on a lighter note...

[Nyati]

 

[Nyati]

 

[Nomadx2]

 

[Vashper]

 

[Brent in Az]

 

[WAB]

Baseball bats on mailboxes is for amateur's. We used to blow them up with M-80's.

Oh for the days we could by M80’a at the corner store!

 

[nztimb]

 

[nztimb]

 

[flying sailor]

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Keeps hair from building up.

 

[Brent in Az]

Oh for the days we could by M80’a at the corner store!

Back in the day, we had to drive down to Nogales, Mexico to get them. The other alternative was New Mexico.

 

[WAB]

Back in the day, we had to drive down to Nogales, Mexico to get them. The other alternative was New Mexico.

In Canada we just got them at the corner store. Of course we also had a case of dynamite on the farm…

 

[Skinnersblade]

In Canada we just got them at the corner store. Of course we also had a case of dynamite on the farm…

For “removing stumps” if you do it just right you can remove them to the neighbouring property’s or so I’m told.

 

[1911Fan]

 

[WAB]

For “removing stumps” if you do it just right you can remove them to the neighbouring property’s or so I’m told.

I have no recollection of that event at this time…

 

[Newboomer]

I have no recollection of that event at this time…

Me either.

 

[Skinnersblade]

I have no recollection of that event at this time…

All my knowledge is strictly second hand you See , the explosives act was enacted in 1985 and I wasn’t even born until ‘93 corse some of them old boys mighta lost there dynamite in canoeing accidents... you just can’t trust them canoes.

 

[nztimb]

All my knowledge is strictly second hand you See , the explosives act was enacted in 1985 and I wasn’t even born until ‘93 corse some of them old boys mighta lost there dynamite in canoeing accidents... you just can’t trust them canoes.

When I was a boy we used a black powder gun to split logs. tree was cut into about 6 ft logs and the black powder gun filled and hammered into the end of the log, fuse inserted and lit. The log was supposed to split nicely into quarters but that was an exceptional rarity so there were some mighty interested results at times as there was no telling how the log would split or where the pieces would end up and if you had a stuborn log with lots of knots the log parts were apt to go any direction and for quite a distance. It was my job as a boy to collect up the bits that went a bit far. Really fun days they were.

 

[K E Johnson]

When I was a boy we used a black powder gun to split logs. tree was cut into about 6 ft logs and the black powder gun filled and hammered into the end of the log, fuse inserted and lit. The log was supposed to split nicely into quarters but that was an exceptional rarity so there were some mighty interested results at times as there was no telling how the log would split or where the pieces would end up and if you had a stuborn log with lots of knots the log parts were apt to go any direction and for quite a distance. It was my job as a boy to collect up the bits that went a bit far. Really fun days they were.

Any thing like this @Von Gruff ?
The top one is an antique purchased at a friend’s estate sale. It was made from a wagon axle.
The other is my rendition in 304 stainless steel. I have not tried either out yet.
My stainless version has cross holes threaded to attach to a chain to slow down any recoil from the splitter.

 

[JOHN GRENZ]

 

[nztimb]

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Any thing like this @Von Gruff ?
The top one is an antique purchased at a friend’s estate sale. It was made from a wagon axle.
The other is my rendition in 304 stainless steel. I have not tried either out yet.
My stainless version has cross holes threaded to attach to a chain to slow down any recoil from the splitter.

Yes exactly like the top one and with the knurled over top to show how much it had been used.