REUPLOADING, FIRST UPLOAD WAS MISSING JUST A FEW MINUTES. Processing firewood with an axe, felling, limbing, Lopping, bucking and chopping with commentary. Preparing wood for a video on splitting axe cut wood with an axe.

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All steps in the processing of firewood can be done with an axe. In this video, I fell a tree, limb it, lop off the smaller sections at the top, then buck the remaining trunk into sections for a wood splitting video I'm planning to do. The most lkely problem a skilled worker is to encounter is splitting large rounds of wood with an axe, or splitting long logs of large diameter, but even a small axe can be surprisingly effective for average log rounds.

Felling with an axe can be very dangerous depending on the circumstances. The front notch is cut first, about half way through the tree or so. The back cut is made higher by about 2 inches, which helps keep the log from kicking back as it falls. It behooves any would be well rounded axeist to learn to chop offhand, with their nondominant side. There are may situations that one can find themselves in where doing so is either necessary, safer, or easier in some way.

Limbing is very dangerous and requires constant vigilance and adaptation by the axeman. Limbs are best cut flush to the trunk, or as close to flush as possible. Limb stubs left behind are an annoyance. They snag each other, clothing, and make stacking, loading, unloading and carrying more difficult. stubby trunks and rounds are the signs of a novice.

Lopping off pieces of a suspended trunk is a very efficient way to process the smaller wood at the top of a tree or a protruding limb, but it is very dangerous if some important strategies are not employed. You have to be able to hit the target for sure. You also have to understand how the axe might travel if it cuts through or the branch is missed, or the axe glances off in order to position the body safely. The direction of cut is also very important. The axe blade should be aimed and pushed away from where your body is, so that any accidents or slips are less likely to hurt you. If none of that makes any sense, I recommend not doing it until it starts to.

Bucking is fun with a sharp axe and reasonable skill. Accuracy and an effective strategy will reduce the number of cuts and the amount of energy needed.

splitting wood with an axe can be very effective. The next axe video will be about splitting axe cut wood with an axe. Strategy, reading the wood, and being constantly vigilant about your safety and the safety of your axe can yield very good results.