Equipment/Splitting the Wood
After the preparation stage and finding a destination, it is time to start splitting the wood. Equipment is needed to do this and there are various types. The ax is one of my personal favorites. An ax is a long wooden handle and a metal head with a blade usually on only one side. It is proficient if used properly on many kinds of wood.
Some types of wood require a wedge to split through them. Elm, maple, beech, and oak are some types of wood that is hard to split. They take more time to dry than other kinds of wood. Ash is one of the best types of wood to split. It dries easy and has pretty straight grains. The grains are the fibers that form the wood together, like the veins that blood flows through the human body.
A maul is a more advanced tool compared to an ax. The difference is that a maul is heavier and with a more abrupt slope. This decreases the opportunity for the wedge to stick in the wood. It increases the pressure that an individual can use while splitting a chunk of wood. A dull wedge is better to split with than a sharpened wedge, because the sharp one tends to want to stick in the wood. If just starting to split wood, it is recommended to use the sharp one. Also taking a safety class for cutting and splitting wood is encouraged. As there are many different techniques.
Some types of wood require a wedge to split through them. Elm, maple, beech, and oak are some types of wood that is hard to split. They take more time to dry than other kinds of wood. Ash is one of the best types of wood to split. It dries easy and has pretty straight grains. The grains are the fibers that form the wood together, like the veins that blood flows through the human body.
A maul is a more advanced tool compared to an ax. The difference is that a maul is heavier and with a more abrupt slope. This decreases the opportunity for the wedge to stick in the wood. It increases the pressure that an individual can use while splitting a chunk of wood. A dull wedge is better to split with than a sharpened wedge, because the sharp one tends to want to stick in the wood. If just starting to split wood, it is recommended to use the sharp one. Also taking a safety class for cutting and splitting wood is encouraged. As there are many different techniques.
Work Cited:
http://www.woodheat.org/firewood/splitting.htm by Anne and David, two visitors to woodheat.org, How to split wood. January 2001. Received on 10/04/2007
1 comment:
You're providing really strong details here, and your writing is good, but I have a suggestion: where is the analysis/synthesis? This text is a great process description, but look *into* the issues behind using wood as a fuel source...
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