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, ...

Few methods of home heating are as iconic and rewarding as burning wood—especially if you cut and split it yourself. The hard physical work of splitting firewood is missing from most other heating ...

“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 ...

Watch as we tackle the challenge of splitting massive, knotty logs with a gas-powered log splitter. This detailed demonstration highlights every step of firewood preparation, from breaking down ...

With a tarp, cleanup after splitting firewood is a breeze. Make cleanup a snap when you are splitting firewood wood or using a log splitter. Put down an 8-foot by 10-foot tarp under your work area.

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 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Participants in the first-ever contest put their wood chopping skills to the test by seeing how fast they could split various ...