Felling Wedge

[ajreid]

How do you make a home made felling wedge? Are the wooden ones as good as plastic? I've never used one but I think its time I start.

 

[clemsonfor]

A wood one would likely be brittle and split when you start really beating on it. I'd just spend $5 and buy a real one.

 

[NH_Wood]

I think Thistle had a post where he showed some wooden wedges. I just use the plastic - I picked up quite a few for free for folks no longer cutting, so haven't looked at prices. Cheers!

 

[MasterMech]

Anytime I have made a wedge in the woods it was a one time use tool. Just cut up the pie slice you remove from the tree while felling. Presto, ready made wedges.

Btw: The plastic ones are uber cheap.

 

[Thistle]

A wood one would likely be brittle and split when you start really beating on it. I'd just spend $5 and buy a real one.

I've hammered the chit outta the ironwood & hickory wedges I made a while back.2-3 yrs old now,a few dings/dents but NO splits.I can make 5 in 15 minutes,including sawing them out on bandsaw & spraying them fluorescent orange.

That's $25 I can spend on something else I figure.


Years ago out in the field I made a couple extra large ones from an green elm log with chainsaw when needing them for a certain job..

 

[firefighterjake]

I made a few out of some pressure treated scrap wood . . . some lasted pretty well, some lasted only a few times before being pounded to mush . . . figured it was scrap wood and I was only out a bit of time . . . I am pretty cheap.

 

[thewoodlands]

How do you make a home made felling wedge? Are the wooden ones as good as plastic? I've never used one but I think its time I start.

Post number three, from Thistle.
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/felling-wedges-what-to-look-for.78823/#post-1003706

 

[clemsonfor]

Yea if u use some good wood. I'm thinking g of oak as that's 80% of what I cut. Pretty brash and brittle in that size.

 

[Thistle]

Anything with knots and/or wild grain is gonna be tougher & more resistant to splitting/breakage and would be great.American/White Elm is probably the toughest to split around here,but not near as hard or shock resistant as denser woods.But end grain is always harder than side grain & takes more to dent it.

 

[clemsonfor]

Yea thought about white oak crotch wood.