The wood we gathered over last winter is now over grown with weeds. Time to rent the wood splitter!
So, you borrow your neighbour's pickup truck...
...and bring the little darling home.
Here's how it works. You put the piece of wood on the horizontal thingie...
...and then you press the lever for the pneumatic arm thingie...
...to come along and squish the wood...
...into two pieces.
If you're really clever, you can give those two pieces a half turn...
...and split 'em again into four pieces. Cool or what?
The wood we gathered over last winter is now over grown with weeds. Time to rent the wood splitter!
So, you borrow your neighbour's pickup truck...
...and bring the little darling home.
Here's how it works. You put the piece of wood on the horizontal thingie...
...and then you press the lever for the pneumatic arm thingie...
...to come along and squish the wood...
...into two pieces.
If you're really clever, you can give those two pieces a half turn...
...and split 'em again into four pieces. Cool or what?
Oh, the hours I spent manning just such a machine.
ReplyDeleteYour technical language is amazing. With your help, I feel that I am ready to go out and find a thingie of my own ...
ReplyDeleteNice to see that I am not the only one describing mechanical implements "thingies". Love it!
ReplyDeleteDid you know they have a vertical version so you don't have to lift every single piece of wood? Me? I say thanks for the hydro...
ReplyDeleteVery cool! I always wondered how those things worked.
ReplyDeleteOh you country people...
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