On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:12:45 -0700 (PDT), geraldthehamster
wrote:

I bought a hydraulic splitter, and it's about the best tool I ever
bought:

http://www.titan-pro.co.uk/details.aspx?p=64

I reasoned that if I hurt now, aged 51, after a session with the
splitting maul, then I'll be crippling myself at 61, and incapable at
71. So over the period I reckon it's two hundred and something quid
well spent.

This one looks easy enough to copy and after all, this is a diy gourp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=833_QkqF8kE