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Chopping Wood—New Design...

I understand they're expensive...BUT—

'Wish I had one years ago! :)

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Video below shows the girls can chop wood. (In Finland, where the design originated).

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Great idea for an old, and very wide, tire.

:idea:

all they show is people using them where do you get them? How much? Is doing it in a tire necessary is that just so they don't go flying everywhere and picking up the pieces, or another reason?

I guess it is so they stay standing and the chopper only has to worry about is hitting the log in the right place every time plus you have several logs standing and not just a single one like you and I do.:)

Looks to do a job on your wrist

Not sold on the splitter, but the tire idea is brilliant. When I split wood, I try to make a few parallel cracks without tipping the log over, then turn it 90 degrees, and pop pieces off one at a time, again without tipping the log over. The tire will make that vastly easier.

It appears that all the rounds are birch. I'll split birch all day, over pine or oak, etc. :laugh:

Think I'll stay with this for the same money

http://www.homelite.com/catalog/chore_tools/UT49103

I've got one of these...works pretty slick...

Chopper 1:

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Wow, the wayback machine. Thats Incredible with Fran Tarkenton.:laugh:

Back to "Old School" Splitting...

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Originally Posted by Pineedles (Post 225729)

It appears that all the rounds are birch. I'll split birch all day, over pine or oak, etc. :laugh:

Birch is relatively easy to split, especially when the temps drop below freezing. Split Birch logs are also a great "fire-enhancer" after White-Pine kindling has started the morning fire.

A "Swedish Torch" can offer a long-lasting fire for a lake-side sundown.

YouTube videos show some other wood—likely hardwood—being split with the new design. I noticed that the new log-splitter is attacking the edges of the piece, and not straight down the middle. He's also driving downwards with the new axe at a slight angle. That the handle is being sharply twisted with each strike appears to be a wrist-wrenching drawback that needs study.

Last I'd noticed, the price was between $200 -$265, but the cost of the new imported splitter varies with the value of the dollar over there.

I once tried to split seasoned Live Oak—South Carolina's gift to the construction of the "USS Constitution" that earned that tall ship's reputation as "Old Ironsides".

Unfortunately, it was the only wood I had available, and in front of small group of onlookers, everyone watched as my axe bounced off it ! :p After about a ½-hour, I'd managed to split one piece with the aid of a maul and sledgehammer.

:o

I've found that splitting any straight-grained wood, oak, birch, maple, ash, etc. is fairly straightforward, provided there are no knots in the section. Having a knot makes it tough. That's why I like to cut the sections off the log so as to put a knot at one end of the section, rather than in the middle. Then I put the knot end down on the chopping block. The maul drives down through straight grain and breaks the knot. If I put the knot end up, the maul either bounces off or buries itself a short distance without accomplishing anything. If a large side limb left a section with a huge knot, I'll make a vertical cut down through the section with the chainsaw past the knot, so that the maul can drive down through the cut.

A Spring, Barn Door Hinge, A Little Welding, then Presto...!

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Originally Posted by Dave R (Post 225727)

Not sold on the splitter, but the tire idea is brilliant. When I split wood, I try to make a few parallel cracks without tipping the log over, then turn it 90 degrees, and pop pieces off one at a time, again without tipping the log over. The tire will make that vastly easier.

How about this splitter? ;)

http://i.imgur.com/GQlRpqD.jpg

:look:

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ApS: Now that's cool!!!

Still can't beat ... "the old fashion way" .....

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Originally Posted by Phantom (Post 255676)

Still can't beat ... "the old fashion way" .....

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LOL How old are you? My father handed me splitting maul and a wedge.

Good times using a sledge and about 6 wedges trying to get and ax head unstuck from a hunk of oak.