I got some mixed hardwood kiln dried logs to add to my smokeless (!) fuel f ire for some Christmas spirit. They are a bit large for my 16" fireplace an d might flame up scarily, so they need reducing. I tried to split one using a large chisel and it did not split, then I took 15 minutes sawing and wig gling to extract the chisel. In the end I sawed a log in half with my hardp oint saw. Logs are around 1.5 feet long and about 8 inches across, looks like quarter s of a tree trunk. Will a normal axe (I don't have one) be sufficient to split these ? Simon.
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10 years ago