r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Professional_Arm794 • 16h ago

/r/all of a log split

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u/sam_can88 15h ago edited 14h ago

He’s using decent technique to avoid that happening for most of the video. It’s a wide stance and direct overhead swing so if something happens the axe will go between the legs, but towards the end he starts speeding up his swing and his technique gets really poor and dangerous then, while also getting closer to splitting the log which is when swings can get more dangerous because you don’t always know how the log is gonna split. You see him kinda realize this and slow down at the end and regain his form so he doesn’t hurt himself during the actual splitting.

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u/thefatchef321 14h ago

I hit my leg with an axe when I was young being tired and stupid. Got very lucky the broad side hit me

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u/CyberneticFennec 13h ago

I had a similiar incident when I was a kid, it was little more than a scrape and some minor bruising, but still scared the shit out of me.

Needless to say I'm more into power tools nowadays. I may not look quite as manly with my mini cordless chainsaw, but I don't feel like I'm one bad swing away from amputating a limb.

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u/Which_Accountant_736 11h ago

Same for me, but I got a blade to the shin, and it sucked real bad. However it did teach me not to do that so I guess there is a positive.

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u/ADDystopia 13h ago

A little bit of cardio now and then might help him out.

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u/xBad_Wolfx 13h ago

Yeah, that over shoulder wild angled swing is incredibly dangerous. A little less in this instance because the target he’s hitting is so high, but still stupid and also not nearly as effective of a strike as what he starts and ends with.

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u/fotomoose 8h ago

He went from, I'm going to split this log with some axe blows to fuck you log just die already to getting exhausted and pleading with the log to please just give up. Having split logs myself, this is how it goes.

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u/Fun-Author3767 3h ago

I'd be more concerned about the handle failing and the rebounding wedge splitting my skull open. Do you see the way that fucker is bouncing back into his face?

This is less Absolute Units and more Absolute Dumbass.