Nice the learning here also applies to splitting small logs for fire wood. A hard wood wedge, doesn't require the user to baton their knife and risk breaking it.
Hi Lonnie: this is a very important video & adventure. I'm sure the actual time elapsed was lengthy but revealing. Advanced preparation was an important factor as well as the willingness to spend time. Certainly something I want to try. Thanks Brian 76
/Searches for making planks with wooden gluts, First result>Lonnie n Connie... kettle time :-D I was thinking of roughknocking the planks with a decent rock in lieu of planing and sanding...
Lonnie have you seen the movie "Jeremiah Johnson" made in 1972? If so, do you like it? and do you have any favorite or recommended movies that take place in the wilderness?
Yes I saw that movie and did enjoy it. I do not have television reception here where we live and only watch dvd's and vhs's. I think there might be one state funded tv station available here but an antenna is required and we took down our antenna 24 years ago. So I do not have many wilderness favorites. There is a documentory type video that can be found on the web that is quite info packed about wilderness living called "happy people" a year in the taiga. Most movies that occur in the wilderness are pretty lame as far as true wilderness survival bushcraft knowledge. I watched a movie about a year ago that I enjoyed called Cast Away played by Tom Hanks. again kind of hokey as far as survival knowledge but enjoyable to watch never the less. After watching it we got rid of the movie for some reason that I no longer remember. Maybe it was due to foul language used.
No I have never smoked. Just have bad lungs from Asthma and COPD. Go for it and good luck to you. I hope for your health's sake that you do succeed and you will succeed if you want to bad enough. Once again good luck.
@@Gamerad360 how often was this used though? I mean obviously its a lot of work for a pre-industrial lumber mill worker so it defiantly wasnt used much and was expensive when it was used so no peasant is build with planks but i have never seen any archeologist creating a depiction/recreation of a building made of planks from medieval times. To be honest the only real mostly wooden houses i know of from back then are viking long houses and even those werent made of the classic board weve all seen at home depot
@@sai63836 Actually for a skilled craftsmen it was pretty fast. Maybe 1-3 planks a minute. It was used quite a lot, because it was faster then sawing the planks.
So many people who upload their videos only show when they have achieved success. What I love about yours, Lonnie, is that you are not afraid to state, early on, that you don't know if it will work, or not, on something you haven't tried before. After all, isn't that what it is really all about though? Going out and learning new skills, built on the foundation of previous knowledge and experience. Thank you for sharing 'the Real' with us, Lonnie! Blessings from East Coast Canada!
Not only that but when people post videos of things that didnt turn out it saves us a lot of time putting in the work when it was not all that worth it. this board he made was nice however considering he used just three types of hand tools and the end result was plenty good for a lot of things around a camp.
Hm, let's see: there is hockey-world-championchip final.. in TV - last and deciding 20min. -- and there is Lonnie splitting that piece of wood... what to watch.. what is more interesting? Easy.. it's Lonnie splitting that piece of wood hehe ;)
Dear Lonnie, i have just tried log splitting as you showed in your last video - it worked out perfectly! Thank you very much for inspiration, now i have nice five boards to make bows from: ) (it was a fallen ash tree which i found near railway: ))
Thank you again Lonnie. As I am a carpenter and I love to harvest my own wood I use a lot of knots and Burl and many other figures and grain that many wood workers shy away from. Might I suggest, first foot the end against the stump. You are losing a lot of the energy of your mallet strikes to movement of the log. Also when you have gotten enough of split opening close enough to a knot using a your wedges to pin the log on to of the stump to get the knotted section off the ground and try sawing through the knots. I will have to try this I'm sure it will work with a little ingenuity something I know you have in abundance. I don't have a good camera or access to the internet except for my smart phone up load any videos as I am way off grid. When I do get a better camera I will be sharing some pretty neat tricks on off grid living and making a lot of something's out of nothings. Thank you again have a wonderful safe warm Christmas.
Lonnie I have used Birch and Hemlock wedges to fall trees. I have also used them to split small logs. I think if I were looking to make planks I would use Cottonwood as the grain is straighter.
How many split rail fence posts do I need to put barbed wire around 5 acres?? LOL, just funning you. I truely love your show, and can't wait to get back home. These flat land, lower 48'ers have NO clue what life is. Thank you for what you do
Great video, thanks for sharing! Two questions: 1) Is it easier to rive a dry log or a green log? 2) How many times can you typically use a wedge before you need to replace it?
To be completely honest I have not done this technique enough to really know the answer to your first one but I am going to guess that green is better. How many times a wedge can be used cannot be answered as the answer could be radically different due to so many variables. Variables such as what species of wood is used, what is the condition of that wood, how difficult is the job that the wedge is being used for and how abusive is the user on the wedge. However whenever a new wedge is needed, it is usually a simple matter to make a new one.
any idea how well this would work for a 16-18 inch red oak? Extremely tight grains for first 70 years and very spaced grains for last 30. I had a few ideas for this tree but wondering which one to do!👍
As we do not have oak here in South Central Alaska and I have not worked with it at all, I can not answer authoritatively on the subject. I am going to guess however that it should work well. I am thinking as hard as oak is, once a crack is started it should crack the rest of the way fairly easily. Like I said however, I am guessing on the answer to your question.
@@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival thanks for the reply. I think I'm going to give it a shot in the coming weeks and just be patient with it, maybe having to come back to it a few times
Well done , Lonnie. Good trick to have under my hat. Makes me think how hard it was to build a cabin way back in colonial days. Our ancester where no slackers.
Thank both you lonnie and your lovely wife for your videos splitting logs is a ton of work ask me how I know , my dads house had a hungryvwood burning furnace twenty two chords a year cut it all myself , i remember at my house cutting ten inch blocks and burning vertically skipping steps like splitting and stacking out of the backhor bucket and in a pile to dru in fall plastic over it and wheelbarrow it in the house instead of the handleing it six times every step skipped saves a ton of time and effort ! Had a ton of spruce in Nova Scotia too but warmer there than New England !
Thank you! Time to get started on my homemade skis, I'm not paying 500 dollars for two pieces of plastic when I could spend quality time by myself in the forest.
Lonnie. I love your videos! Outstanding. Almost makes me want to live in. Alaska. Even though in northern Canada. Beautiful country and an awesome life style
If you'd turned the log and butted it against the stump, and across the other log, more force would have gone into splitting, not moving, the log. I know you did it this way to make the demo simpler, though.
*Now I know why they built log cabins, rather than board or half flat log cabins, to do so ran up the work load like mad.... Still a nice demo though and good video...!*
Fine business there, Lonnie. That length would make a dandy bench for sitting near the fire. Even the other half of that tree can be useful. Watch them splinters. Thanks
Lonnies' videos always end up the same way when I watch them: he ties a knot, digs up a plant, and some how he ends up with a 2 story mansion fit for a king and a feast to boot. It's fascinating, magical, and always a treat when he uploads a new video. Love it.
Our house is essentially made from cottonwood that was harvested right on the property and nearby. However cottonwood does not split well in my experience. The splits do not follow the grain very well but lead off easily to the outside of the piece being split.
I see, but in terms of hardness and workability, I bet cottonwood takes the cake. I mean spruce is really hard and knotty. Cottonwood is much softer. I would also be willing to bet it has a better consistency when it comes to density and hardness. This is only my speculation of course, as I haven't built anything with these materials. However, I did carve a spruce wood mask, and let me tell ya, it wasn't easy. Thanks Lonnie, the information you provide had been paramount these last few months-- I've lived in Alaska my whole life, and ive never known half the stuff you teach. I could ramble on about all the stuff I'm starting to do now that I've learned, but ive taken up too much of your time already. Thank you again, and may the turn of the decade bring you much prosperity and good fortune!
Just as a footnote, my father told me many years ago that if you want instant heat alone in a canvass tent with stove, draw shavings from a white spruce , and use the spruce wood for quick heat.
My dad and as well as my grand father told me days of old as to how they used a " pit saw " to cut wood beams and of other cuts of wood to ensure sturdy homesteads or any other build structure that was suitable to their needs. from this , I have learnt some.
using the flat or sloped edges of the wooden wedges may allow me to direct the split just like choosing which direction the wood will cut when chiseling i think
I use a froe alongside the wooden wedges. In this way i manage to get straight board if the wood has no big knots. I sometime use a saw where there is a big knot, otherwise it will make a mess.
Great followup video Lonnie... Wondering if you have any tips for selecting wood and how to make wedges? Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience
Thanks my friend. For wood selection for the logs to split, I look for cracks which are very common on our spruce once they are dead. The cracks need to be as straight up and down the tree trunk as possible. That is rare here as most spruce are twisted. another way to check the tree's grain is to use an ax and drive it vertically hard into the dead standing tree. Now as the ax is still stuck in the tree, observe the crack generated by the ax both above and below the ax head and see if the crack appears to be twisted or if it appears to be vertical. My wedges for these videos are made of birch. I have made them from both birch as well as spruce. These birch hold up very well. The spruce also hold up fairly well but not as good as the birch. For the wedges I like to use branches of the diameter that I want the wedges to be. You need to fashion a fairly shallow angle on the wedge but not too shallow as to make for a weak tip. You do not want the wedge to be so narrow as to cause the small thin end to be doing the splitting since it will be the weakest part. You want the mid to upper part of the wedge to be the working area. On the top end or striking surface of the wedge, it is good to bevel the outer edge all the way around so as to make the edge more durable. If one is to leave the edges squared as it is when cut off the tree then the edges will want to tend to splinter off which reduces the diameter and so therefor the wedge strength and will reduce the useful life of the wedge. Any more questions, feel free to ask.
'mornin,Lonnie; Loved this 2 part video. Like the 'ole-school approach, & It did work. Thanks as always for sharing. Hay Connie, Scratch 4 'Ole-Buck. ATB Terry God Bless
Question; can you wiggle the wedges in to get them started? In the past splitting has been an issue because after breaking my neck, I only have the use of my right arm and hand. I have tried putting wedges between my feet, but that doesn't work so good.
If your innitial crack is large enough and your wedges are thin enough then you may be able to wiggle them in enough that they hold until you can whack them with an axe, hatchet or maul. If you had a heavy metal object such as the head of a handleless splitting maul or sledge hammer, you may be able to grip the head in your hand back to back with a wedge and aim for the crack and jab. If you are lucky enough to succeed in inserting the tip of the wedge in the crack then the weight of the heavy metal object behind it may drive the wedge in far enough to have it stay until you can whack it with a maul etc. Just some thoughts. On a different note: if you are not aware already, you may enjoy watching "Muskrat Jim" on UA-cam. He is a one handed bushcraft enthusiest who does some amazing things sometimes with only one hand and a stub. ua-cam.com/users/MuskratSurvival.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and including the making and use of primitive tools. Just goes to show that with elbow grease you can get the job done without power tools. Excellent skill to have.
I love all your videos Lonnie, and the clarity and tranquility with which you express yourself. Without a doubt, one of the best channels to which, thanks to you, I am really glad to be subscribed
Loved the video Lonnie! Thanks for taking some time to make this video to show us who are interested how to split a log by hand. You just don't see people doing this anymore bc of the luxury of modern tools and equipment. But i truly appreciate you and what your doing. I know that this will be handy for me to know how to do and that i will eventually use this technique at some point in time. Definitely think ill try hand splitting some to make myself a little table. thanks again Much Respect from your Northern friends in Canada!!
Fun to watch - especially knowing how much work is involved while I'm sitting here drinking my coffee.
Actually a skilled wood worker can do it in 2-4 swings and fully make a plank. Takes like 2 minutes per plank.
@@Gamerad360 kind of funny to read this reply considering who you are replying to
Nice the learning here also applies to splitting small logs for fire wood. A hard wood wedge, doesn't require the user to baton their knife and risk breaking it.
You have a new subscriber sir.
Very good video sir. Thank you for making your videos sir.
Sincerely, ~Paul
Thanks for the sub!
Hi Lonnie: this is a very important video & adventure. I'm sure the actual time elapsed was lengthy but revealing. Advanced preparation was an important factor as well as the willingness to spend time. Certainly something I want to try. Thanks Brian 76
Thanks Lonnie for another great video I know that's hard work I have split considerable amount of wood it's hard but rewarding
/Searches for making planks with wooden gluts,
First result>Lonnie n Connie... kettle time :-D
I was thinking of roughknocking the planks with a decent rock in lieu of planing and sanding...
split the log only with lumber staff no axe of other metal things and no crack also
Lonnie have you seen the movie "Jeremiah Johnson" made in 1972? If so, do you like it? and do you have any favorite or recommended movies that take place in the wilderness?
Yes I saw that movie and did enjoy it. I do not have television reception here where we live and only watch dvd's and vhs's. I think there might be one state funded tv station available here but an antenna is required and we took down our antenna 24 years ago. So I do not have many wilderness favorites. There is a documentory type video that can be found on the web that is quite info packed about wilderness living called "happy people" a year in the taiga. Most movies that occur in the wilderness are pretty lame as far as true wilderness survival bushcraft knowledge. I watched a movie about a year ago that I enjoyed called Cast Away played by Tom Hanks. again kind of hokey as far as survival knowledge but enjoyable to watch never the less. After watching it we got rid of the movie for some reason that I no longer remember. Maybe it was due to foul language used.
Hey thanks for the reply. I'm glad to know you enjoyed Jeremiah Johnson as well. Cast Away is one of my favorite Tom Hanks movies too.
Are you a heavy smoker? No disrespect, I'm just curious. I just had my last smoke yesterday. Trying the cold turkey method.
No I have never smoked. Just have bad lungs from Asthma and COPD. Go for it and good luck to you. I hope for your health's sake that you do succeed and you will succeed if you want to bad enough. Once again good luck.
Thanks and the same to you.
Loooong grey beard, bush craft, willing to teach,
You'd be a fool not to listen.
Technically not bush craft, it's a wood working technique used in the middle ages to make planks.
@@Gamerad360 how often was this used though? I mean obviously its a lot of work for a pre-industrial lumber mill worker so it defiantly wasnt used much and was expensive when it was used so no peasant is build with planks but i have never seen any archeologist creating a depiction/recreation of a building made of planks from medieval times. To be honest the only real mostly wooden houses i know of from back then are viking long houses and even those werent made of the classic board weve all seen at home depot
@@sai63836 Actually for a skilled craftsmen it was pretty fast. Maybe 1-3 planks a minute. It was used quite a lot, because it was faster then sawing the planks.
So many people who upload their videos only show when they have achieved success. What I love about yours, Lonnie, is that you are not afraid to state, early on, that you don't know if it will work, or not, on something you haven't tried before. After all, isn't that what it is really all about though? Going out and learning new skills, built on the foundation of previous knowledge and experience.
Thank you for sharing 'the Real' with us, Lonnie!
Blessings from East Coast Canada!
Not only that but when people post videos of things that didnt turn out it saves us a lot of time putting in the work when it was not all that worth it. this board he made was nice however considering he used just three types of hand tools and the end result was plenty good for a lot of things around a camp.
I feel more masculine just listening to this guy
if you watch this at 2x the speed it looks like a frustrated out of breath man trying to split a log in a hurry
quite funny ngl
Hm, let's see: there is hockey-world-championchip final.. in TV - last and deciding 20min. -- and there is Lonnie splitting that piece of wood... what to watch.. what is more interesting? Easy.. it's Lonnie splitting that piece of wood hehe ;)
You are a treasure trove of knowledge. Lot of skill and a minimal number of tools.
Dear Lonnie, i have just tried log splitting as you showed in your last video - it worked out perfectly! Thank you very much for inspiration, now i have nice five boards to make bows from: ) (it was a fallen ash tree which i found near railway: ))
Ash makes fine bows, as long as the damn bore beetles haven't gotten to it.
How're they holding up then?
Thanks for sharing... learned a lot from you. Keep the videos coming.
NEVER put your fingers in a wood split, that's the way Milon of Crotone died :/
Thank you again Lonnie. As I am a carpenter and I love to harvest my own wood I use a lot of knots and Burl and many other figures and grain that many wood workers shy away from. Might I suggest, first foot the end against the stump. You are losing a lot of the energy of your mallet strikes to movement of the log. Also when you have gotten enough of split opening close enough to a knot using a your wedges to pin the log on to of the stump to get the knotted section off the ground and try sawing through the knots. I will have to try this I'm sure it will work with a little ingenuity something I know you have in abundance. I don't have a good camera or access to the internet except for my smart phone up load any videos as I am way off grid. When I do get a better camera I will be sharing some pretty neat tricks on off grid living and making a lot of something's out of nothings. Thank you again have a wonderful safe warm Christmas.
"LUKE..... I'm ur father "
4 the pun :))
U r in much better shape then I .and I'm may b Litle younger then u freind.
Thank 4 ur video again.
WOW Nice job Lonnie! I learn so much from you. Thanks so much for sharing. God bless!!!
Lonnie are you saying that white spruce is knotty wood. You should use something better behaved. Sorry couldn't help the pun.
Sure are breathing hard. Must be a little bit of old age. Ha ha . SC Navy vet.
Lonnie I have used Birch and Hemlock wedges to fall trees. I have also used them to split small logs. I think if I were looking to make planks I would use Cottonwood as the grain is straighter.
Hey Lonnie. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
Knowledge + determination = Lonnie. Plus a little bit of love for sharing it with us. Thank you Lonnie! Take care of yourself and please keep going...
How many split rail fence posts do I need to put barbed wire around 5 acres?? LOL, just funning you. I truely love your show, and can't wait to get back home. These flat land,
lower 48'ers have NO clue what life is. Thank you for what you do
Great info Lonnie, nice to see, relearn the old way of doing it, could be very useful to know....
ZZ Top You don't sound very Healthy
It will make a nice bench ...or a small table top
Love your videos. You tell it like it is. And don't sugar coat anything.
Lonnie's Lumber Mill. Thanks friend!
That really is some tricky timber to work with!
On top of that when splitting a board the Split Always want to go to be oriented to the center
Fantastic, relaxing videos,nature is our strength and tranquility
Great video, thanks for sharing!
Two questions:
1) Is it easier to rive a dry log or a green log?
2) How many times can you typically use a wedge before you need to replace it?
To be completely honest I have not done this technique enough to really know the answer to your first one but I am going to guess that green is better.
How many times a wedge can be used cannot be answered as the answer could be radically different due to so many variables. Variables such as what species of wood is used, what is the condition of that wood, how difficult is the job that the wedge is being used for and how abusive is the user on the wedge. However whenever a new wedge is needed, it is usually a simple matter to make a new one.
Fantastic, relaxing videos,nature is our strength and tranquility
Thanks for sharing
any idea how well this would work for a 16-18 inch red oak? Extremely tight grains for first 70 years and very spaced grains for last 30. I had a few ideas for this tree but wondering which one to do!👍
As we do not have oak here in South Central Alaska and I have not worked with it at all, I can not answer authoritatively on the subject. I am going to guess however that it should work well. I am thinking as hard as oak is, once a crack is started it should crack the rest of the way fairly easily. Like I said however, I am guessing on the answer to your question.
@@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival thanks for the reply. I think I'm going to give it a shot in the coming weeks and just be patient with it, maybe having to come back to it a few times
Well done , Lonnie. Good trick to have under my hat. Makes me think how hard it was to build a cabin way back in colonial days. Our ancester where no slackers.
Thank both you lonnie and your lovely wife for your videos splitting logs is a ton of work ask me how I know , my dads house had a hungryvwood burning furnace twenty two chords a year cut it all myself , i remember at my house cutting ten inch blocks and burning vertically skipping steps like splitting and stacking out of the backhor bucket and in a pile to dru in fall plastic over it and wheelbarrow it in the house instead of the handleing it six times every step skipped saves a ton of time and effort ! Had a ton of spruce in Nova Scotia too but warmer there than New England !
Thank you! Time to get started on my homemade skis, I'm not paying 500 dollars for two pieces of plastic when I could spend quality time by myself in the forest.
Nice video-My Dad used to call me knott head when I did something dumb.Probably where the term came from,Ha!
Lonnie. I love your videos! Outstanding. Almost makes me want to live in. Alaska. Even though in northern Canada. Beautiful country and an awesome life style
If you'd turned the log and butted it against the stump, and across the other log, more force would have gone into splitting, not moving, the log. I know you did it this way to make the demo simpler, though.
*Now I know why they built log cabins, rather than board or half flat log cabins, to do so ran up the work load like mad.... Still a nice demo though and good video...!*
Fine business there, Lonnie. That length would make a dandy bench for sitting near the fire. Even the other half of that tree can be useful. Watch them splinters. Thanks
I'm thinking that the nice lodgepole pine here in Wyoming would split quite nicely. Looks like an interesting project for a camping trip.
Thanks so much for sharing these bush skills wild man
Awesome! Inspired me to go out and try to split some boards tomorrow!
Lonnies' videos always end up the same way when I watch them: he ties a knot, digs up a plant, and some how he ends up with a 2 story mansion fit for a king and a feast to boot. It's fascinating, magical, and always a treat when he uploads a new video. Love it.
Nice job Lonnie! I've noticed a lot of cottonwood around, and they can be HUGE. Do you suppose those can be easier to split into boards?
Our house is essentially made from cottonwood that was harvested right on the property and nearby. However cottonwood does not split well in my experience. The splits do not follow the grain very well but lead off easily to the outside of the piece being split.
I see, but in terms of hardness and workability, I bet cottonwood takes the cake. I mean spruce is really hard and knotty. Cottonwood is much softer. I would also be willing to bet it has a better consistency when it comes to density and hardness. This is only my speculation of course, as I haven't built anything with these materials. However, I did carve a spruce wood mask, and let me tell ya, it wasn't easy. Thanks Lonnie, the information you provide had been paramount these last few months-- I've lived in Alaska my whole life, and ive never known half the stuff you teach. I could ramble on about all the stuff I'm starting to do now that I've learned, but ive taken up too much of your time already. Thank you again, and may the turn of the decade bring you much prosperity and good fortune!
Thanks. Wishing you and your loved ones a happy New Year as well as the rest of the year.
Just as a footnote, my father told me many years ago that if you want instant heat alone in a canvass tent with stove, draw shavings from a white spruce , and use the spruce wood for quick heat.
just think that's how they did it Wayback before power tools
This was a very helpful video. Thank you for making it.
Great Video Thank You Very Much. All the best to you and Connie
My dad and as well as my grand father told me days of old as to how they used a " pit saw " to cut wood beams and of other cuts of wood to ensure sturdy homesteads or any other build structure that was suitable to their needs. from this , I have learnt some.
using the flat or sloped edges of the wooden wedges may allow me to direct the split just like choosing which direction the wood will cut when chiseling i think
Good video lonnie I've split many a fence post but I have a set of splitting wedges
Once again Lonnie great video and thanks for sharing Sir. Have a great day.
I love no matter what age our collective idea as a safe place for an axe or hatchet is to stick it in a piece of wood while off doing something else
The thing is that Lonnie n Connie show you how they do it and leave it up to you to use it and change to suit your needs .
I use a froe alongside the wooden wedges. In this way i manage to get straight board if the wood has no big knots. I sometime use a saw where there is a big knot, otherwise it will make a mess.
That was a bummer about those knots, but a fantastic job nonetheless!
ok yer gonnaneed about 50 of them gluts!!!!
Very educational. Thanks!
Nice helpful video, thanks Lonnie
Didn't give up! Hope you took a break after that.
Great idea for making material for trail maintenance
Thank you for i I r guy i I bing me the confidence to do this stuff
Well... I guess the log has a split personality now. lol
Good stuff.
Thanks for the video
Awesome. You are way older me but way tougher
hi Lonnie thanks for a good video nice one buddy
Imagine how long it would take to build a house this way
Awesome. I will try it with the fir we have around here!
You sound like me when my asthma is bad.
Great followup video Lonnie... Wondering if you have any tips for selecting wood and how to make wedges? Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience
Thanks my friend. For wood selection for the logs to split, I look for cracks which are very common on our spruce once they are dead. The cracks need to be as straight up and down the tree trunk as possible. That is rare here as most spruce are twisted. another way to check the tree's grain is to use an ax and drive it vertically hard into the dead standing tree. Now as the ax is still stuck in the tree, observe the crack generated by the ax both above and below the ax head and see if the crack appears to be twisted or if it appears to be vertical. My wedges for these videos are made of birch. I have made them from both birch as well as spruce. These birch hold up very well. The spruce also hold up fairly well but not as good as the birch. For the wedges I like to use branches of the diameter that I want the wedges to be. You need to fashion a fairly shallow angle on the wedge but not too shallow as to make for a weak tip. You do not want the wedge to be so narrow as to cause the small thin end to be doing the splitting since it will be the weakest part. You want the mid to upper part of the wedge to be the working area. On the top end or striking surface of the wedge, it is good to bevel the outer edge all the way around so as to make the edge more durable. If one is to leave the edges squared as it is when cut off the tree then the edges will want to tend to splinter off which reduces the diameter and so therefor the wedge strength and will reduce the useful life of the wedge. Any more questions, feel free to ask.
you sir are bad ass as always IMHO ATB Boreal
hard work Lonnie great job
Do you have any fishing videos?
Thanks for the refresher lonny!
get those lungs checked out pal
i think i could use a chisel for this
How long did it take you to split it?
You forgot to put asmr in the title
It's really hard to watch
'mornin,Lonnie; Loved this 2 part video. Like the 'ole-school approach, & It did work. Thanks as always for sharing. Hay Connie, Scratch 4 'Ole-Buck. ATB Terry God Bless
Question; can you wiggle the wedges in to get them started? In the past splitting has been an issue because after breaking my neck, I only have the use of my right arm and hand. I have tried putting wedges between my feet, but that doesn't work so good.
If your innitial crack is large enough and your wedges are thin enough then you may be able to wiggle them in enough that they hold until you can whack them with an axe, hatchet or maul. If you had a heavy metal object such as the head of a handleless splitting maul or sledge hammer, you may be able to grip the head in your hand back to back with a wedge and aim for the crack and jab. If you are lucky enough to succeed in inserting the tip of the wedge in the crack then the weight of the heavy metal object behind it may drive the wedge in far enough to have it stay until you can whack it with a maul etc. Just some thoughts.
On a different note: if you are not aware already, you may enjoy watching "Muskrat Jim" on UA-cam. He is a one handed bushcraft enthusiest who does some amazing things sometimes with only one hand and a stub.
ua-cam.com/users/MuskratSurvival.
GOOD WORK. GOD BLESS YOU.
Thanks for sharing Lonnie
A cabin ( home) built with split lumber was quite a feat years ago!! Thanks Lonnie
great job.lonnie.
Another Great video Lonnie, Thanks for sharing your wisdom and skill.
All The Best,
John
GOOD SHOW TAKE CARE
Great job Lonnie.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and including the making and use of primitive tools. Just goes to show that with elbow grease you can get the job done without power tools. Excellent skill to have.
Wow. Thanks. Looks like a lot of work. How long did it actually take you.
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I'm sorry I thought you were asking about the first video where I split the log. No splitting the board off took about 10 minutes or a little less
Thanks for this video. This confirms what I thought about how to do this properly. There isn't that many people who do this.
I love all your videos Lonnie, and the clarity and tranquility with which you express yourself. Without a doubt, one of the best channels to which, thanks to you, I am really glad to be subscribed
Loved the video Lonnie!
Thanks for taking some time to make this video to show us who are interested how to split a log by hand. You just don't see people doing this anymore bc of the luxury of modern tools and equipment. But i truly appreciate you and what your doing.
I know that this will be handy for me to know how to do and that i will eventually use this technique at some point in time. Definitely think ill try hand splitting some to make myself a little table.
thanks again
Much Respect from your Northern friends in Canada!!