Making kindlin

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

I make my own out of some hickory that I got, it is bone dry and each split can make over a hundred pieces of kindling, I love doing it any free time that I have using the fiskars x7 hatchet that is very sharp..... Try it some time, just be careful and watch the fingers...

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

I also bought a box of fat wood and split that up and tripled my volume, so when I grab a handful to start up a fire,I am not thinking about how much it costs....

 

[Gark]

Going to try something new this coming burn season - we used to discard or burn-pile the top skinny branches and twigs only to split down straight grained splits into kindling. This was an illogical thing to do and wasteful. Now I keep enough skinnies to do the frequent relights and we'll see how that works with the old splitter trash and scrounged dimensional lumber from construction sites.

 

[WellSeasoned]

I tried something new here, thanks to the video earlier in this thread. I have a half cord of seasoned pine I split last year, and was saving for shoulder season this upcoming season. I tried using the fiskars 7, but didn't work so well. But, in a matter of minutes with the huskee, I created a nice bundle of 1" kindlin. I think I'll re split the entire 1/2 cord I have, and that will be more than enough for next year.

#1 I used the small log holder with some twine already on the bottom of it.

#2 split wood

#3 place in log holder and tie

#4 repeat process until you have a chitload of kindlin.

 

[tigeroak]

I like your idea wellseasoned. What we use is pallets and scrap wood from the lumber yard here in town.

 

[Paulywalnut]

I go to the big box store and they have plenty of scrap wood.
Just ask, they toss it, or stack it up. 1x3 and some 2x2 pine.
Great dry kindling. Splits easily.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Here are a series of pics. This wood was a bit too old so I actually split it a bit larger than normal. I don't bother with any cord; just use my hands. It is super fast.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

 

[WellSeasoned]

Awesome pics Dennis! A pro no doubt! Your pics make we wanna go out right now and make more, but its too dark out! Sadly I got no cutting in today. Wife gave me grunt work to do. A couple hundred pavers for a retaining wall. Ough! Be well

 

[osagebow]

3 basic sources. Pinecones kids collect for us, splitter dribblings collected by big cardboard piece under splitter (just started doing this per tip on here) . This year I also kept a locust round inside with some short, small diameter maple and a small hatchet, and whaled away periodically.

 

[Auzzie Gumtree]

Looks good Dennis - have you every trapped anything?

The trouble when somebody is so good at something it looks very easy - if i did that i would have to count my fingers every time just to make sure they are still there......

 

[PapaDave]

Nice pic sequence Dennis.
Filled about 1/2 of the 17 cu.ft trailer a couple days ago with slab wood kindling.
Should be nice and dry by this fall, and I have tons more to do.

 

[mudbug250]

I split some kindlin this weekend. My uncle had cut up a cedar to open his driveway up a bit. I went and got a couple of good pieces of it. Cut with the chainsaw to 6 inches or so, then went to town with the x7. Got about two five gallon buckets so far, and am not half way through. This is in addition to 3 five gallon buckets of dry pine that I have had since last year.

 

[mudbug250]

Smells great also!

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Looks good Dennis - have you every trapped anything?

The trouble when somebody is so good at something it looks very easy - if i did that i would have to count my fingers every time just to make sure they are still there......

One time I got the tip of a glove but not that close to a finger. I do try to pay attention to where my body parts are! It looks easy because it is and it is also super fast.