Project by daltxguy | posted 01-14-2012 10:02 AM | 4512 views | 2 times favorited | 7 comments | ![]() |
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A pair of wooden gluts made from Australian Blackwood.
Used for splitting trees or splitting planks out of a tree. Basically a big wooden wedge.
I describe in a bit more detail on how it was made in my blog
http://lumberjocks.com/daltxguy/blog/27573
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stefang
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#1 posted 01-14-2012 04:16 PM
Good one Steve!
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RGtools
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#2 posted 01-14-2012 04:43 PM
These are awesome tools. I have to make one from time to time for the big splitting chores around here…what a difference.
Nice hatchet work.
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a1Jim
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#3 posted 01-14-2012 06:24 PM
That’s a good idea thanks for sharing.
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TreeBones
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#4 posted 01-14-2012 08:20 PM
Hand splitting Cedar and Redwood is one of my favorite kinds of wood work. Your gluts look so much better than the ones I make on site.
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NormG
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#5 posted 01-14-2012 10:17 PM
That is a great idea. I will have to keep that one in mind
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StumpyNubs
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#6 posted 01-15-2012 12:24 AM
I wonder if there’s such a thing as “American Blackwood”, because the Aussies seem to have all the good wood!
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#7 posted 01-15-2012 07:40 AM
Stumpy,
Black locust (Robinia pseudocacia) wood (would?) be the American equivalent. Hard, strong, but much more durable, bends as well as ash, and is much cheeper. I wish it was easier to find commercialy as it is perect for outdoor stuff and pretty wood. Who are you going up against next? Britboxmaker?
Steve
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