zogger
Tree Freak
I realized buying it that as a hand tool it was going to have limitations
But I purchased based on the reviews which I felt were hyped after I got to using the tool .
I guess in a nut shell the premise of my post was that if you were to buy a fiskars
Based on the reviews you'd expect it to do alot better than it actually does .its not junk but people need to realize its not going to replace a hydrolic splitter
It actually does do a great job for a lot of us here, not just everyone. Some folks report it doesn't work well, most here like them.
I use fiskars, conventional maul, wedges and a sledgehammer, adjusted to the wood I am working on. fiskars can does do quite a bit of it though, the majority of it.
And some I just go heck with it, break out a big saw and noodle them, did that today in fact on three crotchedy big rounds.
No hand splitter is going to replace a mechanical splitter, just ain't happening, even a big bucks euro axe with top shelf alloy steel and honed to perfection. Humans, even young strong athletes, put out between 1/4 and 1/2 horsepower.
You can do pretty good with that though, and in perfect or near perfect wood, you can split faster than a low end hydraulic can cycle, for some amount of time anyway. I know I have. Couldn't do it all afternoon, but say up to 1/3rd of a cord, sure, done it. Got to be good wood though, real straight grained well checked red oak rounds, stuff like that.
Timed myself once in good clear oak, 15 splits in 40 seconds. Got some pics of it someplace, man, like three years ago now? something like that. time flies...
lemme see if I can find that..
found them in my attachments folder but the site is screwing up and won't display them, rats.....