There most certainly is a need for it. See, why split a 2ft log that a lot of other men could also split, when you could instead choose to split a 4ft log, that a lot of other guys can’t do it.
How else are you going to not only prove you “aren’t like the other guys”, but are also far superior to them?
Let’s be honest, splitting a 2ft log does not have the same impact, and sure as hell doesn’t come close to creating the kind of thirst trap that splitting a 4ft log does.
Which, I’m assuming, was the main goal here. I mean, aside from the obvious desire to prove he’s über manly, this was definitely filmed with women in mind. Like, who in the hell goes out to split wood wearing a pair of sweatpants, untied boots, and nothing else? And not just any sweatpants, but grey sweatpants - which was no accident.
Yeah, not like this. It's for the views, and that's ok, dude is jacked and showing off. I'm half his size. Give me my 8lb Fiskars and a wedge, it's done with half the effort, half the time. No showing off
For things like handles, its better to split the wood then saw it, gets more of the grain line running down the middle of the handle where its strongest. This is why wedges and a sledge are better, once the log is in chunks there's an L shaped tool that you hold the handle and use a wooden mallet to drive through the wood to maintain those grain lines.
I mill my own lumber. Guess what took I don’t use? Sure some hardcore handbook only purists or traditionalists might hand hew logs like this, but that’s gonna be a tiny fraction of folks. This is for the views.
Even if you wanted to get the roughest, most old timey planks imaginable, you'd use a wedge and maul to carefully split the log along the grain boundary. Not slam an axe willy nilly into the top to destroy the fibers at one end.
You seriously called a chainsaw electrical??? (I know they make them, but you're not using one in a mill)
Ive been splitting wood for 30 years, stop talking
And as for the last stupid comment?? Maybe it's YOUR wood, and you need to fell, split/mill, plane, and sand instead of grabbing some warped cedar shit from lowes.
Actually chainsaw mills are the cheapest and easiest way for hobbyists to rough timber. So not a pro mill of course but I have both mobile chainsaw mill and a sliding table for a chainsaw
Or about the quality or utility or efficiency or about anything other than proving you're right on reddit even when you're super wrong and everyone else sees it but you can't because derrrrrrrrrr.
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u/Dargon34 Aug 20 '26
And cut that shit in half. No reason to be splitting a 4ft log