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This is kinda fun, but doesn't match most of my experience splitting firewood. The wood barely moves after it's split. If you split it perfectly, the two halve
by CamouflagedKiwi 4mo ago
This is kinda fun, but doesn't match most of my experience splitting firewood.
The wood barely moves after it's split. If you split it perfectly, the two halves will almost certainly both fall to each side (they're pushed outwards by the axe).
You can't just randomly split it across the grain into slices like you're slicing bread.
I guess mostly: it's not tiring, which sort of sucks when you're doing it for real, but it is satisfying. This doesn't scratch that itch for me, but I guess it's fun in a way, similar to that cleaning simulator thing.
- scottcorgan 4mo agothis is the most hacker news comment possible
- chamomeal 4mo agoSo many of the top comments look like parodies of HN comments
- apercu 4mo agoI only like splitting perfectly seasoned wood ( I do about a face cord every summer/fall). Otherwise it’s just too much work. Got any tips in to tooling? I use a maul.
- rebuilder 4mo agoIn my experience, fresh wood splits much easier. I prefer a big splitting axe. But mostly the wood I use isn’t terribly gnarled or wide.
- tclancy 4mo agoI have a couple diamond/ grenade wedges, a rescue wedge and a traditional wedge I barely ever use. I have the big Fiskars maul and that is great for a lot of stuff. Bigger things, whole rounds I use two wedges near each other and hit them in concert with the sledge side of the maul. Most wood is easier to split when dry/ aged, but I recently learned that does not apply to elm and a few others, so it’s worth checking. Elm is awful no matter what.
- greenbit 4mo agoElm is awful even at burning. Cold, smoky stuff.
- JodieBenitez 4mo ago> If you split it perfectly, the two halves will almost certainly both fall to each side Just put it in a old small tire :)
- jkskkm 4mo ago[flagged]
- warumdarum 4mo agoI miss the part where the axe gets stuck and you hsve tovturn it over. I found it well made and deeply satisfying
- helterskelter 4mo ago> I miss the part where the axe gets stuck and you hsve tovturn it over. Hit it around the edges, like taking a chord from the edge of a circle, and try to use the top half of the bit to do cutting. Good ax technique depends on accuracy, on top of which you can slowly add strength as your accuracy improves. If there's a crack in the end of a round, you should be able to put the bit of the ax directly into it, which will normally split it wide open without much effort. Different species of wood have different characteristics though, so terms and conditions apply.
- helterskelter 4mo agoThere's a surprising amount of technique and knowledge that goes into splitting firewood. It isn't rocket science, but I know a 75 year old who can chop wood faster than any young guy who works out at the gym.
- Theodores 4mo agoIn former times you had to serve a twelve year apprenticeship before you could be trusted to split wood for barrels, you can do a PhD in rocket science in less time.
- cpncrunch 4mo agoIt's a combination of technique and the type of wood. Even with perfect technique, some wood is simply too hard to split. I've got the bottom 5 or 6 rounds of a bigleaf maple sitting in my yard that I simply can't make a dent in. You're welcome to take it if you can split it :)
- helterskelter 4mo agoIf it came from the base of the tree the wood grain will probably be squirrelly and practically unsplittable. Get a chainsaw or hydraulic woodsplitter, or throw them in a bonfire. Alternatively, use them in a woodworking project or innoculate them with your favorite mushroom spores.
- grantmuller 4mo agoThese are also good for those "Swedish logs" where you drill a hole in the top and the side, and then cut grooves with a hand saw in the top and make a fire right on top.
- cpncrunch 4mo agoWell they're about 4ft diameter and not really even possible to move. My electric chainsaw would just burn up trying to cut them, and the cost of a hydraulic woodsplitter wouldn't be cost-effective. Current plan is just to leave them there until either they start drying/rotting enough to split, or I find someone who wants to take them off my hands.
- nutjob2 4mo ago> This is kinda fun, but doesn't match most of my experience splitting firewood. Neither mine, I have a machine that does it for me. Much safer and efficient.
- kmoser 4mo agoI find it much easier to use AI to vibesplit my firewood. Sure, it costs me lots of money to buy axe tokens, and sometimes all I end up with is a useless pile of splinters or sawdust, but it's the way of the future; just imagine how efficient it'll be when the tech has matured?
- Chaosvex 4mo agoThe new model is so good at splitting firewood that it's too dangerous to release to the public without safeguards to stop it from splitting things that aren't actually firewood. The old models are terrible - I can't believe we ever thought they were good. Remember: this is the worst that splitting firewood will ever be.
- notrealyme123 4mo agoIt might split atom's
- thenewwazoo 4mo agoYou're right, and I'm sorry. You specifically instructed me to split the logs in the side yard, and I split the cat. I recognize now that this was a strategic error, and cutting the cat into chunks does not accomplish the goals. edit AGENTS.md + Only chop things made of wood. Meat does not split well. NEVER cut up the cat. I've updated the AGENTS.md file to track this mistake in the future. Should I continue chopping the rest of the firewood?
- cyberax 4mo agoNever set the cat on fire, it surely will annoy it.
- CyLith 4mo agoYou missed the best part: analyzing what to do around knots. There's a skill and artistry to it. Those who are good at it make it look absolutely effortless: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsIFvStf9Oz99GMitW4vD_g https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsIFvStf9Oz99GMitW4vD_g
- gaudystead 4mo agoFor anyone reading the above comment and wanting to see what the commenter might be referring to, here is the first YT video I found on that channel that is relatively brief but has an example of the techniques involved: https://youtube.com/watch?v=G_QZIGVYX_4 https://youtube.com/watch?v=G_QZIGVYX_4
- AngryData 4mo agoAnd as someone who has split my own firewood by hand for heating for the last 30 years, he definitely knows how to throw around an axe, almost too well because he makes it look easier than it is. But even when everything splits clean, him throwing an axe around for 30+ minutes straight and not being out of breath and able to still talk shows both immense fitness and experience.
- shmiga 4mo agoJust fucking relax and enjoy!
- neilv 4mo agoFor players who are new to the game, there should be a 1/4 chance you go to bed proud of an honest day's work with your hands, and wake up the next morning having strained a muscle you didn't even know you had, and you can't chop wood for the next couple weeks.
- Fokamul 4mo agoyeaa https://i.imgur.com/Uc60Y2z.png https://i.imgur.com/Uc60Y2z.png
- Reason077 4mo agoWas just doing this literally the other day! But with a hydraulic log splitter which made it pretty easy and fun. The hardest part was lifting and stacking all the logs!
- telesilla 4mo agoAs someone who spent a teenagehood doing the same, I agree it was far too (un)satisfying to be able to cut the pieces and not having them fall to the side. But if you have an excellent axe and true flat surface you could get pretty close to the game. But for better reality it needs more indication of splinters and blisters after a few runs. I suggest adding a cast iron wedge splitter as a next level option.
- jonstewart 4mo agoThere should be a "hickory" option where the axe just bounces back at you or gets stuck in the round.
- tclancy 4mo agoI dunno, what are you splitting? For full rounds or the large chunks that first split off them, I often do have stuff go flying when it finally splits. Typically I am splitting on top of another round so that adds to the distance.
- razorbeamz 4mo agoThat's because the AI that generated this doesn't know what splitting wood is like.
- shash7 4mo agoUse a nice large maul. Will go through most wood like a butter knife. I stupidly used a axe for a long time.
- rurp 4mo agoAs a very novice wood splitter the thing that most jumped out to me was the wood splitting in one swing every time. That's one or two orders of magnitude off from my experience.
- fsckboy 4mo ago>doesn't match most of my experience splitting firewood can't wait to hear your comments after playing pacman: whoosh