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“I have obtained quite a lot of lumber from firewood.
Its a good supply of hardwood, but the longest pieces I manage to scrounge are only about 45cm (18″) long, so this source is really only good for smaller projects.
When the hydro people cleared out what had grown underneath the power lines over the years at my parents’ place, I decided to try to split some much longer pieces for the purpose of later cutting into lumber.
The pieces I was using were on the order of 1.5 meters (6′) or longer. So just putting them on the chopping block was not an option. I started the split by driving a splitting wedge into one end of the logs…”
