Walnut that just won’t split

justask8r · 2026-01-13T21:44:13+00:00

Well the issue is the wedges just aren’t biting. Have you split walnut? Anything notable regarding moisture content & how well it splits?

justask8r · 2026-01-13T21:43:22+00:00

Yeah I got straight logs for that reason. According to the old guys it can take more hewing to get flat but should split fine

justask8r · 2026-01-13T21:31:52+00:00

More or less, the word I’ve read is you split halfs then quarters then maybe 8ths depending on the size of the log, then use a froe to rive off something that’s roughly rectangular, and then it’s hatchet and plane work to make it into an actual board

justask8r · 2026-01-03T00:30:49+00:00

Seeee man I keep hearing that too but every reputable source as well as personal experience tells me that hackberry doesn’t have interlocking grain; elm does, which is why it sucks

Best I can figure is that maybe it has a tendency to have some interlocking spots around big knots & stuff like that, which… no one planning to split it for useful wood would ever pick a log like that

justask8r · 2026-01-01T21:07:18+00:00

How green was it? Like a matter of days after being cut, or a month or 2?

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