Posted on 04/26/2014 3:45:42 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter
Pretty cool alright. Good catch by Straight Vermonter.
Those chucks of wood sure were even all the way around. Flat too.
In all my years as a teenager splitting wood for the winter I sure didn’t see a lot of wood that looked like that.
Save yourself 193 euros. I have been splitting wood for heating purposes for over 50 years. Chopping is much easier if the chopper (that’s the axe, not you) is tilted about 5 degrees as it strikes the block. You get both splitting action and the angled head tends to kick both parts of the block away from each other.
Much the same principle as described in the article on the axe. All with a $5.00 yard sale axe, properly sharpened.
Looks like maybe alder.
Good points all.
Bet it wouldn’t do that to oak or hickory.
Been cutting & splitting my own firewood & heating with wood for over 40 years (finally got logsplitter 5 years ago) and I don’t believe this thing will work for on our hardwoods.
First of all, my logs are 24” - 30” long. Almost any wood is easy to split into 12” - 14” sections like in the video.
One trick I did like though was using a tire to hold the log while splitting - though again, not sure how it would work on a 24” log.....
I wonder how it does against seasoned Texas mesquite. I cut a lot of wood for BBQ’s. My shoulder joints are feeling their age.
Careful with that Axe, Eugene.
Agreed...
Agreed. I’ve probably split 30 or 40 cords by hand and they never split any where near that easy. I usually split elm and oak.
In 1940`s I watched my grandfather blow trees apart with dynamite for kindling and wood for the iron stove in the kitchen—
I can't imagine living in a place so cold you need all that wood to stay warm...
Mr. Fancy Axe, me Mr. Elm.
I split elm and oak as well. There were times I’d wedge the axe in about an inch or two, and have to dislocate the wood to continue. It certainly didn’t go like the demo.
It obvious I wasn’t using their product. Laughs...
Hey take it easy.
I often do use the chainsaw instead.
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