Advice needed for attacking big logs.

[ValleyGuy]

Hi All,
I occasionally help a chairmaker friend with big logs. He just splits them with a maul and three or four metal wedges. Now and then he'll get a call from the local mill that they have a log that's too big for them. We'll usually get it halved or quartered in 20 minutes or less. Usually only works well with straight grained woods though. Tom the Sawyer mentioned a big ash tree, they split beautifully. Looking forward to trying it for milling.

M