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Ep. 413: Split and Delivered

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How to Split a Wooden Axe

You've got to read the wood. You can't just do all brute strength. But then your technique and your swing and how you can accelerate your swing is a lot of technique. If it's below zero the moisture in that rounder that log is going to be wet. Then it just wants to pop. It's already got pressure. When it happens that wood dries. Shrinks and tightens. Down to a molecular where like now what's trying.

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