"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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"Lee Michaels" leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast
dot net wrote in message
b.com...
I know that some folks may this this is off
topic, but splitting firewood is using a hand
tool to "work" wood, right?

Any way, I saw this article today and followed
up on it. There are a lot of puff pieces out
there but this is an in depth look at the tool
by the folks who actually invented it. It is
very interesting.

I have bought a lot of different splitting
mauls and axes over the years and nothing
compares to this thing. What is most
inspirational about this is that it is mostly
the work of one guy who worked on it for many
years by himself. Until he eventually got the
design right.

If I was dong much wood splitting any more, I
would buy one of these in a heartbeat. It is
made in Finland. The Finish word for the axe
translate roughly into "leveraxe". There are a
bunch of articles and pictures of this leveraxe
on the web.


http://www.vipukirves.fi/english/description.htm

It may be a cool toy, but I liked the one
somebody posted a few weeks back where they just
split the log a little at a time using a lever
driven splitter and changing base pivot point.


Here's another one for your perusal:

http://www2.fiskars.com/Gardening-an...6#.U147G6JBzTg