Splitting Norway Maple Firewood With A Wedge - November 2022
I've gone about splitting, stacking and seasoning firewood in different bursts (of activity) over the past few years. Usually, I process, split, stack the wood during the winter months in preparation for Fall/next Winter burning. Here's a look at some January 2021 winter-time splitting . I've done this with a splitting axe. But, the Norway Maple rounds that I recently put on the new rack in the backyard are different than what I've dealt with previously. Some of these rounds are *so* big and *so* heavy that I can't really move them, let alone put them up on a block to begin splitting. So, the axe has worked, but it has mostly - what I call - 'nibbled' around the edge. You can see those results here from the end of October where there are a lot of thin slices. My Dad recommended that I try a splitting wedge on the very big, borderline immovable rounds. The theory is that the wedge can split them in-place and by removing 1/2 to 3/4 of the wood in se