How To Chop Wood For Kindling

Or even better allow the wood to season one full year before use.

How to chop wood for kindling. How to cut kindling like a pro. For split and use wood in the winter you should cut and stack them for drying in early spring. The art of kindling. If the piece is bigger you can still go for the center but it might be easier to chop pieces off the sides until you have something manageable.

Choose a nice straight and well seasoned log one with an even grain and no obvious knots. Fortunately there is a better way to split your kindling wood down to size. 10 how to season firewood tips. Use a piece of old rope or a piece of bicycle inner tube an tie it around the base of the log just below halfway and place the log on your splitting block.

Which makes it the safest way in the world for you to cut kindling you will be impressed with how much easier it is to cut kindling too. Eventually it will split with a nice crack. Next balance the wood you want to split on the chopping block and bring the axe from up over your head or shoulder down onto the wood. Before you chop wood put on work boots work gloves and safety glasses for protection.

How to chop the easiest possible piece of firewood 1. The first thing to learn is firewood cutting safety. To get the most heat out of your firewood follow these steps to make sure the firewood is seasoned and ready for use. Cut your wood early in the spring if you want to use it in the fall.

Before splitting the wood you have to know whether the wood is dry completely or not. Make sure you re safe. In most cases wood splits more easily if you go from the top. One option is to buy firewood by the semi load and then cut the wood yourself.

When to split wood after cutting. The smaller the piece of kindling the bigger its surface area so the fire will catch more easily but it is also important to have intermediate sized pieces. The length of your kindling will be dictated by the size of your fire. When chopping the wood try to create a variety of sizes from very small pieces upwards.

Then do a few gentle hits into the crack to separate remaining strands of wood connecting the pieces of wood together. The picture above shows a load of hardwood that i purchased from a local logger. If this question spin in your head. Select a piece of wood and place it squarely on your chopping block if you have one so that it won t fall over.

With a kindling cracker firewood splitter you will only ever need another piece of wood or a hammer to strike the wood both are blunt instruments and it s a lot safer for your fingers. Generally the firewood needs 6 months to dry. Okay so you ve decided to cut you own wood. Then the quick tips for you.