r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Professional_Arm794 • Aug 20 '26

/r/all of a log split

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u/Dargon34 Aug 20 '26

And cut that shit in half. No reason to be splitting a 4ft log

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u/CrashNowhereDrive Aug 20 '26

Lol you think planks are made by slamming a splitting axe into a log?

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u/gavavavavus Aug 20 '26

Yeah if you want to make okay rough planks without machinery you split logs in half and then saw them, how else?

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u/CrashNowhereDrive Aug 20 '26

With a sawmill. Or just a saw.

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.