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Post by quadfather on Jan 28, 2024 15:41:06 GMT
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Post by quercusrobur on Jan 31, 2024 10:19:38 GMT
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minimatt
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Post by minimatt on Jan 31, 2024 10:30:13 GMT
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Post by quercusrobur on Jan 31, 2024 10:44:09 GMT
Oooo, I bloody LOVE the splitting maul - very close to getting one. Is it as good as it looks?
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Post by Dougs on Jan 31, 2024 10:53:18 GMT
Excellent stuff. Perhaps also needs putting in the manly man thread (can't remember if that made it over or not)
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Post by minimatt on Jan 31, 2024 10:54:40 GMT
yes - but - 95% of what I split I'll do with the little husky axe, by the time it needs a maul I'm more inclined to just throw that round back on the pile and try again next year once the beetles & woodlice have softened it up. I'm lazy, is the takeaway
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Post by quercusrobur on Jan 31, 2024 11:11:55 GMT
Interesting. I went for the splitting axe mainly due to the weight - I can swing it for a hours and it's not too tiring. Plus, it can handle some pretty sizeable rounds if you know how to use it properly. I split some big bastard beech rounds yesterday and will soon have a bloody shitload of sycamore to split.
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Post by minimatt on Jan 31, 2024 11:23:03 GMT
yeah, a maul doesn't make it easier or take less energy per split - the opposite - it's only advantage is to split the stuff an axe can't, and as you've found, there's not much that an axe can't. I probably use it as often as a sledge for driving wedges.
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Post by quercusrobur on Jan 31, 2024 11:38:14 GMT
I was sceptical about how good the large splitting axe would be at taking on big rounds, especially when you see the size of it (it's small compared to a normal felling axe). But it's so good. I want to get the small version for one handed splitting of larger logs/smaller rounds, but they are on the pricey side.
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Post by quadfather on Feb 14, 2024 13:04:50 GMT
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Post by nexus6 on Apr 12, 2024 7:03:14 GMT
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Post by quadfather on Apr 12, 2024 12:19:41 GMT
Amazing. So businesses that churn out shit into the air for products and profit don't have to do shit, but people that have a log burner in a house in rural areas where they might get cut off, get targeted instead.
That's an ingenious idea, isn't it.
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Post by nexus6 on Sept 11, 2024 20:07:30 GMT
Make the most of this seasons burning chaps before The Guardian bans us!
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Post by rftp on Sept 11, 2024 20:15:24 GMT
They have tofu and I have axes and hatchets...
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Post by minimatt on Sept 11, 2024 21:01:53 GMT
i'm a vegetarian lentil eating guardian reading lefty with a landrover and a tonne & a half of coal at the top of the drive
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