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Foot powered kindling splitter. Anyone seen / used one?

Discussion in 'Chainsaws and Power Equipment' started by Woodchuck Chuck, Jan 21, 2017.

  1. Woodchuck Chuck

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    Interesting, but not much stroke to that one. It looks to me like a lot of fiddling to get the length right, then you need to reset for the next split you want to reduce to kindling.
     
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    Good point Oldman47. Looks pretty fiddly. Maybe only useful in certain situations. Strange how we over complicate things.


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    I like the concept, but sometimes in the quest to build a better mouse trap, you just end up with something more complicated, not better. To my mind, that's where this went. I'm fat for my height :D but even easy to split wood needs a quick force, not a slow step on it force (in my opinion). I'm sure if you kicked it like a motorcycle it would work well, but ouch on the foot or knees before too long. My 2 cents.

    I've seen a kindling splitter on facebook that is like a framed cylinder, with an axe head type thing facing upwards, and you use a hammer. It seemed like a good dedicated kindling splitter.
     
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    Yep, I've got one of those. A kindling cracker. Very good for splitting on the go in a more confined area.
     
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    What does that mean? Is that like talking about spinning the crank to start a car? My bike, and the last several of them, do not even have a kick starter any more than my car has a crank.
     
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    I had motorbikes when I was younger, and they were kick start, which was mid to late 1980's. But surely you understand the point I was making? Or did you not know bikes older than yours had a kick start foot lever, and needed a swift kick to make them fire?
     
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    Yep someone got one of these in the secret santa this year.