Wood splitting technique

[Badger]

Well I’ll say you can teach old dogs new tricks! 🤠🤠🤠 cool Steve.

  Not 100% sure it will work, I just kind of stumbled on it with some ocean spray.

[bassman211]

American hornbeam (bluebeech) is notorious for splitting the way it wants, and some times it is really bad. I kerf it with a chain saw, and also do that with elm. I have a nice size log of it right now in my basement that I have been putting off splitting. Can't get my chain saw started. Soon I will try the method  mentioned above ,and see the results.

[Badger]

Keep us posted, I would start in the center with only one scrape, if that spits go out to each end of that split and make another scrape.

[bassman211]

Well Steve I proved nothing. One end of the log had already split for about 6 inches, so I just went with that split with a series of wedges from one end to the other. I got it split in half with one half thicker than the other.  I can get 2 bows from it, but it was a killer log to get split by hand with wedges. Tough, hard wood.