Chopping firewood tools

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Regularly sharpening your firewood-cutting ax is critical to maintaining its performance. The Hultafors Grinding Stone from Hults Bruk is a compact grinding stone designed for just that purpose.

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Sharpen before each use? Scraping or metal brush to clean off bark? Use oil? Will a padded glove help w vibration or impact? Or use a tight glove to avoid blisters? Despite his forearm braces, my partner has a firewood business and his hands hurt all the time. I know nothing and want to do anything I can to make it easier for home. Answer: I don't recommend wearing gloves - they trap moisture and contribute to blistering.

It's honestly better to build callouses. For chainsaws I like stihl. You only need a bar as long as half the diameter of the largest trunk you plan to section - remember, bigger saws are heavier and more tiring and dangerous, so don't get more saw than you really need.

Only sharpen teeth when they get dull, and only once or twice by hand. Frequently buy new chains if you do a lot of intense cutting.

If you're talking about a firewood business, proficiency in chopping will have to be amazing. That's a lot of wood to split by hand if any real money is to be made competing with everyone else who will be using a log splitter. Best of luck!! Question: How long should the oak firewood rounds be seasoned before attempting to split them? Answer: They don't need to be seasoned before splitting and will season much better after being split. You could for sure, that's how fencing is split out of logs!

Then after you split it lengthwise, you can turn those pieces on the grain and chop them as normal. I have a round about a foot across and two feet long with a crack down one side. I am wondering if I put wedges in there, I can split it that way. As in, to cut with a saw. I've never heard someone say they were going to cut wood with an axe or a maul.

That's called chopping, or splitting, in my book. But to each their own, I suppose. Also please recognize that language is always in flux and very little is actually still "set in stone". Now that we've discussed semantics, what did you think of the content of the article? That would have been a much better comment to leave. When wood is broken up to make firewood it is 'split' as opposed to being 'chopped.

Chopping wood is cutting across the grain, such as when a tree is cut down with an axe. I don't mean to be pedantic but there is a big difference between the two expressions and they are not interchangeable. Unfortunately, he will argue until I demonstrate. Thank you for posting this! Good article. I enjoyed it. Made me want to go sit on the woodpile with my morning coffee.

It's a meditative activity. And I too am a fan of the splitting maul. My only suggestion is that yes, getting out of shorts and sandals is a good idea but I'd take it a step further. I wear the same chapped pants I use when cutting the wood and I always put on my steel-toe boots. I also keep a pretty wide stance when swinging.

I heat my old farmhouse with wood, so I know all about chopping and splitting. Unlike you, I don't go through all of these steps. I simply cut my wood into inch pieces, set 'em up on a stump, and chop away. A couple of good hits, and it breaks into 4 pieces. Nice article! Nice to hear from another firewood-choppin' female :.

Great, detailed hub! I'm going to link to this from one of mine that talks about chopping wood. Great tips and technique - way to take on that chunky piece!

Pavlo - Thanks for the nice comment! Chopping is definitely good for the body and soul. Glad you enjoyed the article. I also chop wood for a fireplace. It is a hard job, yet it gives much energy so I can understand that you like this.

Good advices , especially how to deal with big trunks. Rachel--Good God, girl!