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If you have electrics... And a snow squall

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  1. Suburban wood snob

    Suburban wood snob

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    Oddball day here. Snowing and some severe wind ... And my kindling pile is outside and now wet.

    Solution? Use my electric wood splitter to make nice thin splits from the dried ash and maple in my garage. That damm thing does this so well it feels like I am using a kitchen appliance. Sure beats trying to use the ax or making sawdust...

    Give it a try if you are in a pinch like me. :hair:
     
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    I keep thinking I should get one................
     
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    One of the benefits of an outdoor wood boiler I don't need kindling, but if I did the little electric splitter sounds like the ticket. Sounds like you made the most of bad day. Split on!
     
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    :BrianK:Dats da way son, works smarter, not harder!:salute:
     
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    I don't think you can beat a splitter for making kindling! It is really fun to do that way.
     
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    A Kindling Cracker with a mallet is a good set up.
     
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  7. Suburban wood snob

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    No idea what that is.

    Care to elaborate ?
     
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    Keep that white stuff to yourselves up there!!!
     
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    Just enough to accumulate on the car windows. Sun came out after. You are safe for now :yes:
     
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    What kind of electric do you have? I was actually thinking of doing this today with my Boss 7ton electric on a bunch of cedar splits I have.
     
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    It's an Earthquake 5ton. I love it. The cedar I would split into sheets and final split them with the hand ax when you need them - easier storage.

    No one go look on Craigslist now because I want them but the best kindling is the old 60s and 70s slatted interior doors. Pine, ot mahogany...the are super dry and so easy to harvest as kindling. A couple wacks on the frame and all the slats fall out. Had two of them last year. Great stuff. I used the skinny mahogany frames as posts for my garden fence:D
     
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    I still have my 7 ton electric splitter ,If it didn't weigh 190 pounds I'd probably already have it in the basement .
    The Kindling Cracker works great down there though
     
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    I use .75 x 6" hardwood dimensional lumber for kindling. Cut it to the length I want, then it splits super easily with a hatchet.
     
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    190 lbs? chit that is heavy. I think mine is about 70 lbs
     
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    Yeah that splitter is no joke I split a lot of big wood with it :axe::dex:
     
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    The Earthquake is listed at 99 lbs.
    HD seems to have gotten the Hulk version.
     
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    Mine is the Earthquake ... Not sure what he's using ... But at 190 lbs it must have its own backup generator.
     
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    Yeah it's the harbor freight Hulk, Maybe that's why they don't make them anymore to heavy duty to be Very portable
     
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    Ah. It took me bit to realize that it the blade... Looks like a bear trap.

    Work with any type of wood?
     
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