This quick video demonstrates a clever human-powered device that makes splitting firewood easier by setting an ax into a frame to guide it. Adding a counter weight and a spring allows the log splitter ...

Q: Now that the snow has gone, it's time to cut, split and store firewood for next winter. Can you tell me what type of firewood splitter you would use if you had to split many cords of firewood? When ...

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Have you ever wondered how wood logs are cut or split into pieces before reaching the stores or furniture manufacturers? Some of them come out of this wood cutting machine which uses a hydraulic ...

In 2012, I spent a season on a wildland firefighting crew based just outside California’s Sequoia National Park. Our first assignment wasn’t a wildfire but a cleanup project at Devils Postpile ...

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