This quick video demonstrates a clever human-powered device that makes splitting firewood easier by setting an ax into a frame to guide it. Adding a counter weight and a spring allows the log splitter ...

Arrange firewood for your home with these highly-rated log splitters. They vary in form but serve the function well. Check ...

Q: Now that the snow has gone, it's time to cut, split and store firewood for next winter. Can you tell me what type of firewood splitter you would use if you had to split many cords of firewood? When ...

Stacking firewood is pleasant work. It’s quiet and even contemplative. The hard and sometimes dangerous work of felling trees and bucking them with a chainsaw is done. The laborious splitting by hand ...

Canadian company Bell’s Machining specializes in firewood processors. The massive equipment converts entire tree logs into smaller pieces of firewood. A 2018 video featuring a processor from Bell’s ...

An curved arrow pointing right. This machine chops logs into firewood using a hydraulic press. It is called the Splitmaster and is manufactured by POSCH in Austria. The Splitmaster can exert up to 55 ...

“Have all your firewood cut and split by the Fourth of July,” the old-timers say. That sounds good in theory, but in actual practice, we are doing well to get the wood cut and split a week before we ...

Wood. Humans have burned it for to heat their homes for thousands of years. It’s truly a renewable source of energy. While it may not be the most efficient or green method to warm a space, it ...

Splitting wood by hand is not exotic or efficient, easy or cost-efficient. One could label it anachronistic, something from nostalgic days of yesteryear. It’s not easy labor, even as it has largely ...