Introduction
Tools Hewing
Raising a Model Barn |
Hewing Sequence - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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The wood between the notches is then split off using either a hammer
and wedges or using a heavy axe.  I
have found using an axe to be the quicker method. The axe tends to split
it off in two or three pieces, which saves us splitting it later for firewood.
It takes a fairly heavy axe to be effective when you are trying to split
off a thick piece of wood. When less needs to be removed, it can be done
easily with the limbing axe or a broadaxe.
 By
notching and splitting the wood off, a large quantity of wood can be
removed fairly quickly. This method also produces useful firewood, whereas
chipping all the wood off with the axe only produces chips. The notches
regulate the depth that the wood will split to fairly well, preventing
it from splitting in too far, though care must be exercised. In twisted
grain, more may split off than intended. I usually aim to leave about
half an inch of wood when splitting, to allow some room for this.
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 Repeating
the process along the length of the log results in a rough cut that can
then be smoothed down to the line. |
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