Splitting knotty wood?

[Stubby]

Rip those mothers !

[Marc Lewis]

Cut a face and then sit that flat on a block and run saw through.

 

Could you hire a splitter for the day?

[spandit]

Bury them as hügelkultur or buy a bigger stove

[Stubby]

Save em up for November 5th ?

[hardtop110]

Depends how many / what % is like that, but I made an executive decision earlier this year to bonfire any bits that won't split on the second attempt. Of course you can use the saw, but I find its bits which are usually too big for the stove, but too small for the saw horse and trying to cut them on the ground is too dangerous or too expensive in chains.

[sandspider]

Of course you can use the saw, but I find its bits which are usually too big for the stove, but too small for the saw horse and trying to cut them on the ground is too dangerous or too expensive in chains.

 

That's pretty much the problem. I can probably work around it by wedging them between other bits of wood, but I think I might need to cut my losses at some point and have a bonfire. (Some bits have nails etc. in too) Hugelkultur sounds interesting, but my garden isn't big enough just yet! One day...

 

Cheers all.

[ThrustSSC]

Save em up for November 5th ?

 

Like the man says. There's a good reason our bonfire is only just far enough from the cordwood pile to keep the cord safe.

 

The village kids and the family love bonfire night round our place. A proper fire instead of some old pallets and planks than burn out in no time!

[muldonach]

Cheers gents.

 

This is wood for my personal use, not for sale, so I'm not too bothered how it looks.

 

Guess I'll carry on with the chainsaw if there's no simpler way. And I take your point about not leaving them till the end Jake, but its easier to just throw them to one side and take something splittable! Suppose I could save them all up and hire a log splitter for a day...

 

Having learned the hard way I would be cautious when using a splitter on this type of material - I never bent a ram but I did bend the splitter a couple of times.

 

Use the saw if in doubt

 

Cheers

mac