Is this the hardest way to make a chair?

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Just two guys in a garage in the rain splitting a log.
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0:00 Intro
1:08 Scoring
3:27 Starting the Split
11:20 Gluts
15:18 Working from the Other Side
17:10 Kaboom
18:43 Quartering
22:45 Eighthsing
27:58 Extracting Pieces
32:05 Riving Brake
35:31 Outro
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@RichWoods23 2 ай бұрын

The branch stub enclosed by new growth reminded me of a story I was told a couple of decades ago by an old fella who'd worked at a lumber yard when he left school, in the second half of the 1940s. It was his first week on the job and he was still learning what was where rather than being trusted on how to do anything. They had a big band saw that was used to saw trunks and thick branches into boards, a steam-powered monstrosity with chains and cogs and leather belts driving the wheels that turned a 30-foot spring-steel saw blade so fast that it cut through three feet of Baltic pine like cheese. In the middle of a cut all hell broke loose: the saw band snapped and flailed off its wheels, throwing broken teeth into the side of the building and slashing through the main drive belt. The thick, heavy leather whipped out and brought down a wooden column supporting the colonnade roof, showering tiles everywhere. The steam engine ran into overdrive, no longer having any resistance to fight against, and started venting at high pressure. Everyone dived for cover. It was chaos. They were lucky no-one was hit by the saw or the drive belt, and nor was anyone hit by the pine splinters or badly hurt by the falling tiles. Once the steam engine had been shut down it was safe to go back in, and they tried to work out what had happened. Eventually someone found an odd rock amongst all the mess, a palm-sized disc of flint half-embedded in heartwood. The foreman reckoned that the saw blade had hit it, that the flint had sheared off the teeth and propagated a crack along a micro-fracture in the blade. It seemed that the most likely way that the flint had got there was if some kids at least fifty years ago had been throwing stones at a tree and the comparatively narrow and sharp piece of flint had got stuck in the bark. No doubt the kids would have been impressed!

@RexKrueger 2 ай бұрын

I've been making videos for 7 years and that is, hands- down, the BEST comment I've ever read. You win.

@RichWoods23 2 ай бұрын

@@RexKrueger Thanks, but if there's a prize it should go to the old fella. I only met him because my dad was buying a lathe off him, so I and his son had the joy of lugging a 150lb iron frame up the slope from the car on the road, all the way through the garden, and down to my dad's shed. After Dad died my brother moved the lathe to his workshop; I never asked how many people he roped in for that, but I hope it was a lot.

@ericwilliams1659 2 ай бұрын

It is always those meddling kids.

@mrinkswitch 2 ай бұрын

Rare moment of internet sincerity, but honestly kind of wholesome to see two dudes bonding over a shared hobby.

@LittleGreyWolfForge 2 ай бұрын

Rex has hair lice

@m007mm 2 ай бұрын

Let's spank some wood...

@xXjOmAmMaXx 2 ай бұрын

seems like it was already a chair at the start 🤣

@BeingMyself__ 2 ай бұрын

Its more of a Bench idk if its everywhere but in my country we have places where just logs or split logs are used as a bench

@shermanhofacker4428 2 ай бұрын

Red oak is one of the easiest woods to split and one that has minimal "wild" grain.

@joshuaizly5502 2 ай бұрын

@@BeingMyself__ those are truly the best benches around here

@orbitalair2103 2 ай бұрын

Its all about the finesse, isnt it? the wife doesnt want 4 logs at the dinner table.

@perryjones207 2 ай бұрын

Rolling chair

@aaronwarner2762 2 ай бұрын

You nailed it. Do it with a like minded friend. Make it fun. Loved seeing you two (no offense intended here ) nerd out on woodworking. Can't wait to see the rest of the videos. Neat format. Good job having the guts to change things up. Hope viewership keeps up!

@timothysnave 2 ай бұрын

I've always wondered why "they don't make them like they used to" - part of it seems to be that we simply have easier ways now, but it also seems very much like each individual component is going to be stronger when the logs are split like this, taking the entire fibers rather than cutting them to force a perfectly straight board. Really cool to see. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.

@Jpdentz 2 ай бұрын

I split out a red oak log a year or so ago and I feel much better about myself after watchiong you 2 fellas. I bounced the wedges out more times than I can count.

@brett76544 2 ай бұрын

my grandfather had me make a chair out of a log about45 years ago. Now all my nieces and nephews and kids are too old for it now, it is waiting on grandkids. It is a rocking chair with arms.

@johnosullivan675 2 ай бұрын

Crocs are fine if you wear safety socks with them.

@randomeddie185 2 ай бұрын

Putting the crocs in sport mode is also important.

@badstate 2 ай бұрын

Fun episode. Reminds me of Woodwright's Shop when Roy had guests on.

@c.taylorharris7881 2 ай бұрын

Definitely the millennial version of Roy😂 And I love it

@karstenjacobson1725 2 ай бұрын

I am an engineer. The reason the score works is because the introduction of a crack creates a stress concentration at that location. Thus, less force will cause the crack to grow in that location as opposed to a location further away. This allows the crack to propogate through the material.

@woody442 2 ай бұрын

Fun fact, a little scratch in any material of whatever’s thickness makes it weaker, than intact material with respectively less cross section in the first place.

@BIGREDDOG09 2 ай бұрын

just like a sidewalk

@borjesvensson8661 2 ай бұрын

Exactly how i have been told it. Also why you start to split from both ends and score the entire longside if you try to split straight boards from twisted logs like we did when i helped build a forest-sami hut from 3 metre pine logs

@hdwoodshop 2 ай бұрын

That’s exactly how a glass cutter works.

@briananderson4552 2 ай бұрын

As an arborist it helps but it won't cut fibers if it did not grow straight wood is just a bundle of really small straws thats why you can split it, your just separating the fibers (straws)

@windhelmguard5295 2 ай бұрын

one thing that is just as important as eye protection is ear protection, steel hammer on steel wedge gets super loud.

@jimbucket2996 2 ай бұрын

There are advantages to being hearing impaired.

@woody442 2 ай бұрын

If the wedge is mild steel (what it appears to be) it’s not that bad like a ringing anvil for example.

@Sam-th4jl 2 ай бұрын

@@jimbucket2996 just because you dont percieve a sound to be as loud doesn't make it less damaging to your ears

@TomJavery 2 ай бұрын

I did this a couple of times and it left my ears ringing for days until I smartened up.

@noswad8317 2 ай бұрын

@@woody442a ringing anvil also causes hearing damage

@JustinBania 2 ай бұрын

"We are taking turns... because we are old." Resonated straight to my core...

@stephenlines9431 2 ай бұрын

Rex, that was awesome! I was blessed with two Sycamore and two English Maple logs from a friend's garden a while back, and had to teach myself to do what you guys have just done. Got some of it right, some of it wrong, but ended up with some beautiful timber that I could never have afforded to buy (mostly quarter-sawn - after cleaving, I ran it over my tiny DIY surface planer to get one flat face, then in the tiny table saw to get a right angle etc, etc, etc... Have since been given two 6" x 6" red oak gate posts which a friend thought I might like and save him taking them to the tip ?!?! Learning to split/cleave wood opens up a whole new world of timber sourcing, and if you tell people about your trials and tribulations, you may get lucky with gifts of really good timber that most people would view as rubbish (trash on your side of the Great Pond). Keep it coming; you're a star who knows REAL stars - people who know genuinely useful stuff and are generous enough to share it for free. Life is sweet when we get it right, thanks!

@briananderson4552 2 ай бұрын

Your the man if you got sycamore of any real size to split straight 👍

@LittleGreyWolfForge 2 ай бұрын

English maple is purty

@bonserk 2 ай бұрын

It's always nice to have an acountabilabuddy.

@karlnewman2829 2 ай бұрын

I like to stand short logs like that up on end. I think it's easier to pound on the wedges and gluts that way.

@adloney 2 ай бұрын

It’s good seeing you make more videos like this. This video format feels more like a paid for class then a normal video. I am enjoying the deep dive and step by step process.

@jdscally 2 ай бұрын

"No part of me in the way" is great advice. Back in the 60's my eldest brother was splitting wood using an axe from a friend who was a lumberjack. The axe was extremely sharp and my brother glanced the axe off a knot and through the toe of his boot cutting off his great left toe.

@jameshuggins4300 2 ай бұрын

Shout out to my man working in Crocs!😅😅😅 Thats a man after my own heart .

@jonnyramsden1161 2 ай бұрын

I love this kind of woodwork! so satisfying to make things out of a tree. We had a few big trees cut down recently near the house and kept the logs and diyed a tent for our wedding out of a parachute, me and a mate made a load of hefty stakes for the guy lines by splitting some metre long logs repeatedly and then shaping with axe/draw knife. Also used the same technique for making fence posts and whilst a bit time consuming it's super fast compared to using a rip saw. One thing I learned is exactly what you were saying about froes not being useful until the stock is relatively thin - I kept on breaking the handle and then when I made one from a strong handle actually bent the froe blade a couple of times until I learnt my lesson. Once you're down to a size you can work with them though they're a great tool. Unusual riving brake you had there, I think the advantage of the traditional ones where you insert the work piece parallel to the floor and have the jaws attached to some hefty posts knocked into the ground is you can use your body weight and gravity to get a lot of force on there, also a good tip for keeping your hands out of the split when using a riving brake is to just insert a piece of timber into the top of the split at 90 degrees and then push down using that - you can just use a wooden wedge or whatever is lying around

@TheBottegaChannel Ай бұрын

Best idea of all is working with a buddy and taking classes alongside your buddy. It's fun, gives you a workout, promotes self growth, and ( most importantly) allows you to exercise safe practices/ mitigate injuries.

@johnsullivan6560 2 ай бұрын

That’s what young apprentices are for! The older, more experienced woodworkers guiding the younger men through this kind of jobs! Great video! Thank you.

@TomBuskey 2 ай бұрын

Earplugs when you do metal on metal so you don't get tinnitus. Just like blacksmithing. I've found an Engineer's hammer (small sledge) is as good as a sledge and better then the smaller hammer you have. Score the length with the hatchet too. I've split 8' red oak w/ a few hatchets & those wide firewood wedges. The hatchet handle makes it easy to pull out & move further down the log.

@jlinkels 2 ай бұрын

Many woodworkers do not realize anymore that wood actually is a piece of a tree. When I saw and plane a piece of a log, every time again I am amazed by the transformation of tree into wood.

@urhor 2 ай бұрын

woodworkers or DIYers? Some Americans seem like they don't know where milk comes from but I haven't concluded such about any woodworker.

@jlinkels 2 ай бұрын

@@urhor Well maybe it was a bit exaggerated when it concerns woodwoorkers. What I wanted to express that as a woodworker one moment you you have a piece of a tree in your hands. And after resawing and planing it has become ... well ... wood. The same happens at a certain moment when you work the wood and suddenly it is not wood anymore but a piece of furniture. This two moments in a project amaze me every time again.

@stevenlipinski7156 2 ай бұрын

I started laughing as soon as i saw his safety shoes. Im wearing the same pair as i watch this. For some reason my wife doesn't find it quite as funny.

@andyholmes2609 2 ай бұрын

It was a lot of fun to watch you guys. You have a great dynamic!

@JoeSpring 2 ай бұрын

I quite enjoyed that he had a place to sit in the first scene.

@arnoldkotlyarevsky383 2 ай бұрын

I remember learning from my father when we were splitting a downed tree that when you get those connective fibers inside the split, you should use a small hatchet to sever those fibers to ease the split. They dont look like they are doing much, but they carry a lot of tension across the split. You could make your life A LOT easier if you had taken a minute to sever those fibers earlier.

@lazerblade2 Ай бұрын

"...and I like to be parsimonious with wood." Same bro. The curse of "If I'm careful, I could get two out of this."

@graydanerasmussen4071 2 ай бұрын

If you told me yesterday I was gonna spend half an hour watching two fellas split a log, I'd have laughed at you! :D Can't wait to see you two go at the billets and make a chair.

@walterashworth1011 2 ай бұрын

I live in the sameish part of ohio as you and I have been heavily contemplating making furniture with this method. That makes this a well timed and educational video .

@dma-rising8876 2 ай бұрын

This was awesome to watch. Love the raw to finished project approach

@Helmut314 2 ай бұрын

Love it. Going to be a great series.

@johnfreiler6017 2 ай бұрын

Glad to see you working on the stuff I was working out two years back: now I get to find out where I went wrong. The fro cracking jig is something I never bothered with: you seem to have the same success with it as I had without it. But I'm enjoying you going through the process. Thanks Rex!

@NicoSmets 2 ай бұрын

Very informative and entertaining. Thank you.

@newcenobium8872 2 ай бұрын

I love this series; it is so insightful. Thanks for the videos!

@c.a.g.1977 2 ай бұрын

Very interesting stuff, Rex & Rob! Looking forward to follow along on this project!

@frankstoverpurebloodsaltya6441 2 ай бұрын

That was AWESOME!!!

@tugboatsvideoemporium6476 2 ай бұрын

This is amazing to see!

@transmundanium 2 ай бұрын

I've riven ash, oak, and walnut for chair parts. And I ran into all those challenges. Can't wait till the next episode

@andersodman296 2 ай бұрын

Looking forward to the next episode! 👍

@michaelsnell4034 2 ай бұрын

the froe I had was made from a broken main spring off the back of an F-150. I put a full sledgehammer handle into the eye. I used it to work open cracks in firewood that I split with a hydraulic, manual kinetic splitter or just split with an axe, maul and wedges.

@andrewkrahn2629 Ай бұрын

To me, fresh-cracked red oak smells like extra-buttermilk-y powdered ranch dressing mix, with dill. A few days later it smells like barn

@TomJavery 2 ай бұрын

I tried this a few years back in my journey to turn fallen trees into lumber out in the forest. Eventually decided that the way the fibers pull across the split was leading to far too much waste as it would sometimes go in about an inch or so into the "good" wood. Now I just snap a line and freehand the cut with a chansaw. It saves so much wood!

@martinfisker7438 Ай бұрын

When your wedges start to mushroom, grind off the overhanging edges. They are work hardened and prone to chipping off

@MaxCJ 2 ай бұрын

Great video - hard work but seemed like a lot of fun!

@hdwoodshop 2 ай бұрын

Always fascinated to see old timey methods explained. If you ever see old lumber techniques it’s amazing to see human ingenuity. Necessity is the father of invention.

@tomarmstrong1000 2 ай бұрын

Good work guys

@awldune 2 ай бұрын

I didn't know about scoring, I will definitely try that next time

@J.A.Smith2397 2 ай бұрын

Love it , pretty sure I asked for this!

@gleneverett9728 2 ай бұрын

Great stuff

@adamguinnmusic5871 2 ай бұрын

Super excited. This notification came in earlier today while I was building some dog gates onsite for a customer and I hit watch later. Finally able to kick back and watch. I'm glad it's a long one! Thanks Rex and Rob

@dirtylegcraftsman2948 2 ай бұрын

This is my favorite way to get lumber, period! I think it’s faster and easier than my chainsaw mill, and requires almost no infrastructure, like bandsaw mills.

@willclark491 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the honest video Rex!

@heldaneurbanus5135 2 ай бұрын

This was great! I'd love to see more! A couple of years ago we had to fell a fir tree that had some sentimental value for the family. We planted it when we bought the house in 1989. It has now seasoned for nearly a full 2 years, and I plan to make the most of it. I need a workbench and while not ideal I will aim for that. I have axes and splitting wedges, draw knife and saving up for a broad axe to make flattening the boards easier before moving to hand planes. If the wood is not up to it (grain too twisted or wildly uneven) then it would be great to have backup project ideas! Also, never split large logs before so I may make a mess of things :) Backup ideas warranted :)

@bigonprivacy2708 2 ай бұрын

This is excellent content, the kind all homesteaders need to see. Thank you! Now I hope you see this to its logical conclusion and capture it on video!

@robohippy 2 ай бұрын

What I noticed, and probably no one else noticed, was that the original score line went at about 90 degrees to a crack line already in the log, so when you quartered it, the crack line was already there. this is common with most logs. Some times the crack on the other end of the log matches at least fairly close, and some times it is at 90 degrees to it, which means the grain can be spiraling. With the red handled sledge, which I think is an 8 iron, the first thing I do to all of mine is to cut at least 1/3 of the handle off. I have driven enough wood and steel stakes in my 30 years of doing concrete work to go to the moon and back. If you leave the handle long, it either gets your shins or your family jewels..... All of your other sledges have the shorter handles. Personally, I liked a 10 iron. It was big enough that none of the other guys on the crew would 'borrow' it..... I did have some London Plane rounds, about 40 inch diameter by 12 inch thick. I couldn't move them, and wouldn't take the chainsaw to them cause end grain chainsaw work is nasty. I could get the splitting wedges set, but one good hit to drive them in, and they would fly up into the air. I found out I needed to get them set, come back an hour or so later, and then drive them in some more, and repeat till the log split. Pain in the butt.... This looks like a fun project....

@TheGabb3r 2 ай бұрын

Huh. I didn't think I'd enjoy watching that kind of woodworking as much as I did, thanks to the both of you for that cool video!

@Quazgar_of_the_North 2 ай бұрын

19:23 Yesss I was waiting for the Follansbee shout out. Hopefully you'll shout out his book with Jennie Alexander too

@TomBuskey 2 ай бұрын

FWIW, I think they have referred to "Make a Chair From a Tree" in this series. In this video, there is a photo of the chair they're making and they call it a Jennie Chair because its the one made in the book.

@MCsCreations 2 ай бұрын

Really interesting indeed! Thanks, guys! 😃 Stay safe there with your families! 🖖😊

@vincethomrm 2 ай бұрын

Very valuable skills. Very worth watching. Aloha 🤙

@shermanhofacker4428 2 ай бұрын

Forge a drift to fill the eye of the old ax to make a permanent narrow wedge, if this is going to be a normal part of your wood work.

@badstate 2 ай бұрын

Might as well forge a new wedge at that point, no?

@harpintn 2 ай бұрын

I am glad that you are getting back to this series after the detour that you took. Traditional methods to make traditional furniture is becoming a lost craft.

@yetanotherbloke 2 ай бұрын

I fudged my way through a couple of chunks of eucalypt a couple of years ago. Made a heck of a mess of it too but I learned a couple of things about the nature of it and I loved the sounds and smells that came out of it. Now, about that comment about getting old... you're making me feel bad fella.

@zidnyknight3611 2 ай бұрын

Thanks

@borjesvensson8661 2 ай бұрын

Those wooden wedges look very steep. We used about the same angle as the starting wedges when i split out boards from 3 metre pine logs. The low angle is were all the magic lies. You make it longer so they hold up to the beating.

@sarinhighwind 2 ай бұрын

I always called it "influencing the wood"

@joshcommet137 2 ай бұрын

great vid, liked that you practiced proper safety

@CharlesKiblinger 2 ай бұрын

I'd be interested in a follow-up to see what a decibel meter app (NIOSH Sound Level Meter App is good) reports as the max for those hammer on wedge blows. Probably spike above 100?

@ferguscosgrave7510 2 ай бұрын

Nice thanks

@JopardBDS 2 ай бұрын

It's a long time since I've done any green woodworking but by recollection when using the free you can steer the crack by the direction you lever it. By what I could tell you seemed to be working in both directions. I did have the advantage of taking a course. Even more shaky is my recollection of which direction you move the handle but I think you move the handle in the opposite direction to which way you want to steer the cracks (almost as if you were steering the blade as a blade cutting)

@MASI_forging 2 ай бұрын

Nice video 👍👍

@c.taylorharris7881 2 ай бұрын

Love the focus on raw/green woodworking (especially as someone ignorant enough to split an 8’ elm log) Is there a low angle wedge that you recommend? Might be a good add to Compass Rose

@johanneswerner1140 2 ай бұрын

It might be apocryphal, but fits the person. Apparently Peter Follansbee once was at a woodworking show, where a speed sawing and stock prep competition took place. He used a small axe to split and plane the stock...

@jlinkels 2 ай бұрын

Rex the sound quality is excellent. I remember how you installed dampening panels in your workshop/studio. But here I don't see any. Still there is no reverb or hollowness in this recording. How did you do it?

@virusO1OOOOO1 2 ай бұрын

the sound is like the cow bell in Low rider rides a little higher

@TheRedhawke 2 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed the video. I’ve never seen a thin starting wedge like yours, where did you get it ?

@Traderjoe 2 ай бұрын

Before the winter I helped my brother in law split up a huge pile of logs from 2 foot diameter logs and have to say that it was extremely difficult and heavy, heavy work. I am really out of shape and was hurt a few times. He was using wedges with huge amounts of mushrooming and like a dope I wasn’t wearing safety glasses and I remember him hitting a wedge and a hot sliver of steel hit me right below my eye. I felt the heat of it. It could have easily blinded me. I was closing my eyes as he hit these things but I am sure it would have gone right through my eyelid. Moving the logs around was back breaking. The combination of the heavy work, the sharp edges, flying debris and tripping hazards are things that an out of shape guy like me would not recommend to anyone who has health issues or is uncoordinated. But, it’s a great workout. I probably lost 5 pounds in sweat. And a few ounces of blood.

@felipenavas 2 ай бұрын

If you watch the video in reverse he turns several firewood into a chair and tests it at the end 😂

@-Brandon. Ай бұрын

YOU GIVE ME THE RIGHT TYPE OF WOOD AND A WELL GOTTEN FROW I MIGHT BE THAT GUY WHO CAN SPLIT A 20 INCHER!

@Spiethstar 2 ай бұрын

I'm not an engineer and I don't have the right studies at hand but I dare say this definitely isn't the hardest way to do it.

@borjesvensson8661 2 ай бұрын

Btw nice oak like that you usually can split the quarters into thirds if you want. At least we did it a lot at the cooperage i worked at (but we had a lot of oak and all were nice european oak)

@D-B-Cooper 2 ай бұрын

If you want a decent wedge get a shaft and cut it into 12 to 18” lengths, heat them and flatten the ends so you have a long fine wedge. As it is splitting you can use them to cut through the wandering fibers without having split it so far as to make it too late. Use a two pound hammer. I just made some more wedges from 1 1/4 dia torsion bars.

@lelandallen 2 ай бұрын

Why does this look so fun?

@wilcooley 2 ай бұрын

Haven't split one both that long and thick; each dimension separately yes. I usually use my froe for the scoring; two whacks and I'm done. Saw PF do that once on TWWS. I also find that with some species (like cherry) splitting the bark really helps. Sometimes the split will disappear under the bark. I have a camping hatchet that I use for that; I think Roy Underhill suggested not using one's sharper/better tools for that in one of his books, due to the bark collecting grit.

@scottlife1697 2 ай бұрын

I've had good luck on a maple tree I was breaking down with plastic chainsaw wedges

@FearsomeWarrior 2 ай бұрын

I’m dumb and would take the challenge either way but is it possible to use the wave grain branch inclusion for the chair back? The swing out at the seat.

@tomhargreaves8820 2 ай бұрын

Whew, I'm exhausted! Just watching and I feel like my arms are gonna fall off. I recently tried to do something similar with a shorter walnut log and had to take two naps before I finished! Great video, I wish I'd seen it 4 months ago. I also noticed that you used an antique model 1860 marking pen. Did you have to go all the way up to Milwaukie to find one?

@thatwomanoverthere5420 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for doing this, so that I don't have to! The JA design is so elegant in it's use of wood - but this work is so inelegant and these days I lack the strength!

@Aminuts2009 2 ай бұрын

the only logs i can get in that size here where I live is going to be Birch. Would that be an ok hardwood to use?

@borjesvensson8661 2 ай бұрын

Birch is commonly used for turned windsor style chairs here in sweden so would probably work. Does not split as well as oak though. Another option is to make joined furniture from pine.

@johnbyrne1022 2 ай бұрын

25:22 Me without context: why is there man hammering a smartphone into a log?

@carlosalvavado8998 2 ай бұрын

Rex did you know you can get unhandled Narex chisels 1/8 to 1 inch from Taylor Toolworks for 10 to 13 dollars each.

@trackandtravelwithrick8933 2 ай бұрын

Could you imagine if that log was full of ants and they scattered thru your house.😬 I split a lot of wood outside and get surprised sometimes. Great vid!

@melefth 2 ай бұрын

Been there, done that!!! I've never processed locust inside since.

@adamguinnmusic5871 2 ай бұрын

The manly mallet looks like a babys toy next to a timber framing persuader😆

@jmsq92 2 ай бұрын

woah,i would never thought of doing woodworking while only wearing socks... but great lesson! wait, he was wearing crocs?

@1pcfred 2 ай бұрын

It's OK. He had his sport straps engaged.

@PetterStetter 2 ай бұрын

I wonder why did you score the log across the center? Wouldn't it be better to scrap the core from the start so you maximize the output of good wood wih less strain? Yes you got many radial splits, but having some tangatial splits would be a nice bonus.

@juliancripps1580 2 ай бұрын

What about a maul ( wood head ) instead of a sledge , thats what I’ve used . Not keen on hardened metal on metal. Got to be a big maul, but you can make easy nice and heavy. O

@JeffSearust 2 ай бұрын

Where do the templates come from ??? What book???

@michaelcurry8905 2 ай бұрын

Soooooo, how long would it take the two of you to quarter the log with a two-man saw?

@uranusanalyzes9632 2 ай бұрын

Have you two considered contacting chop with chris? He does stuff like this.

@sektrif9225 2 ай бұрын

I have a question; Why start with it laied down and not having it standing up? I get it if it's a longer long to start it laying down

@borjesvensson8661 2 ай бұрын

If you try to split straight boards across the grain you score both ends and the sides and start from both ends to steer the split. For this where they follow the grain the one reason would be to not have to bend over at the end.