I need an axe.

[Mtn.man]

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Hire a High School student that needs tha $$$$

[Sixgun]

Yeah, but can you splite a black oak, I never could.

[Dr_Fwd]

To OP - google this - Fiskars 78535984 23 in SPLITING Axe BK/OR 4

the price seems right.

ETA: HERE

[gnihcraes]

Council Tool - saw a tv show on them, american made, firefighters and such use their axes, supposed to be good stuff.
http://www.counciltool.com/index.asp

got a neighbor who got tired of chopping wood and purchased a small electric wood spliter, portable, light weight works really really well. Don't know the brand, but they are available from many places...

kc.

[Irving]

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Hire a High School student that needs tha $$$$

If I had even a few cents of extra money, I'd just spend the $80 on a cord of wood at the place down the street from me.

Oh yeah, and after about 5 minutes worth of swinging, the stupid head is about to fall off, just like I suspected. This is exactly the reason I didn't want one with a wooden handle.

I'm going to take it over to my grand father's house tomorrow to sharpen it, maybe I'll be able to drill a hole through the head and weld in a steel pin or something.


EDIT: Thanks for the links fellas!

[B2crawler]

Just split 2 cords of wood last week. Bought a new fiberglass handle splitting maul that weighs 8 pounds. Wish it would have been even heavier. When you get tired nothing sucks worse than sticking deep into wood without splitting it. Then trying to get the maul out of the wood for the next swing. No way would I want to split wood with a regular axe. Actually just rent hydrolic wood splitter would be my suggestion after being two cords wiser now.

[DOC]

If you are going to split wood you will find out that bigger peice like logs need more than just an ax to cut it. You should get a big ax with a big blunt edge on it and then get another one just like it(or a sludge hammer) then when you try to slit a log and the ax gets stuck in the wood you just hit the blunt end with the other ax or hammer and it will split it no problem. This is just from my own experience and it works but your results may very. A friend to hold the ax or hit with the hammer helps a lot.

[Irving]

Here, I was able to do this today (thanks for the wood opie!)



Most of it was dry and easy, one or two pieces were really wet though. One piece actually squirted me in the face when I hit it, like I was smashing watermelons with a sludge hammer.

Anyway, I know an electric splitter would be easier, but part of the reason I want to do it this way is because of any potential work out. Not to mention that I don't have money; so buying more tools is out of the question. I did notice that for the most part, splitting is super easy and I don't even break a sweat unless I get a real wet log that I have to wrestle with.

[DOC]

Good job.

[jackmode9316]

I just smash my wood with a sledgehammer