This was tough wood particularly at the edge for some reason, and I have good aim, especially with that axe. This short sequence is being analysed to death. The same day I spent three hours splitting wood. In fact, I have no particular memory of working this block. Anyway, thanks for watching.
Forget the mallet. Get a lighter (splitting) axe and attack the sides in stead. Twice as fast, half as hard. And I know; on 2019 I handsplit 10-12 cords over the summer.
@@michaelkearney5562 I don't care that much. I have a wood stove and have split plenty of wood. Like I stated, you chose to share the video: you open yourself up to the internet trolls. Peace.
Once it cracks dial back the power to 20% and let the weight of the splitter do the work. You'll save so much energy. Great aim though, you hit the centre line every time.
Those were some good bounces, and yeah can remember that from a time well passed for me now. Still feel my mouth tense up just thinking about wood splitting. Especially after my dad refused a power splitter because "hand splitting builds character". Built blisters and a lot of grudge at the time. There was also a lot of not good natured picking at about 'building muscles and not being fat.' the man also reminded of at every opportunity.
Yes 100% agree, he's flogging a dead horse with that method, been there done this 1000 times all he had to do is turn the log over and would have split that on the 3 or 4 hit also I'd never use a splitter like that, a thinner less heavy one
Here, the outer grain spirals around the trunk which makes it difficult to split on the outside. I do understand what you’re saying. If I can recall I had got a little crack going before I came back to the outer edge. Thanks for the comment.
If you use a dulled hatchet and a three pound sledge you can mark your starting line much quicker and easier 👍 it will get the split started for you just the same and you don't use as much energy. Rounding out the hatchet blade is key, if it's too sharp it will get stuck when you strike it with the sledge.
It might not be obvious because of all the firewood around it but the biggest splitting block that I have ever used is under it--about 4 feet wide at the base. The upright lengths of 2" X 4's are screwed to it.
I'm impressed, Sir. I do this work and, yeah, everybody has his own way of doing it but, regardless, you're going to get those difficult pieces. You stuck with it and you conquered. All the best.
Get a splitter..this and shoveling snow will leave your wife by herself in this world in your later years. The last thing my grandfather ever did was shovel the driveway..
This very hard giant wood. Need very much chop with hammer axe. I chop ususlly big woods everyday. I have Stihl Hammer axe very good axe very easy wood chop work, but very Heavy Weight about 3-4 kilogramm. I have much very old axe made about 1860 very massive I very like. My step used world war 1. I have Stihl 171 and Stihl 880 chainshaw I cut very much wood every years
Kann man so machen, aber nach spätestens 10 solcher Knüppel biste fertig wie ein Lachs. Keil ansetzen und 2 Schläge, hab ich das gleiche Ergebnis......halt nur wesentlich entspannter.🤷♂️
Ich habe die Kettensäge in der Vergangenheit verwendet, und nur bei den schwierigsten Stücken, um eine Kerbe für die Keile und den Vorschlaghammer zu öffnen. Mit zunehmendem Alter werde ich wahrscheinlich öfter zur Kettensäge greifen. Danke fürs zuschauen.
Чтоб топор не отскакивал и полено не подпрыгивало- рубить надо на чурбаке. И чем больше чурбак-тем лучше колет колун. Кто без чурбака колет- у того колун отбирают. Колуном ещë если и по земле засадить и по камню- тогда вообще побить могут за такое.
Хороший совет. Разделочная колода, которую я использую, имеет ширину 121 см. Вертикальные куски бруса, которые вы видите, привинчены к нему. Спасибо за просмотр. Khoroshiy sovet. Razdelochnaya koloda, kotoruyu ya ispol'zuyu, imeyet shirinu 121 sm. Vertikal'nyye kuski brusa, kotoryye vy vidite, privincheny k nemu. Spasibo za prosmotr.
Interesting question! It might not be obvious from the video, but the maul head weighs 11lbs (5kg). When I do a strike I step forward and grasp the handle right next to the maul head so I can lift it easily off the block. If I stayed back in the position that I made the strike from, it would be quite difficult to lift the implement away, and it would put needless pressure on my back. (I have a strong back, but I don't believe in abusing it). The handle is also extra long at 38 1/2"(97.8cm) which is longer than average. Try lifting a 10 or 12lb sledge hammer away from a block that you have struck and you will understand my reasoning.
Gerry: It's 11lbs (5KG). It has done a lot of work for me. What you're seeing is a project where I cut down a big tree a while ago and I'm processing the wood at the moment. I'm about half way through the splitting. I hope to do a big video of it when I have the wood stored away and drying out.
Been there, done.that. Got some road-side wood that had bark that looked like beech. Turned out to be hophornbeam wood. 8-lb. freshly ground splitting maul bounced off over and over again. Eventually, cut a kerf in it with the saw and stuck wedges in and beat the heck out of it. Burns nicely though!
I am told it's a hybrid between poplar and some type of cotton. The wood is quite dense and in places the outer grain spirals which makes for difficult splitting.
@@MDR-hn2yz I have worked on Elm and I know all about it. This is not elm, but the outer grain in places spirals around the trunk similar to Elm which, I think, is the reason why timber like this can be so hard to split. I am told that this tree is a hybrid between Poplar and some type of Cotton tree. It is dense and hard, and I expect to get a lot of firewood from it.. It was four wide at the base where I made the cuts to drop it.
You should aim at the edge of the log not the middle. It broke when you hit the edge. I think it was just hard to aim with THAT axe.But anyway you are a strongman to swing that Axe.
