I always start fire from the above, never below. Burns cleaner, heats better. But then again our fireplaces store heat for days in one single burn. :D

Can you give us a reference to that GIANT (bonus) heat-powered fan? Thanks. [Edit: typo]

Thank you for the welding gloves suggestion. I'm fairly new to building fires in our heat stove & fireplace.

I love the Scripture verse you post at end of your videos

I think you pretty much covered it! We had pretty much the same exact setup when I was a kid with the exception of the bellow, torch, and soapstone items. I was usually the bellow... lol. During the 'Blizzard of '78' I was 12 years old and we had a box style cast iron stove in our finished basement. We didn't have power for over a week. Cooked on the stove, melted snow for use in the toilet, do dishes, baths, etc. It was quite the adventure for a kid! Thanks for sharing 🤠

Fire extinguisher and a "Chimney Out" fire suppressant would be great to add. Nice video!

Good video. I have a Fireview Classic from Vermont Soapstone Co. that I purchased in 2005 and got a lot of use out of. One thing that I got with the stove that I really get alot of use out of, are soapstone boot warmers that prewarms your boots or dry out damp or wet shoes/ boot from the rain/snow.

Great video, can you provide a link to that thermal electrical metal fan bucket? Thx

thanks for the information on what is needed for wood stoves. hope you all have a great thanks-giving tomorrow.

If you're new to a wood stove the welding gloves are a must have.

Great video! Thanks.

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Last year I cut up a lightered stump with a chainsaw to give to someone as fire starter. I raked up all the chips from the cutting and saved them in a 5 gallon bucket. Earlier this year I ordered 10lbs of candle wax pellets and some 2oz paper condiment cups from Amazon and made fire starters out of the chips. It was a bit of work (ended up with about 150 of them), but they are amazing fire starters. They'll make a flame 6-8inches tall for about 20 minutes. And the 10lbs of wax only used up about a third of a 5 gallon buckets worth of those chips...plenty more for later use!

I use the soap stone cubes when I having a dram. Don’t want to water down decent scotch. But I think I will try them on my wood stove as would help dry my boots out etc. I use a little fan on top of my stove, brilliant things. When I bought my stove it came with a set of decent welding gloves, I think everyone who has a stove should keep a pair nearby.

I've got a couple that honestly I am quite surprised that you don't have. Kindling cracker and a pickaroon. Those fans can be found I lots of different sizes and types as well. A good firestarter can be made by stuffing dryer lint into toilet paper tubes. Very informative. Thank you.

Nothing I was unaware of in this video but agree with your points. You got my Sub with the verse at the end. Appreciate it.

I use a mason's trowel for cleaning out ash. It works better, imo, than the shovel. Visited a friend in October. Realized she didn't have a pair of welding gloves, so when we were out, I bought her a pair. She loves them. Realized when I got home that I needed new ones. A 3 pack was a good price, so that's what I got. Those soapstone cubes could be placed in an old sock and put in a bed for added warmth. I've never seen them, gonna see if I can find them. Wondering how well they'd do instead of ice cubes if you're balancing vegetables for the freezer.

Cool selection: love that massive TEG-powered fan.

Adding: (1) My wood stove tool set includes a small hoe, which I use most often; (2) I have a basket similar to a small French fry basket (like you'd see at McD's) that I use to sift ash from the coals. This basket allows me to get rid of ash but keep coals, which help get the next fire going more quickly. A "mostly for interest/fun" item I have is a Stirling engine fan from Warp Five, something Wranglerstar introduced on his channel a while back. Expensive, not huge air movement, but very cool and well built. I am currently building an Arduino/Blynk-based setup to keep an eye on the stove and pipe temperatures and move the stove's air intake as needed using a servo. It's a work in progress, but I've gotten it to the point of remote monitoring and a remote control for the air intake from my smart phone or the web, with automation that works "as coded" but not the way I want yet. It's actually not all that difficult to put something together like this. The remote control is worth every penny! Eventually I'll get the automation code finished. Interesting about the soapstone items! I had no idea!

Great video, but the back ground music…. Aghh Would be so much better with our it.

For those who have a catalyst in their insert, I don’t recommend using any paper products to start a fire. I have and the ash from the paper clogs the catalyst so that the smoke/exhaust air will not flow through it. Had to use a shop vac to clean it out. Thought I was saving time getting a fire started quickly since I was out of kindling, ended up wasting my time.

GREAT video,loved it TODD 👍🇨🇦🇺🇸❤🙏

Appreciated!

I never knew they made cups and cooking vessels out of soap stone. That's good to know about.

Those smaller fans can be placed on radiators, too. Especially useful to heat up rooms away from radiators under windows.

Can you please share the model/company of that big fan you show at the end?

Great video!

As a long time wood burner, I have small shop vac near by to suck debris and in an old hair dryer to ignite smoldering embers

I've been heating with wood 🪵 since mid seventies, started with free stoves that I had to wake up every 3 hours & add more wood, then bought an Earth 🌎 Stove that was airtight & had a thermostat. After that I bought the best stove ever, (still using) large Kodiak I place the wood with ends facing out, no logs rolling out. Burns for many many hours on very little wood... firebox is 22"X 24" it's airtight so I can fill it up & holds 🔥 fire for days.Best part is I got it at a yard sale years ago for $35.00 oh & thanks for the informative video

We live on the west side of Michigan. We're on our second wood stove in 42 years. This newer stove is a soap stone stove. It puts out a softer heat and it stays warm for hours after the fire dies down. We keep a bucket full of kindling on the hearth. The coffee mug has me thinking Christmas present. Thanks for sharing.

Agreed. I even use my torch for starting camp fires and in my fire pit. I will say though to pick some fire starter sticks; they're not expensive and you can easily start a fire in 30 seconds without using small pieces or kindling.

Those soapstone cubes look like you're just advertising them, yet never use in real life lol.

When I have troubles with fire starting I turn on hvacc to manual to start upflow !

Those smaller expensive fans are usually small stirling engines and not thermoelectric which is why they are so expensive.

What about putting the soapstone cubes in the fire box. Would that be ok for retaining the heat for longer periods.

Steel-o-pard? Steel leopard? ❤this topic, ty. My home is heated by a soapstone stove, Woodstock wood stove

Mapp gas and cardboard.... interesting. Check out kindling on top as mentioned by a few folks here. I've got it down to one match with good kindling.

You should look into building your fires with the top down method. Not judging but you will never build a fire with kindling on the bottom even again

I can imagine accidentally swallowing one of those cubes.

I’ve just wasted 13:45 of my life that I’ll never get back

Excellent info. The cast iron kettle we have is only suitable for adding moisture to the air. It has a yucky rust residue on the inside not fit for consumption. Maybe we did something wrong 🤷🏻‍♀️

Where can I get a fan like that!???

What's the longest burn time you've achieved on a single wood load? My stove claims it can hit 14 hours, but have no clue what they do to achieve that (or if it's just "look, there are still coals")

Who makes that giant fan!?

I got our 8 layer 2600 F stainless flexible chimney pipe/liner from New England Stove & Supply , it's Predominantly Self cleaning via expansion & contraction of layers and I can Intentionally superheated it to clear any creosote build up . Once a year I go up on roof , pop the Cap , I get abit of build up at top 1 foot I bring a pipe to break up , this was before I'd superheated it on occasion as I learned to trust it (fire extinguisher handy of course) I then simply spin a tow chain down the pipe & bam Done . Do please post link for the Heat driven fan in description as another Follower also suggested . Currently I use a 20w small box fan to push heat across floor & on occasion turn ceiling fan on in reverse to drive heat up and out across walls on single digit nights . I also stacked More firebrick 3 layers thick all around top in a U shape w a rectangular box at thimble , thus I use ALOT less wood by burning albeit full bore then it can wait 6 hrs between loads , those top bricks put out enough to heat My coffee Perk I brew Herbal teas in NP I do like ur little new Wood stove in corner of ur main floor . Mine is an Old Wood boss that used to heat a Historical Apartment building & the original blower I rarely use is still fully functional but not necessary . I use this stove to heat our 1872 1 room schoolhouse which is only insulated in the attic . The walls are hollow & run open from under house to in attic so you can imagine it used to get cold in here , now I have to leave inner front door open w a 4" ×16" window open at times or it gets to hot . We use to use wood & our electric heaters (Power Co uses coal ) now Our electric bill is 250 kilowatt average per winter month , even less in summer w AC running 24/7 So bill is about 35 mo & 20 of which is a Privaledge of use Tax passed Unconstitutionally by PSC . No surprise there right ?! Keep making qaulity vids 👍 There's Nothing more American that abit of Self Reliance per the Founders in the Maxims of Law Each founder in their names had their own Maxims, then there's the Maxims of Law & Proverbs of Law ; each are excellent reads free to DL in PDF format from the Library of Congress . You never said how much you paid for your little Bun warmer cook stove & Bren my wife of 26 yrs truly liked urs too . Note that stove pipe of mine is the flexible self cleaning variant Hwvr they do sell other kinds & accessories, yes I had it delivered & arrived w in the week originally as we are in WV Mtns . We like Vermont but can't afford to Live there . I became disabled in 2007 , former 2 decades as a Wireless Infrastructure professional. Life happens , I still enjoy our life more now , 100 hr work weeks were No fun at all . Graciously , Reverend RM Bowles

Do you have a link to the fan used in the tent?

Where can you buy the thermal pot fan

Super informative! I have an open fireplace so I use a guard to keep embers from leeping out.

Do you have a web address for the large thermoelectric fan that was featured in the tent?

Were did he get that fan I looked at your tag and it’s not on there. I’d really like to get one of those fan’s

A few more here. Carbon monoxide alarm (this is essential!). Thermometer for helping with making food. Telescope sticks for cooking sausages or toasting marshmallows. A fire extinguisher for the case things go wrong.

I just use a flat pry bar for my "fire tools" its got a hook end an a pry end lol

No fire extinguisher?

Where did your friend purchase the fan in the tent ?

You did not mention a fan I think it is the coolest must e

Why no reply on several inquiries about the name and source of the large tub fan you demo'd in video?

THE BIG FAN IS, ASPEN SYSTEMS TEF-111

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What about stove blowers?

Where can I find the GIANT FAN???????

Put those wood ashes around your apple trees, they help keep worms out of the fruit!

You are starting your fire incorrectly. A better way is to build an "upside down fire". This helps create a much faster draft and a no touch fire once you light the match.

Don’t leaves ashes from the wood stove in the house it off gases carbon monoxide place them outside.

not even got past the first item in the video and im triggered - sure if you want to waste your money, shed out tons of cash for 'tools' you need in the '1st' world..... Dude you have a small wood burner, your not doing daily bonfires. great you have 2 x ash shovels no doubt heat resistant, best wear your welding gloves to clear said ash (surely the gloves could be a replacement of multiple 'tools' :D and who needs a lighter and a twig of kindling to start a fire, no you need a fricking blow torch....... should i mention that you have lungs , a mouth and if you need focus, use a straw!!

Just useless information

you carved your name into someone else's product 6:34 ...... Hmmmm! stopped watching

The small thermo electric fans are a rip off.They cost $6-,70 and are weak.A plug in fan of the same size move 10X as much air and cost peanuts in electricity. I will not buy something that takes a decade + to break even.Some of those fireplace tools I made myself. All you need is a grinder and gas /arc welder, it is not rocket science. You bend that front hook more and it become a truck 5 th wheel pin puller.

Duh. How uninformative.

Try my fire 🔥 starters (not my idea) take egg cartons fill with cedar sawdust then fill each with melted wax ... just tear off one at a time ⏲️ they work quite well, used mainly for camping 🏕 can't hardly beat a torch but I like making them for friends 😀

I skimmed.. but good video. I'm a professional chimney sweep with over 10 years of experience and 150+ CSIA credit hours. A lot of what is mentioned are things I recommend to customers. However, the thermal fans are overpriced and ineffective. Better to buy a stove or insert that is designed for a blower. Also, the most important thing not mentioned. Moisture meter. Wood should be between 15-25% humidity. Must split wood and test the core. This is the sole reason why your fires do not start or hold burn when getting started. Especially in quality insert. Your US stove (which is made in China) is actually a great entry level stove. Hope you enjoy it. If you ever swap for something else I recommend Enerzone. About $1000 more expensive just a lot heavier duty and they retain heat extremely well. I have never heard of hearthstone accessories and I am someone who is constantly researching cool products for my industry. So glad I came across your video just for that and I thank you. One of the baddest stoves I've every installed is called a hearthstone clydesdale wood insert. All soapstone interior. Check it out. We refer to it as the "hernia" of all insert installs lol. Happy burn season! If you ever need advice reach out.

A good fire grate check out ezgrates