firewood mill

Timelapse of myself milling fat logs down to firewood. I split most of the rounds by hand with a maul. I use a chainsaw to crosscut the tougher ones; those with lots of knots. They slice like double-layer birthday cakes. I'm running a 70cc saw with a crosscut (milling) blade, the use of which officially designates me as a human firewood mill. It's really nice looking tinder.It Looks like it came from a mill.

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Film & Animation

Tags:

• firewood
• splitting
• ecco chainsaw
• splitting maul

[stoolie10]

looks like a pleasure to split nice looking fir like that. I have a whole back yard full of split wood just like your video. no need to use a chainsaw on easy splitting firewood, seems to be more for show.

[TextFreeley]

@stoolie10 Maybe you were splitting wood of a smaller diameter. Also, this tree had been down for two years so it was pretty firm. Maybe I'm not as strong as you. I don't know, but no, it wasn't for show; it was easier.

[TextFreeley]

@stoolie10 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God:

Not of works, lest any man should boast

[colbycous01]

why do you split em down the middle? why not just take chunks off the sides till its small enough to go down the middle?

[TextFreeley]

@colbycous01 For consistancy. I wanted really even-sized wedges of wood. It probably wood have been easier and faster to take chunks off the sides but I was splitting it to sell, so I was going for uniformity. I might try that, though. I've seen a lot of slabs cut from the sides as you describe. Burned a lot of them, too.

[TextFreeley]

@colbycous01 probably just for uniformity. Good question.

[loraan]

For what it's worth, I prefer to split big pieces like that with wedges instead of my saw. Cutting into the end grain like that will dull a chain faster than anything. Wedges and a maul or sledge will bust up even big pieces with ... well, it's more effort than using a saw, but most things are.

[Rhinoch8]

What's the music it rocks man!

[citys4]

thst looks cool

[themadbushman]

like the saw i love echo's, one of the better vids on here, good effort

[colbycous01]

@TextFreeley right, right, its just alot harder to split him down the middle rather than take chunks off the sides with a big ol log like that. the pieces are gonna be as nice as you split them off. to each there own i guess. i will have just enough wood this year to make the end of march. hopein for a warm april,lol. stay warm friend.

[moriahjh15]

i just bought that same axe it works great!