Her stance is wrong, which puts the axe dead center.
Well, because of poor education, she ain’t gonna be the one chopping firewood there for awhile.
A little plastic hat would’a been nice, eh?
20/20 usually comes with some pain.
Wrong axe dumbass. She can sit on my log anytime though.
If she had used my grandfathers double-bitted axe, it would have split her skull. I’ve had that puppy for over 50 years, my GRANDFATHER used it in the woods of Oregon back in the 1890s to cut down and limb trees. It almost NEVER needs sharpening.
Many times I’ve gotten it buried in a tree log and had to use a splitter with a maul to get it out!
I sure wish I had the double buck saw he had, but my brother has it. We tried using it once, back in the ’60s, but could never get it started properly. Hey, we were kids that had no idea what we were doing…
my dad often said that using a double buck saw will put some muscle in your punch. he used one as a kid cutting railroad ties
something they did every winter to sell at the store for food.
I saw him hit one asshole in my lifetime. dad got air time with that poor dude. and he did not get up either before my dad left.
My Dad pranked his father on one. He kept looking over his shoulder disrupting the timing till Grampa jerked it asking what the hell you looking for?
He told him he did not want anyone to see him on the wrong end of a crosscut saw being as he was college edumucated now.
ps How did that not immediately put her down, something is fishy
Poor girl.. She was just going to split some wood,,I hope that doesn’t stop her from wanting to Do stuff
getting one of those small electric log splitters was one of the best things I ever bought. I used the damn thing all the time to split wood before in goes into the wood stove. and yes, I do have a maul and wedges and a couple of axes too.
but sitting on my little stool and using it is a hell of a lot safer and easier for this
old fart. it is a 5 ton model, but you would be amazed at what it will split.
really, it is the best 200 some odd bucks I paid for it.
and if it dies on me, I be getting another one right away.
Horror Freight model?
it was on sale at the home defect. same model/maker I bet though. they sure look the same.
Ever tried to split seasoned elm by hand? This is what happens when you use an axe or maul on that stuff.
One time at camp one of my brothers and the other owner tried to split a 14″ thick by 18″ long piece using steel wedges and the back side of an axe. Took them 10 minutes to get it split. Even green elm rounds are tough to split by hand.
I swear willow is also as bad. Had to cut down a 4′ diameter one, took me several seasons to split it all.
but it does burn well. black elm takes 2 seasons to dry all the way thru. if you don’t, it will gunk up your stove pipe bad.
I think my dad said it was best for fence posts.
don’t see much of it around here.
but on a cold night, toss a few chunks of it in the stove and it will last until morning with no problem. used of the last of it last winter when it got down to 6 degrees or so.
don’t mind the 20 or even the teens, but when it get to single numbers or below. I stay in the house and only go out for more firewood.
Aww, CRAP!
Get thee to the ER, STAT!
She needed to be trained better.
And to use a proper splitting maul…
Although, maybe some guys dig scars…
Her stance is wrong, which puts the axe dead center.
Well, because of poor education, she ain’t gonna be the one chopping firewood there for awhile.
A little plastic hat would’a been nice, eh?
20/20 usually comes with some pain.
Wrong axe dumbass. She can sit on my log anytime though.
If she had used my grandfathers double-bitted axe, it would have split her skull. I’ve had that puppy for over 50 years, my GRANDFATHER used it in the woods of Oregon back in the 1890s to cut down and limb trees. It almost NEVER needs sharpening.
Many times I’ve gotten it buried in a tree log and had to use a splitter with a maul to get it out!
I sure wish I had the double buck saw he had, but my brother has it. We tried using it once, back in the ’60s, but could never get it started properly. Hey, we were kids that had no idea what we were doing…
my dad often said that using a double buck saw will put some muscle in your punch. he used one as a kid cutting railroad ties
something they did every winter to sell at the store for food.
I saw him hit one asshole in my lifetime. dad got air time with that poor dude. and he did not get up either before my dad left.
My Dad pranked his father on one. He kept looking over his shoulder disrupting the timing till Grampa jerked it asking what the hell you looking for?
He told him he did not want anyone to see him on the wrong end of a crosscut saw being as he was college edumucated now.
ps How did that not immediately put her down, something is fishy
Poor girl.. She was just going to split some wood,,I hope that doesn’t stop her from wanting to Do stuff
getting one of those small electric log splitters was one of the best things I ever bought. I used the damn thing all the time to split wood before in goes into the wood stove. and yes, I do have a maul and wedges and a couple of axes too.
but sitting on my little stool and using it is a hell of a lot safer and easier for this
old fart. it is a 5 ton model, but you would be amazed at what it will split.
really, it is the best 200 some odd bucks I paid for it.
and if it dies on me, I be getting another one right away.
Horror Freight model?
it was on sale at the home defect. same model/maker I bet though. they sure look the same.
Ever tried to split seasoned elm by hand? This is what happens when you use an axe or maul on that stuff.
One time at camp one of my brothers and the other owner tried to split a 14″ thick by 18″ long piece using steel wedges and the back side of an axe. Took them 10 minutes to get it split. Even green elm rounds are tough to split by hand.
I swear willow is also as bad. Had to cut down a 4′ diameter one, took me several seasons to split it all.
but it does burn well. black elm takes 2 seasons to dry all the way thru. if you don’t, it will gunk up your stove pipe bad.
I think my dad said it was best for fence posts.
don’t see much of it around here.
but on a cold night, toss a few chunks of it in the stove and it will last until morning with no problem. used of the last of it last winter when it got down to 6 degrees or so.
don’t mind the 20 or even the teens, but when it get to single numbers or below. I stay in the house and only go out for more firewood.
Elm is better left for growing mushrooms.
Ouch! Damn, that had to hurt like hell!