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Re: Firewood Splitting Simulator

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Post by mauvehaus »

bee_rider wrote: post #44
delichon wrote: post #23

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I have a lot of splitting to do right now, and you're welcome to it. I'll only charge a low nominal fee. But let me know before September, because that's when I usually go rent a hydraulic splitter from the local hardware store. Then I spend a very long day splitting so that I can return it the next day. I've spent a lot of time splitting with a big maul, but for me it's harder that it looks. I've broken two mauls by…

If the hydraulic splitter could be electric, so it would not be so loud, I could see that task being meditative. Preferably if the rounds could on a raised platform, so they could just be rolled onto the thing. Next request, the wood could stack itself somehow.

Vertical splitters are better since the splitter comes down to ground level where your rounds already are. Much less lifting.

I'm not super quick with a maul, but I can pretty easily keep up with the hydraulic splitter I've used. The hydraulic splitter is nice for the ones that have really gnarly, interlocked grain.

Re: Firewood Splitting Simulator

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Post by lstodd »

aqrit wrote: post #111
embedding-shape wrote: post #88

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> I had to ruin one perfectly good axe handle before I learned how to swing. Is it really that difficult? Maybe my memory is vague, but chopping wood in autumn/fall for the winter just took a bunch of time, and wasn't very fun, but wasn't that bad, especially compared to other things like harvesting veggies stuff where you have to be on the ground. I'm not sure how you'd manage to ruin a axe handle before understandi…

>Is it really that difficult? Fiberglass handles are now standard on splitting mauls (for this reason). Rotten hearts, or driving wedges. It is easy to miss a swing by an inch or two when fatigued. Edit: I also broke my first axe handle. The sibling comments here are wild.

Yeah, tell me about fiberglass. It slips out too. And that was Fiskars, not some noname crap.

When it does, you put it back and hammer some big screws and nails into it, this way it holds some more time.

Re: Firewood Splitting Simulator

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Post by mauvehaus »

CWuestefeld wrote: post #132

If you like this, then try playing Red Dead Redemption 2 . While just a tiny part of the game, you improve your relationship with the rest of the gang by doing chores like splitting wood, and also carrying hay to feed the horses.

Red Dead Redemption 2? The birding simulator also has firewood splitting and horse feeding simulators?

https://www.audubon.org/magazine/birding-its-1899-inside-blo...

Re: Firewood Splitting Simulator

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Post by david422 »

embedding-shape wrote: post #88
Daub wrote: post #78

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Experienced wood splitter here. All your points are valid. I had to ruin one perfectly good axe handle before I learned how to swing. However, the sim is still a lot of fun.

> I had to ruin one perfectly good axe handle before I learned how to swing. Is it really that difficult? Maybe my memory is vague, but chopping wood in autumn/fall for the winter just took a bunch of time, and wasn't very fun, but wasn't that bad, especially compared to other things like harvesting veggies stuff where you have to be on the ground. I'm not sure how you'd manage to ruin a axe handle before understandi…

Depends on the wood. Perfectly dry, seasoned hardwood is going to be easy. Wood with knots, soft wood etc. is going to take a while to figure out.

Re: Firewood Splitting Simulator

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Post by BrenBarn »

This is oddly satisfying. Only weird part is it seems to split whichever piece I click, even if it's behind another piece or in between two other pieces, where it would be difficult or impossible to hit just that one piece and not the others around it.

Re: Firewood Splitting Simulator

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Post by kmoser »

nutjob2 wrote: post #137
CamouflagedKiwi wrote: post #112

This is kinda fun, but doesn't match most of my experience splitting firewood. The wood barely moves after it's split. If you split it perfectly, the two halves will almost certainly both fall to each side (they're pushed outwards by the axe). You can't just randomly split it across the grain into slices like you're slicing bread. I guess mostly: it's not tiring, which sort of sucks when you're doing it for real, but…

> This is kinda fun, but doesn't match most of my experience splitting firewood. Neither mine, I have a machine that does it for me. Much safer and efficient.

I find it much easier to use AI to vibesplit my firewood. Sure, it costs me lots of money to buy axe tokens, and sometimes all I end up with is a useless pile of splinters or sawdust, but it's the way of the future; just imagine how efficient it'll be when the tech has matured?

Re: Firewood Splitting Simulator

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Post by CyLith »

CamouflagedKiwi wrote: post #112

This is kinda fun, but doesn't match most of my experience splitting firewood. The wood barely moves after it's split. If you split it perfectly, the two halves will almost certainly both fall to each side (they're pushed outwards by the axe). You can't just randomly split it across the grain into slices like you're slicing bread. I guess mostly: it's not tiring, which sort of sucks when you're doing it for real, but…

You missed the best part: analyzing what to do around knots. There's a skill and artistry to it. Those who are good at it make it look absolutely effortless: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsIFvStf9Oz99GMitW4vD_g
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