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How will you heat your home this winter?
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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 381950" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>A real back-saving trick for splitting wood is to mount an old tire on top of your chopping block. You need a tire whose inside diameter is smaller than the block so that it will sit on top, and you can screw it into the top of the block with a couple of decking screws.</p><p> </p><p>When you place your wood to be split on top of the block, the tire helps to hold it upright and it holds it and keeps it from falling off after it is split. If you have a round that needs to be quartered, you can literally walk a circle around it and split it up without having to constantly stop, bend over, pick up the wood and put it back up on the block.</p><p> </p><p>The other benefit is that it will protect the wood handle of your axe or maul, if you swing and miss the handle will hit the tire instead of the edge of the chopping block. It shouldnt cost anything either, my local tire shop has a bin of used tires to be discarded and they told me I could hve whatever I wanted for free.</p><p> </p><p>One other thing; once you mount the tire on the block, drill some holes on the bottom of the sidewall so that it doesnt fill up with rainwater or snowmelt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 381950, member: 14668"] A real back-saving trick for splitting wood is to mount an old tire on top of your chopping block. You need a tire whose inside diameter is smaller than the block so that it will sit on top, and you can screw it into the top of the block with a couple of decking screws. When you place your wood to be split on top of the block, the tire helps to hold it upright and it holds it and keeps it from falling off after it is split. If you have a round that needs to be quartered, you can literally walk a circle around it and split it up without having to constantly stop, bend over, pick up the wood and put it back up on the block. The other benefit is that it will protect the wood handle of your axe or maul, if you swing and miss the handle will hit the tire instead of the edge of the chopping block. It shouldnt cost anything either, my local tire shop has a bin of used tires to be discarded and they told me I could hve whatever I wanted for free. One other thing; once you mount the tire on the block, drill some holes on the bottom of the sidewall so that it doesnt fill up with rainwater or snowmelt. [/QUOTE]
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