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Chopping block pics. Lets see 'em

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  1. KaptJaq

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    Been using the same one for a loooong time, stump of small oak.

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    My processing area is slightly sloped and I can never buck perfectly square so it comes in handy that it is a little slanted. Just spin it around until the round stands up. I've had it soooo long I think it is now petrified.

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  2. Road-side Oak

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    I have been using a stump from a pretty big pine that I had taken down about three years ago. It is very low to the ground so it’s pretty safe as far as miss-hits. Unfortunately it is finally starting to soften up so I will need a new block soon. A93E063A-C942-44C0-8497-B9D8BF2BB966.jpeg
     
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  3. billb3

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    Wow, yeah, that sure looks like it has had some use.
     
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    Amish satellite dish?
     
  5. Ralphie Boy

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    When I split by hand this was my block. It worked well for me.
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  6. James Miller

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    Don't know if these count. 20200217_165703.jpg Locust round in the driveway for splitting kindling. That whole tree measured under 15% on my mm when I cut it don't know why that round got saved from the fiskars. 20200217_171540.jpg This apple round had been sitting inside the front door for 25 years or better. I've often thought about taking a swing at it with the fiskars but its probably hard as concrete by now.
    I'm 5'9 so if I'm making firewood the rounds are on the ground.
     
  7. Redneckchevy

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    Been just spliting on the ground this year, but in years past when I split by the wood stove I have a pine log that I use.

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    Been there for 3-4 years now, it's old, mud and water logged but does not crack.
     
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  8. mrfancyplants

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    49965EBB-E108-4A3C-98E5-17D69D64A8E8.jpeg Not sure what mine is made of. I went through(broke) a few chopping blocks this year. I like them low so that if I miss or get deflected, it’s less likely to test the steel toed shoes out.
     
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  9. FatBoy85

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    I thought I had one or two pictures of the thing but guess not. I had picked up a couple of very large Weyland cypress cuts and these were some of the more harder rounds ever to split. They don’t pop or anything easily so its a matter of using the splitter to simply shear the wood apart, that’s about as good as it gets. Anyways I had help and we lifted some rounds about 18 inches across give or take, about 2 feet or so high. They would be great if they were just cut flatter as the cuts were likely near the base as a felling cut. With cedar being pretty rot resistant, it should hold up a lot longer than my previous doug fir block. I took that one to be made into a Swedish Candle. I’ll take pictures likely when ready to begin splitting again!
     
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  10. FatBoy85

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    Oh I like how you have that wood stacked up in that pull cart!