Just messing around today and came up with this. Not bad for an old guy with a broken index finger. Kid stuff for the more experienced however.
Okay out there, let's se your split art!
The Art of the Split
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Just messing around today and came up with this. Not bad for an old guy with a broken index finger. Kid stuff for the more experienced however.
Okay out there, let's se your split art!
TimJ
Minister of Fire
The cherry I split last week was called abstract art................!!
clemsonfor
Minister of Fire
Oooohh, how symmetrical. Sort of. What happened to the one at the 5:30 position? Messed up the whole dang thing.
Partially dry too.
Partially dry too.
White Ash been cut for 6 months before being split.You're still poppin' wood with a busted finger?? You are the man!
What kind of wood is that?
Ralph,
You must be the Zenmaster splitter! I have a good maul and a nice X27, but my splits are never that accurate. And I will add that I have split many, many cords of firewood. Guess some have it and some do not. My stacks are pretty good though!
Take care,
Tim
You must be the Zenmaster splitter! I have a good maul and a nice X27, but my splits are never that accurate. And I will add that I have split many, many cords of firewood. Guess some have it and some do not. My stacks are pretty good though!
Take care,
Tim
How did you make the first split? Usually I would expect the first split to pass the whole way through the round in a more or less straight line. I don't see any split that is straight through the round, so which split was first?
You are a God Ralph 
Mine look like total crap compared to that ! This could be a Ralph, Dennis showdown !
Pete
Mine look like total crap compared to that ! This could be a Ralph, Dennis showdown !Pete
Nice looking split job. I have changed over the years and don't like triangle splits anymore. I try to split a large round into all relatively square splits. They stack better in the stacks and the stove. Just me.
That looks like a bloomin' onion. This is the best I can show for my split art. 
You are a God Ralph
This round was a bit small. Generally I split more square.
The round used was a white ash round that was from a tree cut in February. It is somewhat dry but not dry enough to burn, which is, I think, the key to making it work.
I drive the wedge in at about 1/3 of the diameter of the round for the first split. Then rotate the round 90 degrees and split again. This is done 4 times total. Then each of the 4 splits is then split into 3 or 4 pieces each, depending on the size of the round. Some times if the round was large enough I split the center sguare into 2 pieces as well.
While it may not look like it in the photo, each split is all the way through the round. The only thing holding the splits is some small strands of about the width and thickness one would use to weave baskets.
This was by far not my best effort, it just happened to have my camera with me at the time. I’ve done this many, many times just to amuse myself while spending 4 hours splitting so I just thought I’d share.
Split art, eh?...
Try and do that by hand.
Try and do that by hand.
You gotta love Elm!!
I love the guys that claim to be able to split everything by hand. I just nod my head. Oh yea???
Jags, I would even lend them my monster maul to try on that round !! and then take pics, videos as they tried
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