Check out this funny axe

[JA600L]

(broken link removed to http://www.geek.com/news/physics-exploiting-axe-splits-wood-in-record-time-1591725/)

 

[cityboy172]

Must be Wednesday, time for another Vipukirves thread.

 

[BrotherBart]

 

[TreePointer]

LOL! Now this tool has been making rounds (no pun intended) lately on the techie websites. A few days ago, it was featured in a Kim Komando newsletter.

 

[tfdchief]

Looks dangerous to me. I suppose if you had a bunch of straight grained, easy splitting rounds it would be ok, but I never have that....I live in Central IL and nothing grows straight and tall. The stuff I split would laugh at that thing.

 

[TreePointer]

There are plenty of discussions (sometimes heated) of this axe on many firewood forums. Here's one of the latest from Hearth:
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/anyone-try-one-of-these.123521/

 

[cityboy172]

Looks dangerous to me. I suppose if you had a bunch of straight grained, easy splitting rounds it would be ok, but I never have that....I live in Central IL and nothing grows straight and tall. The stuff I split would laugh at that thing.

Are you saying your wood grows as crooked as your politicians?

 

[BEConklin]

I prefer the bucket type...keeps killing mice even if you're not there.

 

[bobdog2o02]

I prefer the bucket type...keeps killing mice even if you're not there.

Lol, way to cross link threads.....

 

[BEConklin]

jus' tryin' to bring order to a chaotic world

 

[Jags]

NOOOoooooooo.

 

[yooperdave]

Maybe it's just some kind of virus implanted among the hearth????? Just can't get rid of it or keep it from popping up again and again.

 

[JA600L]

You guys could just delete this Haha. I honestly never noticed it before but by all means feel free to delete it.

 

[yooperdave]

Would certainly be a busy crew if they deleted all posts that were repetitive.

 

[BrotherBart]

With the darn axe threads it would be like playing Whack-A-Mole.

 

[infinitymike]

With the darn axe threads it would be like playing Whack-A-Mole.

What about:

Tree ID
Chain Sharpening
Is this Saw worth it
Another score

Whack-A-Mole?! HA! You'd need a Grenade!

 

[yooperdave]

I guess the only approach left is to de-rail/hi-jack the thread?

 

[BEConklin]

I guess the only approach left is to de-rail/hi-jack the thread?

I like sauerkraut.

 

[bobdog2o02]

We make our own Sauerkraut

 

[Jags]

I like sauerkraut.

 

[bobdog2o02]

I bet that Vipukirves could do some real damage on cabbages

 

[BrotherBart]

I bet that Vipukirves could do some real damage on cabbages

Better tool for it. Lower price.

 

[BEConklin]

We make our own Sauerkraut

I do too - in fact, I have a nice head of cabbage waiting for the next batch.

I do small batches in those bail type "Fido" jars with the rubber gaskets. 1.5 - 2L jars - each jar takes one head of cabbage. Shred it, salt it, pound the living snot out of it, then jam it in the jars, latch the lid, put the jar on a tray in case the CO2 pushes some liquid out and put the tray in a dark cupboard. 4 weeks later.....mmmmm home made sauerkraut and not a trace of mold.

I used to do it the old fashioned way in a crock, skimming the mold off every other day..not anymore.

I make my own Kosher style half sour garlic and dill pickles too.

That fermented stuff is supposed to be good for you - all them lacto bacillae or something...I just like sauerkraut and the home made stuff is so much better than the crap they sell in stores.

 

[smokedragon]

The stuff I split would laugh at that thing.

Ditto