i managed to get 8 pieces standing on the log, without any of them falling off.
Firewood Splitting Simulator
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#243This 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…
There's a surprising amount of technique and knowledge that goes into splitting firewood. It isn't rocket science, but I know a 75 year old who can chop wood faster than any young guy who works out at the gym.
It takes understanding rotation and momentum to do right. Also different to bet chops in different ways.
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#244very cool
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#245It seems they chose the Fiskars Axe, good choice I own five of them.
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#246Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's a surprising amount of technique and knowledge that goes into splitting firewood. It isn't rocket science, but I know a 75 year old who can chop wood faster than any young guy who works out at the gym.
I had to take down two absolutely enormous Douglas Fir trees on my property (> 36" base), and asked them to leave the wood rounds for me. I knew it was going to be a lot of wood, but even then, I was not prepared. I spent about a fair bit of my free time over the next 1-2 months just out there slowly working my way through the pile, and you're absolutely right - you get substantially better at it. For me, it looked s…
You can also score the ends of the rounds with your saw about an inch deep, laid out radially like you're cutting a pizza, then work your wedges in.
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#247Add beers and drunkenness , and a scene where you miss the log and bury the maul into your leg.
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#248This 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…
Use a nice large maul. Will go through most wood like a butter knife. I stupidly used a axe for a long time.
TIL about existence of (non-game like) mauls and that they might be used for splitting firewood.
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#249This is fun. I checked other screen toys by the author, but sadly they aren't as amusing as this one.
The animated gif on the bottom of the list though :D
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#250Earlier quoted context omitted.
A 12 year old can indeed acquire that skill, but that doesn't mean any adult can do it.
Some adults indeed can't do it, but that doesn't mean it's difficult. And it is certainly not "wear out a whole axe handle just to learn to swing" difficult.
There's a huge difference between say, weilding a hatchet on a camping trip, and trying to get the hang of a splitting axe, with a 3ft or longer handle, when you're a kid. Getting a long, sweeping arc that comes down in the right spot isn't easy and if the axe head's centrifugal force pulls it away from you, you clunk the handle down on the wood. I definitely recall my hands ringing and numb from those kinds of impact. I don't remember ruining a handle, but if it had been my chore, I think I could've come close.