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Offline FreeBorn

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Simple And Efficient Woodsplitting
« on: December 04, 2011, 12:05:52 PM »
YouTube find. As one of the comments points out it is very simply constructed, uses no fuel and is a breeze to operate. Five stars award for working smarter, not harder.  :II:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD0cp3g6O78[/youtube]
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Re: Simple And Efficient Woodsplitting
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2011, 12:09:09 PM »
Cool.  Does it say where he got that enormous wedge from?  The rest looks like angle iron and car parts.
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Re: Simple And Efficient Woodsplitting
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2011, 04:56:39 PM »
It'd be interesting to see how that works with Walnut, Almond or any wood without a straight grain.

Green Walnut is a PITA. Almond ain't much better.

« Last Edit: December 27, 2011, 04:59:41 PM by Wineslob »
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Re: Simple And Efficient Woodsplitting
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2011, 05:45:16 PM »
Quote from: Wineslob on December 27, 2011, 04:56:39 PM
It'd be interesting to see how that works with Walnut, Almond or any wood without a straight grain.

Green Walnut is a PITA. Almond ain't much better.



Walnut ain't nothing. Try splitting sweetgum or elm..... :lmao:
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Re: Simple And Efficient Woodsplitting
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2012, 04:25:52 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on December 27, 2011, 05:45:16 PM
Walnut ain't nothing. Try splitting sweetgum or elm..... :lmao:

Not unless you're trying to split......wait for it............ crotchwood.    :-) (paging Gina!)


I had a neighbor from across the street come over with one of those hand splitters (super splitter?), looks like a pie wedge and is heavy as hell, thinking he could just "one shot" the stuff and it would split. Damn thing just bounced off the walnut.   :rofl:
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Re: Simple And Efficient Woodsplitting
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2012, 04:43:40 PM »
Quote from: Wineslob on January 11, 2012, 04:25:52 PM
Not unless you're trying to split......wait for it............ crotchwood.    :-) (paging Gina!)


I had a neighbor from across the street come over with one of those hand splitters (super splitter?), looks like a pie wedge and is heavy as hell, thinking he could just "one shot" the stuff and it would split. Damn thing just bounced off the walnut.   :rofl:

Never tried splitting walnut for fire wood....I usually saw it on the sawmill and save it...especially the crotch cuts.
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Re: Simple And Efficient Woodsplitting
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2012, 05:27:54 PM »
Whenever I've needed to split wood - which granted is quite rare - I've just used a chainsaw.
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Re: Simple And Efficient Woodsplitting
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2012, 05:33:55 PM »
Quote from: LC EFA on January 11, 2012, 05:27:54 PM
Whenever I've needed to split wood - which granted is quite rare - I've just used a chainsaw.
Carbon nazi !!!  :hammer:
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Re: Simple And Efficient Woodsplitting
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Re: Simple And Efficient Woodsplitting
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2012, 09:50:53 AM »
Quote from: chris_ on December 04, 2011, 12:09:09 PM
Cool.  Does it say where he got that enormous wedge from?  The rest looks like angle iron and car parts.

To me, it looks like the head of a splitting axe, that was just welded on.

What I'm curious though, is just what sort of weight rating is that spring and how heavy is that ballast weight!
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Re: Simple And Efficient Woodsplitting
« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2012, 10:42:13 AM »
placement of the left thumb is critical!
beware of OSHA :panic:
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