Over 1/2 cord split in 6 minutes with a Fiskars

[Farmertim]

I'm with TRI955--good show! Looks like you were swinging fine to me. Ya, hardwood doesn't split so well, but that set up seems a-ok for your wood. Stick around and keep posting! Get ready for a bunch more naysayers though!



Tim

 

[stderr]

I'll give you 2 thumbs up for the follow through on the original thread. You talked the talk and then walked the walk!!

+1

...but most of the points are well taken. All of the set-up, stacking, and clean-up is part of the act of splitting a cord. A lot of your pieces were already quarters, so there's some work not shown. That counts too! If you distilled the amount of time spent actually swinging the axe on a 1/2 cord, it's probably 10-15 minutes, but I bet it took you longer than that to just lay out the tarp, put the wood down, and tie the rope around it.

I'm still impressed you followed through.

 

[farmerdoug]

Good comments

Good comments guys.

1. You can see that the full rounds split easier than the ones that were partially split. I wasn't planning on doing a video when I was getting the stuff in the woods. I run it down to packing size in the woods and then do stove size later.

2. The critics that are talking the talk, can post a video on their performance. I don't mind being showed up. I just haven't seen any videos out their showing 1/2 cord with a splitting axe. I think people need to post more of these videos.

3. If you want it taller, then you can make your circle smaller so you don't have to stand on it and then put a circle on top. I usually do 2 circles high so I don't have to bend over.

4. The first circle was mostly rounds and that circle split easier and faster than the 2nd circle, so I am confident that you could get similar results with all rounds.

5. If the rounds are 3' in diameter, then I run a line down them [with my 441] on their side and hit them with the Fiskars and they open right up since they want to roll apart. If you stand them up and hit them, then good luck as they won't want to slide apart due the the weight of the wood.

If you want some serious sawdust, then try cutting a log with the grain on it's side. It is pretty wild as the wood cuts extremely easy.

6. East Coast Folks: Not familiar with your wood, so I have no comment on that. My area produces: Cedar, Douglas Fir, Maple, Alder and if you travel you could get some Oak. The hardest to easiest to split is the following from my experience:
A: Oak - lots of knots
B: Douglas Fir - Easily run into branches in the grain
C: Maple, Alder and Cedar: All of these are extremely easy to split and if I used this wood in my video, then I would say the video is not an accurate sample as I would have been able to use the Super Splitter which is half the weight of the 4lb Fiskars.

Looking forward to your comments!

 

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[forcedintoit]

That is why i bought my timberwolf! I Don't have that much ambition! I just want to enjoy running my saws and splitting at a leisurely pace! I am not looking for a aerobics workout!:deadhorse:

 

[Alaskat]

I better watch I am a believer in the Fiskars. If it does not split easy for me I just wait till its sub zero and the toughest knots just shatter. White Birch while still green splits easy but straight clear Beetle Kill Spruce very dry just cracks up w/ Fiskars I could make shingles out of the stuff. I routinely buck split and load full cords in under two hours. Right now I am working in Southeast Ak in Sitka and man this place is carpeted w/ massive Sitka Spruce, up north the alder is 6 to 8'' down here they are 12 to 20''+. This place is a rainforest and pretty cool town. Had to use dynamite to trench for conduit runs. Absolutely beautiful place with unsurpassed fishing and hunting opportunities.

 

[farmerdoug]

Secret ingredient to swinging power

Here is the secret incredient to some swinging power if you are wanting to convert from a Timberwolf!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvQhxDifm6o

 

[farmerdoug]

Very cool post . . .

I better watch I am a believer in the Fiskars. If it does not split easy for me I just wait till its sub zero and the toughest knots just shatter. White Birch while still green splits easy but straight clear Beetle Kill Spruce very dry just cracks up w/ Fiskars I could make shingles out of the stuff. I routinely buck split and load full cords in under two hours. Right now I am working in Southeast Ak in Sitka and man this place is carpeted w/ massive Sitka Spruce, up north the alder is 6 to 8'' down here they are 12 to 20''+. This place is a rainforest and pretty cool town. Had to use dynamite to trench for conduit runs. Absolutely beautiful place with unsurpassed fishing and hunting opportunities.

I knew there were some real men on this forum

 

[forcedintoit]

Here is the secret incredient to some swinging power if you are wanting to convert from a Timberwolf!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvQhxDifm6o

I would need a truck load of of those every 3-4 hours!

 

[indiansprings]

Admire the effort, but you have to count all the time setting up, prior splitting etc. It doesn't work like that on oak and hickory. You won't try that with blackjack. It's just two different worlds between splitting toothpick density wood and what we have in the mid-west and the east. I've got some 40" post oak rounds out in the wood lot now that you would beat with that little ole axe until the handle fell off before they split, hell I had one today that eat two wedges before I got the 660 out and noodled it.

 

[Meadow Beaver]

I know where there is a 30" gnarly hickory with some barbed wire in it. I'd like to see you split one 16" round of that in 6 minutes.

 

[forcedintoit]

I know where there is a 30" gnarly hickory with some barbed wire in it. I'd like to see you split one 16" round of that in 6 minutes.

6 minutes hell, I give him the whole day with the axe!

Fiskars makes a great splitting axe but not practical with most of the wood that i cut here! plus i burn 24 inch pieces, you could even try splitting that straight grain stuff he was splitting at 24 inches and he would have a whole other story!

 

[farmerdoug]

Start them out Young . . .

You need to start the next generation out young. I should post a video of this guy doing his kindling business. He isn't the fastest, but he is getting there:

I know you guys on the East Coast arent' going to be happy till I do a video of this piece broke down with the Fiskars. I actually did split this one down with the Fiskars and it is in my wood shed:

 

[farmerdoug]

Maple

This is mostly Maple and it splits like a dream come true:

 

[Meadow Beaver]

6 minutes hell, I give him the whole day with the axe!

Fiskars makes a great splitting axe but not practical with most of the wood that i cut here! plus i burn 24 inch pieces, you could even try splitting that straight grain stuff he was splitting at 24 inches and he would have a whole other story!

Frozen hickory is fun too.

 

[Alaskat]

I have been burning Spruce for over twenty years and thats how it splits. A good stove and putting big pieces on coals I have 10 to 12 hr burn all the time. I stoke fire a 5 or 6 am go to work back at 6 and still have coals for next load. In the evening I load unsplit 8 to 10'' rounds on coals and heats all night. I mix big chunks of spruce w/ birch and it works great. The beauty of dry spruce is the instant heat it provides and lights easy as a firecracker. Put it on the Sawmill and watch the boards stack up I built my house outta the stuff 10''x 10'' timbers all mortise and tenon with mahogany splines and purple heart pegs. The stuff is awesome for building, burning and splitting. The vid shows how easy it is to make A hundred dollars an hour working for yourself. You have to quarter the big stuff cause 5' rounds are a challenge to handle and it takes alot more effort to get it splitting. Doug Fir is awesome wood for fuel and lumber. I could be using a 80 HP diesel 6 way splitter but I have to pick up the pieces to load splitter and its less effort to just wack it and stack it. I wonder if alot of folks are living in old drafty houses framed w/ 2x4 vrs 6 to 12'' walls. Great share. Hardwood is for gunstocks, furniture, and flatlanders ha ha.

 

[mrbentontoyou]

this pic is making me laugh and cringe at the same time-
junior looks like a little bad-ass standing beside the trailer with his gloves like it's all in a days work but that black bungee looks like it's ready let go and crack him in the head!

 

[yooper]

This is mostly Maple and it splits like a dream come true:

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lol that little pek looks like he means business!!!!!:rockn:

 

[farmerdoug]

bungee

this pic is making me laugh and cringe at the same time-
junior looks like a little bad-ass standing beside the trailer with his gloves like it's all in a days work but that black bungee looks like it's ready let go and crack him in the head!

Yeah - I don't use a bungee anymore after that was pointed out to me. It's a miracle kids make it to adulthood alive and w/ minimal scarring.

 

[Anthony_Va.]

I don't understand all the negativity.

Guy was just messing around and bustin some wood. He never claimed his wood was the hardest to bust or that he was the best woodbuster on AS.

Give the guy a break. All these what ifs. What if a frog had wings? Then he would'nt bump his rear everytime he jumped.

Anyone who wants to bust some real wood on the East coast, bust you up a load of Osage Orange (hedgeapple). :bang: