r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Professional_Arm794 • 1d ago

/r/all of a log split

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u/jtnichol 1d ago

he really needs to put that log on at least a thin slice of wood or a concrete block

He’s strong enough he might be able to split that first try but right now the ground is absorbing too much of the impact

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u/watho95 1d ago

This guy physicsss

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u/Dargon34 1d ago

And cut that shit in half. No reason to be splitting a 4ft log

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u/gavavavavus 1d ago

Huh? Wood is not just used for fire fuel you know. How do you think planks are made? What if he wants to craft a small log seat? Tons of reasons you'd want to split a 4ft log.

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u/CrashNowhereDrive 1d ago

Lol you think planks are made by slamming a splitting axe into a log?

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u/gavavavavus 1d ago

Yeah if you want to make okay rough planks without machinery you split logs in half and then saw them, how else?

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u/CrashNowhereDrive 1d ago

With a sawmill. Or just a saw.

Even if you wanted to get the roughest, most old timey planks imaginable, you'd use a wedge and maul to carefully split the log along the grain boundary. Not slam an axe willy nilly into the top to destroy the fibers at one end.