silver bullet "wedge" ?

[bob gresko]

Is there a "silver bullet" wedge or mall that makes splitting 12" diameter and larger twisted grain wood any quicker/easier? When the mall can't touch it, and a regular wedge won't do it, other than sawing partially through the end and mauling it, is there anything (short of a hydraulic splitter) that you guys recommend. Or are those "wood grenades", 4 point cross wedges, and such all just gimmicks?

Thanks Bob

 

[johnzski]

make your life a little easier;if it doesn't start to split after a couple whacks I just lay 'em on their side and slice 'em with the saw. then the halves usually can be split by hand

 

[cmetalbend]

Well I don't recomend it but the black powder method could come in handy here. heheheheheh

 

[cabinman]

Been there,. don that

Swing Harder,....

 

[user 19670]

After a couple of wacks, if it don't co-operate, I toss it into the 'hydraulic splitter' pile.

 

[Zodiac45]

what Gorgdie said. It's a bit like baseball for me. Two goes with a 6lb maul, if no joy, one with the allsteel monster. Three strikes and yer into the splitter pile.

 

[sredlin]

I use a cone shaped wedge or wood grenade and it works great to split big stuff

 

[charlesfarm]

I have a "twist" wedge I bought from Harbor Freight. It works better than the regular wedge on the more stubborn pieces.

 

[Dok]

make your life a little easier;if it doesn't start to split after a couple whacks I just lay 'em on their side and slice 'em with the saw. then the halves usually can be split by hand

+1

 

[czar800]

Swing Harder,....

+1

 

[Ken05]

If your lookin for "silver bullets" its time to start scouring the swap sheets for a hydraulic. I picked one up for $200. It needed alot of work, but there is no sense wasting all that energy swinging a maul when it can be applied to lifting a beer.

 

[turnkey4099]

what Gorgdie said. It's a bit like baseball for me. Two goes with a 6lb maul, if no joy, one with the allsteel monster. Three strikes and yer into the splitter pile.

Same here but with a third pile for the stuff the splitter won't take (very little). That is the pile used for making french fries.

Harry K