Acorn To Arabella · video

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Steve and his crew split a large log into timber for the wooden boat project using a series of thin steel wedges.1:04 They drive the wedges into the wood grain to build internal pressure, forcing the log to crack along its length.1:08 The process requires constant adjustment of the wedges to maintain even tension and prevent the wood from binding. Once the log begins to split, the team manually pulls the two sections apart to complete the separation.3:58 This manual splitting technique allows for the creation of custom-sized lumber directly from raw timber.

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