Splitting Firewood.
Here is a story I wrote up about my firewood splitting experience. I was splitting the wood to go camping with so, I believe this makes the story camping related. Before anybody points out that you ar...
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I think my sledge is 8 pound and my Maul is 12 (it is part sledge part axe).. I have a straight wedge and a pointed wedge.. I have had some hunks of wood that flat did not want to split with the straight wedge so when that happens I did out Golden Boy (The pointed wedge has, or rather had, a gold finish)
I set the point on top of what looked like a good spot.. Gave it a couple of gentle taps to set it, oh, perhaps a quarter to half inch into the log, Stepped back and took a good "Manley" swing of the 8 pounder.. It went in much farther.
I took another wack and the point of the wedge was lodged in the dirt UNDER the freshly split log.
IF you are going to split a lot of wood.. Get a pointed wedge.
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Harbor Freight
Gemplers
Do look at this one
On the last link, if your wedge is "Mushroomed" like the one on the bottom you need to have a machinest grind it back to the way the top one looks.. A mushroomed wedge or chisel is dangerous.
I set the point on top of what looked like a good spot.. Gave it a couple of gentle taps to set it, oh, perhaps a quarter to half inch into the log, Stepped back and took a good "Manley" swing of the 8 pounder.. It went in much farther.
I took another wack and the point of the wedge was lodged in the dirt UNDER the freshly split log.
IF you are going to split a lot of wood.. Get a pointed wedge.
The following links work best with Firefox browser
Harbor Freight
Gemplers
Do look at this one
On the last link, if your wedge is "Mushroomed" like the one on the bottom you need to have a machinest grind it back to the way the top one looks.. A mushroomed wedge or chisel is dangerous.
