Porch daily firewood rack

Sure wish I had the capabilities to do welding here! So, so many projects that can be done with that. I love the way you designed that rack, Joel....room underneath for shoes, an ash bucket, a cat bed, etc.

I love things designed for ergonomics and that rack seems to be just that...high enough off the ground for good access without breaking your back and high enough for dual storage. Excellent design!

Beekissed said:

Sure wish I had the capabilities to do welding here! So, so many projects that can be done with that. I love the way you designed that rack, Joel....room underneath for shoes, an ash bucket, a cat bed, etc.

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I wonder if there are opportunities for you near home? I can think of a couple situations I've seen here & there... Night school or weekend courses (and access to equipment via schools). Shared-use facilities open to the public, often involving a membership of some sort - such as what is called a "maker's space". You need instruction for the safety & the how-to at first... then it's just a matter of practice & your skills improve. You can pick up many tips & refinements via Youtube.

There's no doubt that women can learn to be good welders. They did it as a job in the factories & shipyards during WW2. And many women now are learning through ag-mechanics courses, or art-school classes, etc. You wouldn't need to own the equipment necessarily. A lot of people develop a relationship with a school & afterwards can get access to the equipment at times.

Nice job! Welcome back. I'm probably too new to know you but "Howdy".

Joel_BC said:

There's no doubt that women can learn to be good welders. They did it as a job in the factories & shipyards during WW2. And many women now are learning through ag-mechanics courses, or art-school classes, etc. You wouldn't need to own the equipment necessarily. A lot of people develop a relationship with a school & afterwards can get access to the equipment at times.

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Well, freakish weather this year. Long cold stretch during spring, hot & very dry summer (with many extensive forest fires in our province), then coldish nights starting in mid September! That's about five or six weeks ahead of typical. Finally getting some rain in mid and late October, but cool days, cold nights. Snow expected tomorrow, but we’ll see just how much and how long it lasts… or is this the actual beginning of winter?

We were carrying in a few pieces of firewood for morning and evening, but in the last week started to make mid-size loads—like the one pictured—for more hours per day of home heat.

Instead of our usual four-cord consumption, it’ll be five anyway this fall-winter-spring.

STILL love this firewood rack! I love how high up you made it, so that one doesn't have to bend far to get the wood and also have under rack storage of boots, etc. Very neat looking job, Joel.