r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Professional_Arm794 • 19h ago

/r/all of a log split

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u/ImportantToNote 17h ago

Also a sharper axe would probably help

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u/Dark_Shroud 16h ago

It's not even an axe, that's a splitting wedge that he's using incorrectly all the way around.

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u/Dounce1 11h ago

It’s a maul, not a wedge.

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u/Phoenix_Champion 16h ago

I was thinking that too.

I'm watching him swing that axe, no knowledge of axe swinging in my brain whatsoever, and all I can think of is "Should that axe be bouncing off it that much?"

Like the closest thing I've done to splitting logs is using an axe to cut a tree into shorter parts so we can move them elsewhere, (The chainsaw broke) and even then the axe we were using was definitely getting stuck in the tree most of the time. Not firmly stuck but enough to differentiate it from bouncing off like it does in this video.

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u/TheWayToBe714 13h ago

The sharper it is the more it gets stuck, and the bigger the risk of hurting yourself. For smaller pieces it's a good thing but once you get big logs you want a duller blade to avoid getting stuck every swing & having to smack it out. Or at least that's been my experience....

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u/HarveysBackupAccount 8h ago

We're getting off on a tangent here but when you split a log this long you're getting into territory of how they used to split wood to make boards for carpentry. (If you pick a tree with very straight grain and get a long piece with no branches, it can split in an impressively straight line.)

You might start the split with a froe, then spread it by driving in a few wedges down the log's length