I was looking over my pile of uglies and this oak ugly looks like it had a coat of poly on it. I am going to take another shot noodling these sometime soon. I got the saw out and it fired up on the second try. Then I realized most of the black maple rounds I had were 17”, with just three rounds 18”+. When the mud dies down I am going to stock up on a bunch of red maple branches from the neighbors that were cut way too long by landscapers. I might just half them all and get a good stack of shorts for next year, even if it messes with my cord calculations. Anyways, I like do as much sawing as I can once strap those lovely orange chaps on, so I’ll take another swipe at these uglies.
Stuff like that is great to throw on the fire pit. If you have a lot of too long splits and branch pieces, make a jig. It's much more efficient and safer.
Looks like a typical pile of my uglies. Will you turn it around to complete the cut or use the maul/axe and try to split it?
Once upon a time I tried to split with wedges after kerfing, but no go. I will give them a saw from the other side when I cut the longs up.. Fortunately, not so many longs as I imagined. I went and picked up some more red maple( starting with the branches today, and there were only a few over 18” and a few more from the black maple. I’m thinking I’ll half them all for a pile of fall shorts. The big red maple from across the street still has about 3-4 cords in rounds and stump chunks, but it would take me through fall or longer to split by hand. Horkn By “jig,” do you mean like a 2x4 frame to hold the logs while I cut? I’ll see how many 19”+ I can collect.
