Anybody make wood books while splitting?

[gzecc]

 

[mellow]

No slab wood for me, to much of a pain to stack.

 

[bogydave]

Beginnings of "kindling" ?

 

[gzecc]

No slab wood for me, to much of a pain to stack.

Actually its great for the cross stacked ends. Very stable.

 

[zzr7ky]

I make kindling that way for my daughters to use.

i also have been known to make 'Shingle' targets for shooting old school flintlock rifles.

 

[Ralphie Boy]

I don't have a splitter, just a sledge and wedges so I make flowers.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Gzecc, I do that a lot. And when making kindling, I do it like this only make the splits about an inch apart. Then grasp a handful and turn them and it is chop, chop, chop. Quick and easy. I love making kindling this way and use soft maple because it splits so easy. Just a light touch with the wedge and it splits.

And yes, for making those splits you want to use for cribbing the ends, this is the way to do it.

 

[My Oslo heats my home]

I'll make the books when I have a straight grained piece that splits well, and to agree with GZ, perfect for end row stacking.

 

[Flatbedford]

I make those when hand splitting the big rounds. The more uniform shape makes stacking much easier.

 

[firefighterjake]

I make squares, rectangles and slabs . . . or when I start to get hungry I switch over to making pie-shapes.