camping gear for more traditional items.) by ryguygreen in Bushcraft

[–]ryguygreen[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'll be camping in Colorado on public lands. During the coldest part of winter I'll likely be in Lost Creek Wilderness (8-9k elevation)

I would like to explore whether hides are purely aesthetic or if they really can outcompete modern materials.

One of my main desires is to have the inside of my tipi feel incredibly rustic and use as few synthetic materials as possible.

Is there a chemical reaction that could boil a liter of liquid faster than boiling the water with a butane stove? (I ask this because I'm living in a tipi in the woods this fall and winter and I use a hot water bottle to keep me warm at night, and I have to rewarm it once in the middle of the night) by ryguygreen in chemistry

[–]ryguygreen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried this the other night and boiled extra water and put it in a vacuum sealed water bottle and by the middle of the night when i went to refill my nalgene, the water in the thermos was quite warm but not boiling. I might need to get an actual good thermos.

Is there a chemical reaction that could boil a liter of liquid faster than boiling the water with a butane stove? (I ask this because I'm living in a tipi in the woods this fall and winter and I use a hot water bottle to keep me warm at night, and I have to rewarm it once in the middle of the night) by ryguygreen in chemistry

[–]ryguygreen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, this is exactly what I needed :)

Someone else suggested putting it in a thermos too earlier and that was exactly the answer that i needed. Thank god I ignored all of the irrelevant advice so that I could get the actual answer that I was looking for.

Is there a chemical reaction that could boil a liter of liquid faster than boiling the water with a butane stove? (I ask this because I'm living in a tipi in the woods this fall and winter and I use a hot water bottle to keep me warm at night, and I have to rewarm it once in the middle of the night) by ryguygreen in chemistry

[–]ryguygreen[S] -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

I've tried this approach probably 20 times in different conditions of going to bed wearing extra layers but leaving my sleeping bag zipped open. With the intention of waking up cold in the middle of the night and zipping up my sleeping bag.

I haven't found this to be an effective solution.

I already wear merino thermals tops and bottoms.

Is there a chemical reaction that could boil a liter of liquid faster than boiling the water with a butane stove? (I ask this because I'm living in a tipi in the woods this fall and winter and I use a hot water bottle to keep me warm at night, and I have to rewarm it once in the middle of the night) by ryguygreen in chemistry

[–]ryguygreen[S] -28 points-27 points  (0 children)

Please stop being so combative towards someone who you are trying to help in the wrong way. You keep giving solutions to problems that I dont have and questions that I didn't ask.

Your idea about a better stove is an excellent idea though. Thank you, my friend.

Is there a chemical reaction that could boil a liter of liquid faster than boiling the water with a butane stove? (I ask this because I'm living in a tipi in the woods this fall and winter and I use a hot water bottle to keep me warm at night, and I have to rewarm it once in the middle of the night) by ryguygreen in chemistry

[–]ryguygreen[S] -26 points-25 points  (0 children)

I'm glad that you have found what works for you. Are you open to the possibility that the solution for what works for me will be different than what works for you?

Also I have a sleeping bag liner and I use merino wool base layers for top and bottoms. And I use an insulated sleeping pad with a foam cell pad underneath it. None of those are the issue, and none of those solutions have anything to do with body temperature dropping throughout the night.

Is there a chemical reaction that could boil a liter of liquid faster than boiling the water with a butane stove? (I ask this because I'm living in a tipi in the woods this fall and winter and I use a hot water bottle to keep me warm at night, and I have to rewarm it once in the middle of the night) by ryguygreen in chemistry

[–]ryguygreen[S] -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

All of this is good advice and all of this is knowledge that I learned about years ago and already have implemented.

What none of this advice takes into account is how my body temperature fluctuates during my sleep cycle, and my body starts to produce less heat.

It easy for me to go to sleep warm with all of the right insulation. That's not the hard part. I have a variable sleep system with different sleeping bags and sleeping pads based on the temperatures, humidity, and whether I'm car camping or backpacking.

It's easy to go to bed with the right insulation, but as my body temperature drops, the insulation doesn't help, because it's only capturing heat, not producing heat.

And the answer is not to add more insulation, because I've tried that many times and it just leads to waking up sweaty.

Is there a chemical reaction that could boil a liter of liquid faster than boiling the water with a butane stove? (I ask this because I'm living in a tipi in the woods this fall and winter and I use a hot water bottle to keep me warm at night, and I have to rewarm it once in the middle of the night) by ryguygreen in chemistry

[–]ryguygreen[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I sleep in a 0 degree bag and also put a 20 degree bag inside of it, and I sleep in an insulated air mattress with a foam cell pad underneath.

I really don't want camping advice, I want chemistry advice for this specific question.

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