Wood. Humans have burned it for to heat their homes for thousands of years. It’s truly a renewable source of energy. While it may not be the most efficient or green method to warm a space, it ...

“Have all your firewood cut and split by the Fourth of July,” the old-timers say. That sounds good in theory, but in actual practice, we are doing well to get the wood cut and split a week before we ...

Swinging an axe to split firewood is great exercise and a wonderful way to blow off steam. However, if you’re not a muscled-up Hollywood character that needs to do some emotional processing, it can ...

Kinetic technology is the wave of the future when it comes to log splitting. Instead of using hydraulics as most log splitters do, kinetic log splitters use a hefty flywheel system that stores energy ...

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The best way to split firewood, according to a bushcraft expert. There are all manner of different situations where you might need to chop wood. Maybe you’re camping and need firewood, or staying ...

No matter how you slice it, chopping firewood isn’t easy, but a good splitting axe makes all the difference. Wood splitting tools come in a wide array of styles, lengths, and weights, so you have ...

At the heart of the device is its drop forged and hardened 5160 carbon steel head, which has a black oxide finish to help protect against rust. Its Scandinavian-style bit (the sharp part) is designed ...

In addition to the usual power and hand tools you'd expect to find at a hardware store, hardware chain Harbor Freight also stocks a lot of heavier-duty equipment for tasks like small-scale tree and ...

An curved arrow pointing right. This machine chops logs into firewood using a hydraulic press. It is called the Splitmaster and is manufactured by POSCH in Austria. The Splitmaster can exert up to 55 ...