Chopping Wood—New Design...

ApS · 05-24-2014, 05:24 AM

I understand they're expensive...BUT—

'Wish I had one years ago!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBsNxfB9ZCM

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uOBjiWFgI8

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

dpg · 05-27-2014, 06:18 AM

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?

RLW · 05-27-2014, 07:40 AM

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.

wifi · 05-27-2014, 05:41 PM

Looks to do a job on your wrist

Dave R · 05-29-2014, 04:42 PM

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.

Pineedles · 05-29-2014, 06:21 PM

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

Winnilifer · 05-30-2014, 09:39 AM

Think I'll stay with this for the same money

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

patman · 05-30-2014, 10:17 AM

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

Chopper 1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A25i0lUca8s

rsmlp · 05-30-2014, 11:42 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95Z2UXEFUIw

SIKSUKR · 06-03-2014, 01:50 PM

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

ApS · 06-13-2014, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Pineedles

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

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 !

After about a ½-hour, I'd managed to split one piece with the aid of a maul and sledgehammer.

DickR · 06-13-2014, 11:10 AM

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.

ApS · 01-09-2016, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave R

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?

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dpg · 01-12-2016, 07:17 AM

ApS: Now that's cool!!!

Phantom · 01-12-2016, 09:31 AM

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

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Puck · 01-12-2016, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Phantom

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.

jbolty · 01-12-2016, 01:48 PM

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

05-24-2014, 05:24 AM	#1
ApS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro Posts: 5,788 Thanks: 2,085 Thanked 742 Times in 532 Posts	Chopping Wood—New Design... I understand they're expensive...BUT— 'Wish I had one years ago! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBsNxfB9ZCM Video below shows the girls can chop wood. (In Finland, where the design originated). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uOBjiWFgI8 Great idea for an old, and very wide, tire.

05-27-2014, 07:40 AM	#3
RLW Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Alton Bay on the mountain by a lake Posts: 2,023 Thanks: 563 Thanked 444 Times in 311 Posts	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. __________________ There is nothing better than living on Alton Mountain & our grand kids visits.

05-30-2014, 09:39 AM	#7
Winnilifer Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Tyngsborough, Ma & Laconia, NH Posts: 53 Thanks: 14 Thanked 19 Times in 17 Posts	splitter Think I'll stay with this for the same money http://www.homelite.com/catalog/chore_tools/UT49103

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rsmlp Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 462 Thanks: 5 Thanked 160 Times in 81 Posts	check this out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95Z2UXEFUIw

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05-27-2014, 06:18 AM	#2
dpg Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,560 Thanks: 149 Thanked 229 Times in 166 Posts	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?

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05-29-2014, 04:42 PM	#5
Dave R Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,974 Thanks: 246 Thanked 736 Times in 438 Posts	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.

05-29-2014, 06:21 PM	#6
Pineedles Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Moultonborough & CT Posts: 2,535 Thanks: 1,059 Thanked 652 Times in 363 Posts	It appears that all the rounds are birch. I'll split birch all day, over pine or oak, etc.

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patman Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: NH Posts: 374 Thanks: 56 Thanked 152 Times in 76 Posts	I've got one of these...works pretty slick... Chopper 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A25i0lUca8s

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06-13-2014, 11:10 AM	#12
DickR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 735 Thanks: 4 Thanked 254 Times in 166 Posts	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.

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dpg Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,560 Thanks: 149 Thanked 229 Times in 166 Posts	ApS: Now that's cool!!!

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jbolty Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 653 Thanks: 312 Thanked 244 Times in 143 Posts	Good times using a sledge and about 6 wedges trying to get and ax head unstuck from a hunk of oak.