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 ...

Have you ever wondered how wood logs are cut or split into pieces before reaching the stores or furniture manufacturers? Some of them come out of this wood cutting machine which uses a hydraulic ...

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