Slide action wood splitter - GIF

[bruce.desertrat]

This...I've done close to this splitting logs with a sledgehammer and wedge. All it takes is one glancing blow. I was lucky I hit the leg that wasn't planted, so I only bruised the hell out of my shin and fell down.

[Frank S]

A 2 handed swing with a 3 or 4 lb shop hammer? OoooK! I guess but I bet she will want to borrow a pair of steel toe boots before trying that again.

[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.

[Jon]

[IAMSatisfied]

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

[IntheGroove]

Sisters...

[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.

[old kodger]

I did something similar to this many years ago, I think that I was around 16 at the time. What happened was that I hooked a low hanging washing line with the hatchet, instead of swinging down, the washing line caused it to swing backwards ultimately hitting me on the forehead, I literally saw stars, and still have a "dent" in my forehead from the blow.

[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