Firewood Cutting Tools

Firewood Cutting Tools

Firewood cutting tools can make or break a day of cutting firewood. Let’s discuss the firewood cutting tools I’ve been using to cut ash from three inches to a little over a foot in diameter. Wetterlings Splitting Maul The Wetterlings maul is an extremely well-designed splitting maul. The bit transforms to a single ridge as …

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Hand Filing Chainsaws – You Can Do It!

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I started my journey toward hand-filing chainsaws when I was in high school. I watched arborists run a chainsaw through wood like it was butter. I wanted to sharpen a chainsaw like that. My journey started before the internet, before YouTube. The only way to learn to hand-file a chainsaw was to know someone or …

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January 2020 Woodpile Update

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I took these pictures back in January of my wood supply for next winter. I’ve slowed down a bit with my splitting but I’m getting back into it. Last year I picked up some logs from the brush pile at the dump. I ended up with a nice haul of wood. That pile of wood …

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