Mastering Wood Splitting: Discover the Device Changing the Game

If you need to split small peaces of firewood this device might be what you need. My dad built this in order to split small logs easy, safely and effectively.
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[@youthmanrecords965]

One of the best tools I’ve seen period. Hand made or store bought. Professional job

[@gateway8833]

Your dad is vary smart. You are as well for listening to you dad.

[@BeefNEggs057]

Lol vary sMerT

[@mitche499]

Ingenious wood splitting device, congrats to the creativity of your father Simeon.

[@williamiannucci2740]

Thank you , Bill from the USA 👍

[@123Korat]

What a great device. Back when I was young and needed to split wood I could never use an ax very well so I used a wedge and sledge hammer. I would have loved to have had something like this. I am a 71 year old woman.

[@DdDddd-ep4vz]

God bless you.

[@HomesteadHippie]

I really like this. Necessity is the mother of invention. My grandfather gardened. He didn't have a potato fork, but he had 2 spades. He cut one into a 'potato digger'. I still have it. I think he made it about 1920.

[@kgs2127]

My Grandpa was clever like that...always making useful stuff to "work smarter not harder" as he'd say! Thanks for sharing!

[@stanpatterson5033]

The ring on top can also be used (while wearing gloves) to move the entire device with lower wood block attached. Just tip it up on edge about 45 degrees, and roll the whole thing where you need to go with it.

[@TheToolnut]

Sweden is beautiful and the Swedes are extremely polite and very friendly. Swedish birch is outstanding firewood.

[@jaxxonbalboa3243]

My neighbors would love this...wake them up on the weekends with the bell noise. Good gadget though!

[@brianshissler3263]

When I was a teen, I worked for my gfs dad, cutting and selling firewood. We had a homemade log splitter with a 302 v8 in it. No joke. The weakest part of the system was the hydraulic filter, it would blow before anything else did. This happened a few times. Worked very well. It was built by an elderly one armed master welder. You could literally split logs sideways with this thing lol.

[@nicholasfry8695]

That’s the best thing I’ve heard all day

[@nicholasfry8695]

I’ll hook a hydraulic log splitter up to my 300+ hp tractor, ya think it’ll work ha

[@brianshissler3263]

@@nicholasfry8695 lol yeah, that thing was an impressive piece of machinery.

[@kathleenblight5071]

We call them "kindling splitters", your dads version is awesome!

[@tonyneises5195]

Like it!!! Boy that is a back saver! And that is something the older children can be taught to use safely....very good

[@barrytanenbaum4157]

You should sell these! Better built than any other products out there. Great Video to watch! Thanks! :)

[@paulsimmons5726]

Ingenious, where was that when my grandmother wanted firewood back in the day? LOL!

[@slycat1939]

Awesome My husband would've loved that. We had to split so much wood for our heater. Wow great idea. Have a great week ahead. God bless and keep you all always.

[@ironhazes]

I don't recall him talking about god. He showed a piece of craftmanship, made with skill, science by real human beings. Don't try to sneak in your private religious agenda. Makes me sick. Great, tool, BTW.

[@shmonsterman1356]

your probably just like your Dad and your boy wants to be just like you . Thanks for sharing .

[@shiddy.]

very good - I like it a lot Greetings from Minnesota

[@ropetrick6289]

great device. Nice and safe, but i like that it make 4 pieces at once. Very nice.

[@yukonjack8103]

I love seeing your little boy trying to imitate you by hitting everything with a piece of wood :)

[@henrygrey346]

Good innovation!

[@davidwillard7334]

PANEL BEATER ! OF THE FUTURE !!

[@onearmedsnowman6322]

Really Cool. Thanks to Dad for the useful tool

[@banyantree8618]

Conceived and design in New Zealand by a young lady who thought there must be a better way to split wood than swing an axe....

[@mikefuller94]

Similar product and it is the greatest thing in the world. Great video thank you

[@Toni-by5fh]

There was same kind of device in a national park here in Finland. It was set up for hikers to use at a lean-to shelter.

[@lesahanners5057]

How nifty is that?! That's really inventive.

[@tedmart4212]

Thats a great idea. Easy to make if you have some scrap and a welder. thanks for sharing!!

[@nmelkhunter1]

As a friend of mine, who was an old cowboy, use to say, “That’s slick as snail snot!”.

[@johnjude2685]

I've seen something much the same at a price I didn't see as fair , Hope many people listen to the good advice Thanks for teaching,Sir

[@alexcharbonneau3369]

Very nice idea. Simple, smart and effective. Thank you for sharing

[@TheNormanmurk]

Very cool! Thank your dad for the great idea!

[@ibetrollintheybehatin6857]

That contraption is like the Volvo of splitters!

[@arnarne]

Beautiful little simple device! Would definitely use it if I had one!

[@HomesteadingwiththeHeberts]

This is a great device and looks as though it would be easy to remake if needed.

[@doughunter3967]

very cool! thanks for passing that along...God bless...doug

[@Vivungisport]

German engineering are always top notch 💎 This is a improved version of the original kindling splitter.

[@tomanycooks]

looks like it works well

[@wesley-bg6ql]

That is a very cool tool. Bravo. Very handy

[@eightys_style6077]

Looks handy

[@christimms102]

Absolutely a brilliant idea.

[@mamabear8590]

Thank You 😊 definitely saving this one for our future homestead

[@MrSaemichlaus]

Perfectly safe and efficient tool for its application! You could even support it over a box of some sort to simply drop the split wood into. The concept of putting the splitting edge and the impact mass in different tools was also implemented long ago in shingle making, where a blade is hammered into the shingle block to split off a shingle.

[@Squarehead45]

There is a product called "Kindling Cracker" that sells for $100 US. this one is better, Love it.

[@solamano7239]

Great idea! My next purchase from Amazon!

[@rocknfan100]

Combine this with a spring-loaded heavy mass and you will have perfection !

[@ciaobella8963]

That is so cool. Definitely an energy saver and time saver.

[@ArthursHD]

CiaoBella nah it is slow. It is more fun with automatic hydraulic splitter & cutter. I would rather retire wood stove completely and run wood chip boiler instead (much less unnecessary work) and cook with natural gas, bio gas or solar thermal energy.

[@mikldude9376]

Super cool idea and great implementation !

[@ChristophersMum]

That's GR8! Now to get my hands on one...….

[@wascalywabbit]

Nice.. Basic.. Easy to use

[@dominiquesandilant3125]

The Kindling Cracker was invented by 14-year old Ayla Hutchinson from New Zealand

[@Moonshinedave1]

I actually like this, I may build me one of those.

[@Afraithe]

I got one of them hydraulic cut and split in one go (PW-klippen) and its amazing, but for bigger stuff ofc.

[@josephonesta6416]

Rocket stove people are going to go crazy over this. It's wonderful.

[@dokioyang8218]

I like your dad

[@kimscupham6458]

Simeon! If you're wondering who that statistical anomaly of 25-34 yo female in Los Angeles, California demographic is who has been binge-watching your videos for the last week, hi.

[@Rastarunt]

Kim Scupham Same. San Bernardino county, California. Hi hahaha

[@keithharrold7262]

Are you Californians preparing for something?

[@norton750cc]

Ideal for fast burning cooking stove, ours is slower burning so wood has to be bigger, we dont have birch so much, so burn softwood, its great, but needs adding fuel often. 20 kW woodburner needs about 4kg of softwood per hour at max output, when our hot water tank is up to temperature the radiators pump kicks in, then the house is warm for the night. We light the fire in the morning in winter, just for the hot water, about 3pm we fire it up to heat the house and it goes out around 2am, no problem we sleep better in an open window environment. Our bedrooms are cold in winter, but not a problem for us. Scottish people have been around for a long time. Breathing hot air when sleeping in a nice warm bed is bad, cold air is more healthy, We grab our clothes from outside the bed to warm them before getting up! We live in an old stone house, 600mm thick stone walls, lined with wood lath and plaster. The stone walls act like a heat store, provided the fire is on daily. In extreme cold, we have a second stove in another room, which also can cook on top, not connected to heating pipes, but is 18kW rated, boy, when that cast iron warms up its T shirt weather inside at -20 outside......Fire management is the key, as a 64 yrs old man with a real job, and also doing the firewood chores I hate waste. Cutting, splitting and stacking wood is not an easy job after work or at weekends, but the satisfaction of watching a blazing fire is worth it all. Apart from that, the excercise is good for the mind and body. If the lights go out ....I dont care...just another day..

[@spookybwi]

Wooow, i need to buy one

[@deibert1]

The only version of something like that was a single splitter. The 4 way split is awesome. Great thing for small pieces. Otherwise your fingers and a hatchet could have a rough meeting...

[@matsrunnerstrom5216]

I have seen an example of it on the net, but it only made 2 halves of the raw material. I think that they could also use it for bigger raw material, something like 30 cm. But of course, then the used a heavier "hammer"

[@bigsky445]

I would use small sledge hammer. Super cool though! Great idea!

[@jesusisalive3227]

Only problem with the sledge is it will dull the splitter if you hit it.

[@jesusisalive3227]

Love it. I may have to build one!

[@donaldboyce7110]

Awesome video

[@ladygray4]

I remember the older machine you featured once, some time ago. I thought that was particularly interesting!

[@steventhury8366]

I like it. Looks like you could use a heavier hammer though.

[@MajesticDemonLord]

I can't help but think if the bottom was open and shaped so that the split pieces 'fall' into a stack.

[@thecurrentmoment]

You could have two flat sheets of metal or plywood attached to the top of the wood block, sloped into a collecting bin. Needs some development but I think the idea could work.

[@Rocketman88002]

Great idea! In the southwest United States, we fell our trees, split them with an axe or maul on site, put the wood in a pickup truck that will hold a 4 × 4× 8 foot stack. The chainsaw, fuel, barchain oil, axes and wedges ride in the cab.

[@tommydixon2131]

Lol..try that with arkansas oak...very good design

[@e2v2e2]

Wanna see the tutorial on how to build it very awesome

[@dorisr8890]

Great to be handy.

[@billwoehl3865]

Already got the Lil one trying to emulate you!!!!👍

[@marcellino1956]

Good idea

[@simonmoore8414]

Excellent

[@frankszilagyi7590]

Brilliant 👍

[@usualsuspect5173]

Very cool tool...good video

[@calhoun1968]

The Kindling Kracker is Awesome!!!

[@jameschancey251]

That's ingenious

[@bigapache567]

A little girl in New Zealand or Australia has the patent on this. Check out Northern Tool Company

[@robertneven7563]

AMAZING sir, thanks

[@TroubadourJuggernaut]

Very clever

[@danielfisch655]

That is ingenious, thanks for sharing and God Bless.

[@ironhazes]

You should have stopped after "thanks for sharing"......

[@rickywoodcock7222]

Made my own a couple of yrs back Original design was by a young girl in New Zealand

[@robertodebeers2551]

That birch is good green, isn't it?

[@ianspingle8865]

I want one of those 👍

[@agavebob3462]

Great tool!

[@globyois]

Too cool!

[@naomibeery478]

That is genius

[@TheRealRenn]

Nice!

[@ilighencea5915]

Тоже вариант! У вас кстати лампочки тоже закручивают по другому, Один на столе лампу держит, а четверга крутят стол 🤔🖐️

[@keithking1985]

Awesome

[@bed51]

I have a foot pump hydraulic splitter that is really good for this. I only paid $50 for it a few years ago.

[@DdDddd-ep4vz]

Killjoy

[@Nighthawkrun]

Great idea

[@raddestraven]

Find a dense 8" round of a yew tree and make your father a proper mallet for his birthday. It should only take one swing there big guy, much easier on the joints from less vibration as well.

[@ovlasburning6605]

Can you give me directions on how to build it?

[@victoryfirst2878]

Now that is a smart tool for sure. Well made and simple to use too. V

[@brothersaturn3937]

Ill take your entire stock

[@dechannigan2980]

The hammering mallet looks a little too light.

[@4fortune1984]

Damn I wish this was sold in stores

[@overexposurevideo]

thnx , cool that it splits in 4 not 2

[@JanColdwater]

Awesome. You’re Dad is a smart, handy man! 👍 where is the link to the wood stove they cook with?

[@CAkavskaTvKvarner]

Very cool!

[@naturundhund]

Sehr praktisch.