how to split cedar logs for rails or posts tutorial

[BornRandy62]

I cut some 14 inch across ash into 12 to 18 inch lengths. 6 months later I attentped to split one of the pieces before carving it into a mortar pestle set. I used steel wedges and a sledge hammer. I ended up beating on that piece for an hour before finally getting thru it.

[tyrannynotever]

Try splitting oak logs with a metal & wooden wedges.

[POLOLOUS3]

@tyrannynotever

Bring it up another notch, try elm or osage orange

[taan2011]

Cedar needles and Pine on the ground, look closely they easily seen.

[mem7048]

Why did you call this how to split "cedar" logs if you are using pine and spruce?

[Jets7500]

nice demo, I like to split from the larger end, because it is easier to split branches right down the middle, while going from the small end usually forces the split to go around the branch and then taper the posts.

[tribalwind]

nice vid,

i use a wedge for splittin firewood..the wedge with the half-twist works best, keeps it from getting stuck,(non-wedging wedge?!)

[grizzlybeerpops]

This is a good thing to know, plus it looks fairly easy with very little tools.

[netgnomedad]

"Proud to be a Democrat pine".  I suppose if it had been a Republican pine/cedar, you guys might have had a bit more aggression :-)

[paulwheaton12]

I think it was his butt that was a democrat! :)

[cwgreen41]

Good visual Paul !

[Ecoescuela]

nice work, this will come handy in chile now.

[playtor08]

great work paul

[marthale7]

I have done this with locust. TOUGH stuff.

[paulwheaton12]

it must have been GREEN locust. I hear that once locust dries it becomes a rock.

[Marcintosh]

@paulwheaton12

My dad cut Locust and let it lay for over twenty years and there was NO rot no bugs nothing. The bark fell off but that was it. Toughest stuff I know of.

[paulwheaton12]

@Marcintosh you GOTTA post that in the black locust thread at permies - that is a super important tidbit of info.

[growlfeathers]

Great info!

[woodswoman783]

I remember watching my uncle do this. I can still smell that wonderful smell of split cedar. Some of the fenceposts are still in down by the creek. Thanks for sharing.