Kindling Cracker Firewood Kindling Splitter, Safe Manual Splitting Design

This is the only size I'm aware of

no one size

Not that I've ever seen, but I wish it was a little bigger. Nevertheless, it's a handy little cracker!

I contacted the company 2 weeks ago bout a larger unit. Their answer:

As you know if your firewood is too large to fit into the safety ring it will be large enough to stand up by itself on a chopping block while you chop it down to size with an axe (at this point your hands are nowhere near the piece of wood), if you need to steady the firewood from falling over then it should be able to fit through your Kindling Cracker and this is where Kindling Cracker is a lot safer for your hands.

Most firewood stacks have random sized wood and lots of it will normally fit into a Kindling Cracker. We tell customers when stacking their firewood to put their smaller bits (with a clean grain) to one side to use in there Kindling Cracker, this way they most likely wouldn’t need to chop any down to size.

I've not heard of one, but I'll buy one should it become available. They current size works great, but I'd love to try a larger one as well

No, you will like this one. One size fits them all.

No

No it does not.

The Kindling Cracker Kindling Splitter comes only in the one size shown.

No, the height is fixed. 24" would probably work if the support you attach it to is about the same diameter as the base of the Cracker.

No, it's fixed.

24" will be very difficult to split into kindling. It is not designed to split large logs into fireplace pieces. It takes fireplace pieces and turns them into kindling for starting the fire. If you take a couple of your 24" logs and cut them in half you can split up a month's worth of kindling in a few minutes. Works like a charm as long as you don't try to make it do something not designed to do.

I normally burn 20-22" firewood. I cut pieces of my normal firewood in half to make kindling with this splitter.

No it is not. Short pieces seem to work the best.

No. There are no adjustments on this unit.

Seems to be cast, not adjustable but if your wood is straight grained and doesn't have a bunch of knots it'll likely split 24" without much issue. I'm splitting 18" birch and white spruce, but I'm choosing straight grain and few knots intentionally.

Wedge height is not adjustable, if the wood is straight grained I am sure it will work for you.

The wedge height is not adjustable.

It is perfect for this size wood! I love mine.

2x4 and xx4 would split it straight away but the board can only be about 18 inches long. Longer and it cannot clear the bottom ring. I guess if your piece you sit the cracker on was the same size as the bottom ring you might get more board to go through but there will be a limit to that.

This splitter will do the job nicely. It is designed to split smaller logs.

I have used it to split scrap lumber as you described. Worked fine - keep the pieces to no more than 15-18 inches long.

Absolutely. I start with a quarter log and keep on going to about an inch in width.

It will split 2x and 4x as long as the pieces are not over 18 inches long.

yes perfect for that

Yes. The ring size is 6.5 inches. 2x4 and 4x4 pieces will will fit well. If your scrap pieces are cut 10 to14 inches long it will work great.

This Kindling Cracker would be useful for splitting precut (dimensional) lumber. Keep in mind, if the lumber diameter is too small the lumber will rest at an angle and may be difficult to get a clean split.

The blade is made of cast iron and yes it is sharpened. No it will not wear down. The outside is steel and the cast iron blade is well secured. Excellent quality.

it is all one piece and the blade is welded into place. I have not had mine long enough to estimate wear. I use mine 4x a week for the last month with no signs of wear. I am splitting black and white oak for kindling.

It is all welded as one piece. It probably will not need sharpening because it is a hard steel.

It comes as one piece. No assembly. The wedge is reasonably sharp - I haven't had to touch up the splitting edge at all after six months of use.

The blade is already sharp and you can use a file on it to resharpen. The unit comes all welded together no parts to attach. You will want to bolt it down to a base to support it through the holes in the base.

The blade or splitting wedge is cast iron and is cast into the upright posts as one piece or part. The wedge is not removable. There is a set screw at the bottom of one of the upright posts which connects the upright posts to the bottom ring. You could run a file down to the splitting wedge to sharpen it but it would take a very long time before it would need it. This product is very strong and well built. I have split a lot of maple and oak through it and there is no wear at all.

It's all one solid piece. Strong so far...

The unit is all one piece. It seems like a strong cast iron material that won't wear down and there are no instructions about needing to sharpen the cutting edge.

The blade on this product is sharpened. This item comes assembled. The top looks to be wedged to the bottom bracket and also has a small hex nut on one side holding the two together.

The inner diameter of the top ring is just a bit over 6.5 inches. Realistically you want to crack a halved or quartered average-sized log. Logs that are too big will be difficult to split and may become wedged in between the rings and the center split wedge.

The inside diameter of the top ring is about 6-1/2 inches (about 16.5 cm.) If you limit yourself to pieces that are no bigger than 6 inches in cross-section, you should be good. I keep a maul handy for splitting big pieces once, as needed.

Inside diameter of top and bottom ring is 6 1/2 inches; Height top to bottom are 13 inches. I won't split bigger then 3 inch dia. with my cracker. I will switch to ax. My kindle cracker is for making kindling in seconds or just splitting smaller logs. Which works great. Hope this helps you

It is about 5-6 inches. I split my 12" logs into eight pieces...they go right through the cracker.

There is 6.5 inch inside clearance.

The inside diameter is 6 1/2".

The diameter of the top ring is 6.5 inches. It is best if you use wood that is 6 inches in diameter or less.

The diameter is 6 1/2 inches approximately. Any piece of wood that is less than that fits fine.

The inside diameter is 6.5 inches, so a 6 1/2 inch piece of wood can be inserted.

we have not tried it on hickory but have used it on oak and there are no problems. I do not see there being any problems with the hickory..

i cut pine in colorado, using a very small hammer. not sure but it would probably take a bit more umph to push hardwood through. its been thirty years since i had access to harder woods.

Have not found any wood it will not split

Seasoned hickory wood can be difficult to split. We would recommend using gloves and a decently heavy hammer. The wedge can go dull over time which may increase the difficulty of the split.

My 60 year old sister uses it every day for kindling for her wood stove. No need for an axe any more.

Make sure your wood is dry and no knots, then any hammer will work. I use a dead blow hammer which is lightweight and delivers a good whack!

I use a 3 lb sledge and it's no problem. I'm a senior lady as well. I would think a regular hammer would be difficult to use as it would require a lot of force to get the wood down onto the blade.

The Kindling Kracker splits with less force than a standard axe.

I have never screwed mine down, so I can move it to a sheltered place after use. The stump is flat and fairly level, so it works fine.

Yes, I use it all the time without being screwed onto a stump. I have put it on a piece of wood but not screwed down. I have also used it on the ground. However, don't sit it on cement because it may crack it.

Yes you can !

The Kindling Cracker should be affixed to a stump for safety purposes.