corwise
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Last year's big ice storm in OKC brought down several of my trees. I used a chain saw to cut them into foot long chucks, and have had some stacked seasoning all year. I finally got around to buying a full sized axe to split them with, my fireplace is pretty small unfortunately and I can't stick a 8in log in there. However, what the heck am I doing?
I figured it'd be pretty straight forward, hit the flat spot of the log (lengthwise of course) a few times, axe goes in, wood splits. Unfortunately, not quite working that way. Of course, I usually don't hit the same spot every time, or I've carved out the entire middle and still haven't "split" the wood into anything useful for the fireplace.
Most of my wood is oak or hickory, nice hard wood. I also have some willow pieces at least a foot wide, and I'm just getting nowhere with those. The oak and hickory takes a long time, but at least it usually splits eventually. Any thoughts and/or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
Dave
I figured it'd be pretty straight forward, hit the flat spot of the log (lengthwise of course) a few times, axe goes in, wood splits. Unfortunately, not quite working that way. Of course, I usually don't hit the same spot every time, or I've carved out the entire middle and still haven't "split" the wood into anything useful for the fireplace.
Most of my wood is oak or hickory, nice hard wood. I also have some willow pieces at least a foot wide, and I'm just getting nowhere with those. The oak and hickory takes a long time, but at least it usually splits eventually. Any thoughts and/or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
Dave