tree monkey Posted November 14, 2018 Report Share Posted November 14, 2018 1 minute ago, TheBiscuits said: "When I nod my head, hit it!" Or. When it gets to the top of it's travel don't allow it to catch on the top of the post and lose control Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumshie Posted November 14, 2018 Report Share Posted November 14, 2018 3 minutes ago, tree monkey said: Or. When it gets to the top of it's travel don't allow it to catch on the top of the post and lose control Ooh ? I can feel that head ache from here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted November 23, 2018 Report Share Posted November 23, 2018 On 12/11/2018 at 07:54, mark99 said: Thanks TM. Can you recommend a Maul? I got this set https://www.screwfix.com/p/roughneck-log-splitter-set-3-pieces/48279?tc=MT5&ds_kid=92700019779902244&gclsrc=aw.ds&ds_rl=1241687&ds_rl=1245250&ds_rl=1249410&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIs6L1j8Xq3gIVTUTTCh0pDwMmEAQYASABEgIxSfD_BwE The splitting grenade works really well although it could spit out as TM says. Its split some nice holly logs for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted November 24, 2018 Report Share Posted November 24, 2018 (edited) Here is a unusual splitter. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/finnish-man-invents-a-better-wood-splitting-axe-1.2624663 I reckon an experienced maul user could angle the head on his swing to get similar/same result. Good chopping however. We have an 18" diameter bole of a chopped down fir tree (roots still in) as the base and tyre as our chopping area. Edited November 24, 2018 by mark99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aread2 Posted November 25, 2018 Report Share Posted November 25, 2018 I've had the same axe for 30 years. It's needed a new head a couple of times and a new handle several times but it's lasted all that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aracer Posted November 25, 2018 Report Share Posted November 25, 2018 1 minute ago, aread2 said: I've had the same axe for 30 years. It's needed a new head a couple of times and a new handle several times but it's lasted all that time. Was it your grandfather's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumshie Posted November 25, 2018 Report Share Posted November 25, 2018 11 minutes ago, aread2 said: I've had the same axe for 30 years. It's needed a new head a couple of times and a new handle several times but it's lasted all that time. Did You call it Trigger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted November 25, 2018 Report Share Posted November 25, 2018 6 minutes ago, Tumshie said: Did You call it Trigger? Broom broom!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Dog Posted November 25, 2018 Report Share Posted November 25, 2018 8 hours ago, aracer said: Was it your grandfather's? His grandfather was George Washington? There's a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted November 26, 2018 Report Share Posted November 26, 2018 (edited) I have been promised two old cherry trees... being sawn up by the surgeon ready to split on Wednesday nearby. Both trees have multiple trunks (2 and 3). Wheel barrow is at the ready to port the logs down the lane to my store. Gonna be busy with the maul. Edited November 26, 2018 by mark99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasputin Posted November 26, 2018 Report Share Posted November 26, 2018 On 14/11/2018 at 15:34, Tumshie said: Just to add to the confusion 'maul' covers a multitude of sins and can also be a fencer's maul which isn't even an axe but a thing you whack fence posts in with. ? My fencing Maul is called a Mell Also my splitting Maul is called a Splitter My Post Knocker is Called a Post Knocker, but hard hat advised at all times 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumshie Posted November 26, 2018 Report Share Posted November 26, 2018 (edited) 12 minutes ago, rasputin said: My fencing Maul is called a Mell Yeah pronounce it mell to, but I wondered if that was a colloquial thing because I also call this a streeeeecher 12 minutes ago, rasputin said: but hard hat advised at all times You weren't the one working with Tree Monkey were you? ? Edited November 26, 2018 by Tumshie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree monkey Posted November 26, 2018 Report Share Posted November 26, 2018 1 minute ago, Tumshie said: Yeah pronounce it mell to, but I wondered if that was a colloquial thing because I also call this a streeeeecher That's a monkey strainer, good bits of kit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasputin Posted November 26, 2018 Report Share Posted November 26, 2018 57 minutes ago, tree monkey said: That's a monkey strainer, good bits of kit monkey strainer from me too Love old tools. I have had a few Billhooks but have 2 really old ones A stafordshire and a yorkshire , both hold their edge ages longer than the modern ones and don't make your arm ache if you use them all day. Also like the name of my Shove(h)olers, and rhino pliers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted November 27, 2018 Report Share Posted November 27, 2018 (edited) 9 hours ago, rasputin said: monkey strainer from me too Love old tools. I have had a few Billhooks but have 2 really old ones A stafordshire and a yorkshire , both hold their edge ages longer than the modern ones and don't make your arm ache if you use them all day. Also like the name of my Shove(h)olers, and rhino pliers Been looking for a good Billhook on ebay. I can't work out with a log burner which is best - messing swinging and slashing, gathering wood, stacking it or burning it. I want to get some horse chestnut for the spitting effect. Edited November 27, 2018 by mark99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree monkey Posted November 27, 2018 Report Share Posted November 27, 2018 44 minutes ago, mark99 said: Been looking for a good Billhook on ebay. I can't work out with a log burner which is best - messing swinging and slashing, gathering wood, stacking it or burning it. I want to get some horse chestnut for the spitting effect. Get some eucalyptus and let it dry out completely, you can then spend all day trying to split it, the satisfaction when you do actually split some will be massive it is actually a good firewood but split it green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted November 29, 2018 Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 Hello Cherry - meet Holly. The cherry splits very well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac of Cygnet Posted November 29, 2018 Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 On 27/11/2018 at 08:05, tree monkey said: Get some eucalyptus and let it dry out completely, you can then spend all day trying to split it, the satisfaction when you do actually split some will be massive it is actually a good firewood but split it green That applies to most woods, of course. So I thought I'd get ahead and split and stack a beech I felled and cut into slices. I've just staggered in with aching back arms and knees after struggling to split a half dozen of the rounds, only 6-9 ins thick! I had to resort to the chainsaw to cut some of them up. Should be good burning this time next year though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree monkey Posted November 29, 2018 Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 45 minutes ago, Mac of Cygnet said: That applies to most woods, of course. So I thought I'd get ahead and split and stack a beech I felled and cut into slices. I've just staggered in with aching back arms and knees after struggling to split a half dozen of the rounds, only 6-9 ins thick! I had to resort to the chainsaw to cut some of them up. Should be good burning this time next year though. Although it does, eucalyptus is particularly difficult, if I remember right the fibers tend to spiral and are tough. It was the hardest wood I ever tried to split when seasoned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted November 29, 2018 Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 The holly was quite hard too. So many laterals the grain was complex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 8 hours ago, tree monkey said: Although it does, eucalyptus is particularly difficult, if I remember right the fibers tend to spiral and are tough. It was the hardest wood I ever tried to split when seasoned There are however lots of types of eucalyptus tree, all very different in appearance. I have four types in my garden. Dunno how different the wood inside is though. The gardener needs to hack back one of them fiercely and regularly to keep it from bolting up. it really likes it in my garden! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 (edited) Split great - when it dries a bit out it gets stacked better. Drying Dry Edited November 30, 2018 by mark99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree monkey Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 14 minutes ago, mark99 said: Split great - when it dries a bit out it gets stacked better. Drying Dry Oh that's border line porn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted November 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 Just now, tree monkey said: Oh that's border line porn I wasted 20mb clicking on that......I feel badly robbed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree monkey Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 9 minutes ago, rusty69 said: I wasted 20mb clicking on that......I feel badly robbed! Expand your horizons young man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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