I was doing a bit of wood sawing and chopping today. Sometimes, if I’ve got a thickish log which is only about twice as long as I need, I’ll try splitting it first. Thinner pieces are quicker to saw because the blade doesn’t get so bound up in the wood so, perhaps counterintuitively, more pieces and the same total amount of cutting seems more efficient than labouring on a log with a larger diameter.

However, I’ll have to be careful about the sawn pieces drying too much. Months ago, I split a cherry log and it was one of those I sawed up today. I did manage it but it had hardened up in the drying out. I’m not sure it was quicker to saw through the thinner pieces than it would have been to deal with the whole log in the first place.

I’ve still got a few of the thicker pieces left which do need sawing and chopping so I will be finding out soon just how much those have dried and just how hard they’ve got!