Noodling thread

[stormpetrel]

Sort of a noob question.....but..........WTF *is* noodling anyway?

Is it a technique?

Is it just cutting in a way that produces noodly chips?

Tell me!!:bang:

 

[naturelover]

The "noodles" are the long chips produced from this type of cut.

I didn't know thats what it was called either till I came here...

 

[homelitejim]

noodling is cutting with the grain.

[video=youtube;CZs6wB4eOxs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZs6wB4eOxs[/video]

 

[leeha]

This is noodling.
Click on the pic.


Lee

 

[Guido Salvage]

Mostly used to section large rounds of firewood down to pieces of a more manageable size. I find it easier to pop them apart with my Monster Maul than use a saw.

 

[BigDaddyR]

It's pretty much the way you cut in making noodley chips

Instead of crosscuting you cut with the grain and make whole grain pasta. LOL

 

[Philip Wheelock]

Often happens that the rounds you cut are too large in diameter and are too heavy to be split or lifted onto the trailer or whatever. So you cut them in half or quarters lengthwise and the chips look like noodles. Saves wear and tear on the back. :msp_smile:

 

[stormpetrel]

Mostly used to section large rounds of firewood down to pieces of a more manageable size. I find it easier to pop them apart with my Monster Maul than use a saw.

I was just doing that today on large stuff too big to split by hand. I was cutting with the wood standing on end, from top to bottom, not from the bark side. It seemed pretty hard on the chain. Is that so? Is it better to cut with the wood laying on the bark, and cut from the bark down?

 

[Philip Wheelock]

I was just doing that today on large stuff too big to split by hand. I was cutting with the wood standing on end, from top to bottom, not from the bark side. It seemed pretty hard on the chain. Is that so? Is it better to cut with the wood laying on the bark, and cut from the bark down?

Better to cut with the wood laying on the bark, for sure.

 

[cutforfun]

when splitting large logs i leave them on there side and noodle about 1/3-1/2 threw the log then give it a hit with the fiskars and they lay right open. saves alot of time and i dont need a wedge

 

[rburg]

The best noodling video I have seen is Cuttinscott with his Dolmar 166 and a long bar.

 

[gmax]

Someone mention noodles :msp_smile:

[video=youtube;1h1tidSQyNg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h1tidSQyNg[/video]

 

[B Harrison]

I thought we were just making mulch, so you guys do it to split rounds?
Wow its fun and serves a purpose!

:msp_sneaky:

 

[spacemule]

No better fire starter than a pile of noodles. They're easy to throw in a trash bag and you don't have to split kindling nearly so small if you have noodles to start the fire with.

 

[Philip Wheelock]

This is noodling.

So what kind of beast is this???

 

[stormpetrel]

Nice.

Thanks guys, all you could ever want to know about noodling. And more. :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[SawTroll]

noodling is cutting with the grain.

....

Yes, but preferably at a slight angle (up or down), to keep the "noodles" from getting too long. :msp_smile:

 

[SawTroll]

No better fire starter than a pile of noodles. They're easy to throw in a trash bag and you don't have to split kindling nearly so small if you have noodles to start the fire with.

Dry bark from birches actually is much better - but noodles surely works!

 

[WoodChuck'r]

I use wedges because time is no longer a methodical gateway to the uses of irony.

 

[misterfreindly]

Thankfully no one added some Marinara to those noodles.:hmm3grin2orange: