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Sturdy firewood rack - PEP BB dimensional.sand.rack

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I've thought about this BB for awhile. After the reminder that plywood wasn't allowed, I've contemplated going back and taking the roof off to put in some other wood and replace the plywood. It wouldn't take very long. But what would happen to the scrap plywood? It may not be good for anything else, and thrown away. It was scrap off a torn-down barn in the first place. I felt like using it, instead of throwing it in the landfill was best. If I take it off now, it will be on the way to the landfill again. I know it means I won't get the badge bit, at least not on this build. But to me, permaculture involves using the resources I can find, which, while containing glues, is still a sturdy building material. Being scrappy and re-using an object is valuable to me, so I won't waste the time or wood re-doing it. I just wanted to share that before giving up on this BB.
 
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I made a firewood rack for my father, he's been stocking the firewood in the garage and he usually leaves a mess doing that, so here's the solution we found. It measures about 2m of height and 1,7m of length, so it has 3,4m² of face area, which is about 36ft². To prevent it from falling I put a big screw holding it against the wall. Climbed on it afterwards to make sure it's stable and it is.

As far as I know the wood has no treatment.
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This is the wood I used to build the rack
This is the wood I used to build the rack
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This is a part of the rack during construction
This is a part of the rack during construction
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This is the rack without the roof
This is the rack without the roof
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This is where it's gonna stay
This is where it's gonna stay
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This is the rack with the roof.
This is the rack with the roof.
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This is the rack in its place.
This is the rack in its place.
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Rebekah Harmon wrote:I've thought about this BB for awhile. After the reminder that plywood wasn't allowed, I've contemplated going back and taking the roof off to put in some other wood and replace the plywood. It wouldn't take very long. But what would happen to the scrap plywood? It may not be good for anything else, and thrown away. It was scrap off a torn-down barn in the first place. I felt like using it, instead of throwing it in the landfill was best. If I take it off now, it will be on the way to the landfill again. I know it means I won't get the badge bit, at least not on this build. But to me, permaculture involves using the resources I can find, which, while containing glues, is still a sturdy building material. Being scrappy and re-using an object is valuable to me, so I won't waste the time or wood re-doing it. I just wanted to share that before giving up on this BB.



I think that's awesome!

I've had a lot of similar situations where I had to judge between do it for the badge bit, or do it to suit my convenience or my own values rather than Paul's.

As we often point out, now that you have made one, it's easier to make another. When a friend or neighbor starts talking about their firewood, you have a good opportunity pop up!
 
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Does this have to be outside?  I noticed that the requirements said "open to the wind".  Does open to the air count? I'm needing to build a firewood rack inside of a steel shipping container that already exists on my property, so I was wondering if that would count for this BB?
 
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Shoot, I think "exposed to wind" kinda means it has to be outside.  Sorry
 
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Approved submission
Here is my submission for dimensional lumbar sturdy firewood rack.  To ensure maximum learning and as I learn more I can add information, I create a journal for each BB.
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Learning Journal and BB Notes
Learning Journal and BB Notes
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Picture of Build including proof a 10 year old can swing on it.
Picture of Build including proof a 10 year old can swing on it.
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Note: Nice use of an old tank!  The requirements have been adjusted a bit for future submisions to require more of the construction be from dimensional lumber.

 
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Some definitions have a face cord as 1/3 a federal cord (which is 128 cf.) 32cf would be 1/4 not 1/3.  
 
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Hi Dennis, I think you're getting cubic and square feet mixed up.  This is calling for capacity of a face cord (32 square feet of facing).  A face cord (by our definition) is 4 feet by 8 feet by the length of the stick of firewood.  If that wood is 16" long, three face cords do equal a full cord.  And a 32 square foot face on that face cord, times a 1.3333' depth equals 48 cubic feet.  Or 1/3rd of the full cord.
 
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Right, but why would one do square feet versus cubic feet (since wood is 3 dimensional.) As a mathematician I find this very strange.
 
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The definition of a face cord from my research is a standard 32 sq ft irrespective of the depth.  The other interesting fact is that three face cords do not have to be contiguous so will constitute a cord if the depth of each face cord equals 1/3 of a cord or  8' X 4' X 1' 4".  Consider looking at a cube exactly face on, with any certainty, you can only say its length and height but not its depth, because you are only looking at the face, hence face cord.  In Australia we use a measure for firewood called a trailer - load.  It is the size of a box trailer or a one ton ute (utility pick up) The measurements are 8' long X 5' wide by about 18" high.  The other trailer size is 6 X 4 So, it pays to check.  The general problem with a face cord and a trailer load is that the actual volume of wood is not defined because of air gaps and method of stacking.  The only real measure is BTU for the weight of the wood based on type. But we are getting way too technical for a BB.  I am happy that a face cord is 1/3 cord.
 
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Edge case submission
Here is my submission for a sturdy firewood rack BB.

I made the rack 8 ft by 5 ft to be able to hold at least one face cord with a depth of 14 inches. It will be located on the front side of the house under the roof awning to keep it out of the rain. I beefed up the base of the rack to make it very difficult to tip over.

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starting materials
starting materials
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building the base
building the base
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adding the sides
adding the sides
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location where the rack will go
location where the rack will go
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the finished rack
the finished rack
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sturdiness test
sturdiness test
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Note: Could you please show some dimensions to verify the size?  And maybe show how it won't tip over (it looks sturdy, just not sure about tipping)

 
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