My friend Todd was visiting from Texas, and he's never used a log splitter before. I thought this was the perfect opportunity to get him on the American CLS Animal and show him the difference between ...

This quick video demonstrates a clever human-powered device that makes splitting firewood easier by setting an ax into a frame to guide it. Adding a counter weight and a spring allows the log splitter ...

Using a log splitter makes things much easier. Technically, the term “log splitter” refers to any tool that helps you split wood into smaller segments. They include simple manual tools you can bang ...

Which kindling splitter is best? If you want to burn wood, it needs to be cut down and split into a manageable size so it fits in your fireplace or fire pit. Using an axe is one way to create kindling ...

It’s nice to picture yourself chopping firewood like a lumberjack–deftly swinging an axe through log rounds to cut perfectly sized pieces. That said, it's simply not how it happens. For most of us, ...

In addition to the usual power and hand tools you'd expect to find at a hardware store, hardware chain Harbor Freight also stocks a lot of heavier-duty equipment for tasks like small-scale tree and ...

“Have all your firewood cut and split by the Fourth of July,” the old-timers say. That sounds good in theory, but in actual practice, we are doing well to get the wood cut and split a week before we ...

If you've ever faced down a stack of wood needing to be cut for winter, you know the value of an efficient and powerful log splitter. While you may be fully capable of hacking away at the stack using ...

Wood. Humans have burned it for to heat their homes for thousands of years. It’s truly a renewable source of energy. While it may not be the most efficient or green method to warm a space, it ...