No matter what you do, have someone (wife or kids) around to stack. I cut
and split and my wife stacked. We moved quite fast, definitely faster than
using a hydraulic splitter. Those wedges move slowly.
Tough woods like oak, and pecan are tough to split dry. I used a good dry
film lube (spray on and let dry) on my axe/maul and it worked great on wet
wood.
Jack
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[mailto:shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Mike Rambour
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 11:36 AM
To: shop-talk
Subject: [Shop-talk] OFF TOPIC - wood splitting
As long as we are off topic the last few days...
I just had a large oak tree cut down and I kept the wood but now I
have to split it. I am thinking I will rent a splitter for a weekend.
When do you split wood ? I always thought it was after good and dry
but the tree guy said anytime is fine, if i split it when its green it
will dry faster (that makes sense).
Shop content - I will use the split wood in my wood burning pizza oven
to make pizza's to eat in the shop
mike
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