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7 DISTURBANCES DURING THE SPLITTING OPERATION AND THEIR
REMEDY
7.1
Stuck wood
As the logs are big and have big branches, the cylinder force may not be sufficient.
If the log sticks to the wedge, reverse the cylinder using the manual control.
Raise the splitting-wedge and retry the splitting using the manual control. Changing the
position of the log will help in many cases.
If the log will not split, open the cover and knock the stuck log loose using another log.
If there is a big branch on the tree, turn the tree so you can push it towards the wedge
with the root end first to make the branch split. Doing it this way requires the least
power.
7.2
Re-splitting the logs safely
If you want to produce small-size firewood from large logs, even wood split by the 4- 6-
or 8-way wedge may still be too large in size.
Proceeding in the following way will help you to split the wood safely into even smaller
pieces.
1. Open the cover.
2. Place the logs to be split into the splitting chute. E.g. one on top of the other. The
pieces of wood will stay in this position, if you hit them carefully against the wedge.
3. Close the cover and start the splitting using the lever for manual control.
7.3
If the log has fallen into the splitting chute in a wrong position
After the cutting operation, if the log for some reason falls into an upright position, then
the splitting motion may be prevented by pushing to the left the control lever for forced
splitting (Fig. 11, lever 4), and simultaneously lifting up the cutting blade. This ensures
the crosscut blade will come up in a normal way, but the splitting motion will not start.
After that, correct the position of the log and start the splitting motion manually by psu-
hing the lever for forced splitting to the right.