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Post by keithturtle on Feb 13, 2015 8:13:12 GMT -8
I'm still getting the first real working stove together (working as in made outa refractory, metal can't take the heat). I've found that splitting the wood down to small enough pieces seems to be incredibly time consuming. If only I had a way to hold the axe, and make it hit the same point every swing... Here's what I assembled outa scrap, a tie strap and a cheap axe from Harbor Freight. The vertical stop helps hold the piece whilst keeping this piano-player's fingers away from harm, flat piece stops the blade if it gets that far. Cut up a skid's worth of flats in about ten minutes; hit it in the right place and the nails just fall away. Swat it with the small sledge if the piece is too thick. Works fairly well, but then again, I don't have much frame of reference; I'm just getting started with all this Turtle Attachments:
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Post by keithturtle on Feb 13, 2015 8:18:17 GMT -8
This thing works well too, and if you use a 5 kg sledge it'll go thru big stuff. Takes a lot longer, though, for having to reset every stroke www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3s5vLJ5IDUTurtle Attachments:
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Post by Daryl on Feb 13, 2015 9:18:18 GMT -8
You have talent.
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Post by keithturtle on Feb 13, 2015 16:24:36 GMT -8
Thanks, Daryl. This stuff takes me a long time to get anything done, but soon I'll be posting my "scrap propane tank to rocket stove cooker" conversion. Soon is a relative term, may be months
Turtle, slow
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Post by ericvw on Feb 13, 2015 17:24:27 GMT -8
Thanks, Daryl. This stuff takes me a long time to get anything done, but soon I'll be posting my "scrap propane tank to rocket stove cooker" conversion. Soon is a relative term, may be months Turtle, slow Hey KT, 2 points to make: 1. Nice rig with the ax. Very ingenuitive. 2. Posting the video of the "Smart Splitter"- VERY ingenuitive(referring to the marketing, of course) Eric VW |
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Post by keithturtle on Feb 14, 2015 17:57:33 GMT -8
Is bigger better? I don't know yet, but it certainly is more complicated with springs and counterweight...  Turtle |
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Post by ericvw on Feb 14, 2015 19:19:55 GMT -8
keithturtle, Nice new add on. Seems you are approaching this- Homemade manual wood splitter 2015 - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGGH4XKNULUGreat for straight grained woods, but what do you think it will do in the "stringy" stuff? That's a couple of refinements you've posted in short time.... You mite be going faster than the Turtle statement  ! Eric VW
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Post by keithturtle on Feb 14, 2015 20:36:27 GMT -8
keithturtle, Seems you are approaching this- That's a couple of refinements you've posted in short time.... You mite be going faster than the Turtle statement ! Eric VW Yeah, that vid was the original motivation from last year... I've been working on the chopper thing for a couple months on and off, just getting it done now. I generally don't post till I can say what it does, or doesn't do. I have abundant sycamore and cottonwood to test, even some 18" black locust (gotta get shock-resistant gloves). It did fairly well with hedge, surprisingly. I only have two speeds, slow and stop. I have some firebrick burn chambers I started last spring, just getting them done enough to fire in a couple weeks. I have a dozen or more failures sitting around; may post them in a "hall of shame"... "don't try this cuz it didn't work, at least for me" posting after I get something that really cooks. FAIL:  2 1/2" pipe I'm not shy; I learn from my mistakes, and from the mistakes of others. Turtle |
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Post by belgiangulch on Apr 28, 2015 4:34:55 GMT -8
Hey Keith; This method of wood splitting for a rmh or just an old wood cook stove works very well. Attachments:
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Post by DCish on Apr 28, 2015 7:06:01 GMT -8
I'm a big fan of the tire method, really saves a lot if time chasing splits. I have one screwed down to a 12" thick round of wood as a base so I can use it on the driveway where the wood gets dumped. A 12lb maul gets through just about anything that comes my way.
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Post by johndepew on May 20, 2015 14:24:01 GMT -8
Fiskars X27 splitting axe. I sold firewood for a living for the last two winters, all split by hand. I have never seen anything I thought came close to the Fiskars for hand splitting. The tire trick is a good one too.
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Post by belgiangulch on May 20, 2015 17:48:14 GMT -8
yes, the Fiskers is the best axe i've ever used. I admit to being nervous using it before I started using the tire. It is SO SHARP ! Now it's just wack wack wack ! No more bending over every time to pick up wood , no worries about sinking that super sharp axe into my shin or foot.
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Post by keithturtle on May 20, 2015 22:37:52 GMT -8
Yeah, I want to find out how effective that little pivot mount will be with that good Fiskars axe, just ordered it and the sharpener. Thanks for the input. Results soon
Turtle
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Post by keithturtle on May 20, 2015 22:39:47 GMT -8
I'm a big fan of the tire method, really saves a lot if time chasing splits. I have one screwed down to a 12" thick round of wood as a base so I can use it on the driveway where the wood gets dumped. A 12lb maul gets through just about anything that comes my way. This sounds like an excellent use for some sycamore trunk pieces I have, thanks Turtle |
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Post by malton on May 23, 2015 18:59:59 GMT -8
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