Physics-exploiting axe splits wood in record time

Posted by Eudaimonia 10 years ago to Science
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One of the oldest human tools reinvented.
This is kinda cool.

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  • Posted by NealS 10 years ago
    Most of my firewood doesn't split that easy and much it has knots. Since I'm now 72 years old, I use a Northern Tool 30-Ton Vertical and/or Horizontal Splitter. Works Great.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 10 years ago
    A great illustration of the never-ending inventiveness of man. Just imagine -- an improvement on a tool that has remained basically the same for thousands of years. I wonder how many other commonly used items could be improved upon?
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  • Posted by Kittyhawk 10 years ago
    I love this example of ingenuity! Thanks for sharing it, very inspiring!
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  • Posted by $ johnrobert2 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Don't know why not. Plan to try next time I split wood. Although splitting birch (?), as he was, may be different from oak I would be splitting. Also, the wood looked cured, not fresh cut. Could make a difference with that type of wood. Would probably work for pine, also cured.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Correct. If you have too small of a log, you're going to get the split pieces falling over and jammed in or under the tire, and if the log is too large, there won't be enough room around the log to allow for the pieces to split apart. But, overall, a neat idea. I could maybe see a metal cable wrapped around the log to hold it in place, with the ends attached to a fixed post via bungy or springs to allow for variations in size and to let the pieces split off but not fly off. Hmmm - maybe I should get a patent app in on that?
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  • Posted by kathywiso 10 years ago
    Have to say that looks so much easier than when I did it.. Nice product. May need to get a few for the prepper inventory :-)
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  • Posted by barwick11 10 years ago
    That's pretty sweet (the axe).

    On the tire everyon ekeeps talking about, I used to split my wood with a tire at the old house, it's super duper handy if you have the right size tire and splitting block.
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  • Posted by $ johnrobert2 10 years ago
    Neat axe but what was the most enlightening was the use of the tire to contain the wood while splitting.
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  • Posted by preimert1 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Yeah, that use of an old tire in and of itself is ingenious since you don't have to pick up the individual splits for the next cuts. Wonder it would work as well with a regular axe?
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  • Posted by iroseland 10 years ago
    Its been a very long time and I don't particularly miss splitting wood. But dammm I would have killed for that thing back then..
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  • Posted by $ Maphesdus 10 years ago
    Awesome. I don't even ever split wood, but that video makes me want one anyway.
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