Originally Posted by
Linstrum
What I figured out in a hurry for splitting wood into clothespin size pieces for roasting was to first saw my wood into "biscuits", and then use my large size tree trimming lopping shears to split the biscuits into sticks. That way, I didn't have to use my little roof shingler's hatchet and risk my fingers. I also didn't have to go all over the place picking up what I split, and then clean the dirt off. I split my wood inside on my kitchen floor, with one handle of the lopping shear on the floor, and operating just one handle. It goes pretty fast, and I can control exactly where I want the wood to split at. I cut the thickness of the biscuits to match how far the lopping shear blades open up. I still pull my fingers back before "chomping" down on the wood.
I've been shooting, casting, reloading, chopping firewood, running power saws and chainsaws and a sawmill, running cattle, driving dozers, operating a milling machine and lathe, and making black powder, some of that stuff going back to 1958, and none of it has got me yet. Yet - - - sometimes I wonder why NOT yet.