Slide action wood splitter - GIF

[IAMSatisfied]

Perhaps her well-intentioned hubby/boyfriend got that kindling gadget for her to make her wood-heating life easier, while what she needed more was some guidance in the body mechanics of wood splitting, squatting as you bring the hammer down, and safety wear. I hope this doesn't tarnish her perspective on the zen practice of cutting firewood.

[IntheGroove]

She'll be limping for week or two...

[old kodger]

She'll be limping for week or two...

AND THE REST.

About the best log splitter I've seen is a proprietary machine in Australia known as a "Super-Axe", made by Whitlands Engineering. It'll produce up to 40 tons of force.

[Beserkleyboy]

Great machine. And anyone that's split green Eucalyptus species, know too well what interlocked grain means...cheers

Jim

[Jon]

[awright]

Hard to tell from the video because the speed of motion blurred the image beyond recognition, but it looks like she hit the target with the axe handle, not the head, leading to the bounce.

[Frank S]

Hard to tell from the video because the speed of motion blurred the image beyond recognition, but it looks like she hit the target with the axe handle, not the head, leading to the bounce.

That's what I was thinking, because with even the dullest ax and the hardest wood except possibly ebony, with the force she swung the ax or actually it looked more like a hatchet to me, anyway it should have embedded

[IAMSatisfied]

Ouch! That bounced like it was petrified wood... made the axe head ring.

[Toolmaker51]

Ouch! That bounced like it was petrified wood... made the axe head ring.

And cripes, she just keeps on doing it! Poor girl...
Of course lame guy in background only mutters a little laugh and ooooh. That did more than a little bruise, I'm sure.

[IntheGroove]

Sisters...