• The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
    Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
    Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.

  • Today marks the 24th anniversary of 9/11. I pray that this nation does not forget the loss of lives from this horrible event. Yesterday conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was murdered, and I worry about what is to come. Please love one another and your family in these trying times - Spark

Check this out!

jasonp

jasonp

Joined
Oct 7, 2002
Messages
1,213
Dang nerds think of everything. lol...brilliant.
http://www.geek.com/news/physics-exploiting-axe-splits-wood-in-record-time-1591725/
Vipukirves-590x330.jpg

JP
 
Someone posted a vid of this in action a couple weeks ago?..... I'll try and find it. Interesting for sure!
 
I don't known the first thing about an ax.....but that looks amazing. Would like to see what the guys here "in the know" have to say
 
There's already been a few threads on l it. My take, as a guy who splits a lot of firewood, is that if you're splitting a lot of the same (relatively knot free), straight grained large rounds it's a good buy. I'd like to see some tests with hardwoods and stuff with kinkier grain. I usually end up with smaller stuff that needs only one split so I'm not gonna bite on this one.
 
The big question of its worth is whether or not it stacks up well against a splitting axe or maul on woods as common as mildly knotty pine and stringy red oak.
 
What do you ax guys think about this product so far? Again.....I know nothing about an ax but to me this seems pretty impressive. The way it is shown in the video.....is this common performance for an ax? Maybe I'm being wowed a little easy here. I just don't have anything to compare it too
 
With the right technique, splitting not-so-straight-grained firewood with an ordinary double-bit axe (and you don't have to lift up the round and put it in a tire, nor do you have to spend over $200 on the tool):

[video=youtube_share;7NfCAk4Mj6E]http://youtu.be/7NfCAk4Mj6E[/video]
 
I wonder how many of these things they've actually sold? All it is is 'splitting with the twist', which is as old as the hills. It does take practice and accuracy, though.

I think I'll just stick with a normal splitting axe and maul on occasion. much cheaper than the $280 that thing is gonna cost.
 
I guess it is this Geek.com article. That must be a popular site. I wouldn't have thought such a product would make a big splash among "geeks."
 
Hipsters, man. They see a nerdy take on something so masculine and they can't hold back their enthusiasm.
 
jpeeler said:
Hipsters, man. They see a nerdy take on something so masculine and they can't hold back their enthusiasm.
Click to expand...

Oh, man! That's funny.

Personally, I'd like to try this splitter:
[video=youtube;N1HZztie5ac]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1HZztie5ac[/video]
 
jpeeler said:
Hipsters, man. They see a nerdy take on something so masculine and they can't hold back their enthusiasm.
Click to expand...
Hey, this age-old business of twisting your wrist upon contact is not as easy as it looks. I have never got good at it (the wiry old Depression-era guy I watched doing this with practiced ease using only a 'boy's axe' would now be well over 100 years old) enough to dispense with the steel wedge and a sledge (and/or heavy axe) that resides in my inventory of wood splitters.
 
I've tried it, but not nearly long enough to master it. I don't like the way you have to let the axe roll in your hand- feels like I'm loosing too much control. Got a lot of respect for the people that can though, Geez.
 
M3mphis said:
Oh, man! That's funny.

Personally, I'd like to try this splitter:
[video=youtube;N1HZztie5ac]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1HZztie5ac[/video]
Click to expand...

I've seen that clip before and I agree. I've seen variations on the concept as well. :)
 
M3mphis said:
Oh, man! That's funny.

Personally, I'd like to try this splitter:
[video=youtube;N1HZztie5ac]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1HZztie5ac[/video]
Click to expand...

David Tresemer tested 10 methods for splitting firewood in his book "Splitting Firewood", and this method (big conical "screw" mounted on a car wheel) was the slowest method for him (not counting the additional setup, takedown, and helper times). Here's a quote from the book:

As the cone turns on the rear hub of my truck, its
point screws into the side of a log. The wood, kept from spinning
by a bar or other billets on the ground, is wrenched open by the
larger diameter of the base of the cone. The two pieces of wood
must then be picked off the turning screw and thrown to the side.
When splitting from the top of a billet, the wood cleaves in a
path of least resistance.Since the screw enters at the side, the
wood has no choice about where it will give, and is bullied into a
split. However, the wood shows its displeasure by holding the
two split pieces together with several pliable but strong wood
fibers. The two pieces must be torn apart by hand to make way
for the next piece.

It took over one hour to split my fifth of a cord. Since I
required the help of another person to work the gas pedal while I
toted wood, this really comes to over two hours of labor, bend-
ing over and breathing exhaust the entire time. Toward the end,
a billet suddenly shifted off the log supports, spun around with
the rotating screw, was thrown to the side, and bruised my arm, a
hazard of working closely to the power of my truck.

quoted from
Splitting Firewood, by David Ward Tresemer
By Hand & Foot, Ltd., 1981
 
trailmaker said:
A Leveraxe was passed around among the Arboristsite members. Plenty of reviews in a thread there.
http://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/leveraxe.46925/
Click to expand...

Man--the guy doing the marketing is kind of insufferable to read. Maybe it's just the language barrier at work or something, but his insistence that the Lever Axe works better on all kinds of wood is preposterous, and his condescending remarks about people simply not understanding the tool are a bit hard to swallow when the points being raised are simply that it's a tool that operates as intended if used within its intended range of function and not outside of it. I can accept that it's a very good tool for use in fairly clear wood and/or for splitting lots of smaller pieces quickly and easily, but he would probably find better reception if he embraced the tool's specialized function rather than trying to defend its performance when used outside its intended range of use.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top