Steven Edholm (Skill Cult) issued a challenge, the Axe Cordwood Challenge (ACC)… cut a cord of firewood with an ax only. Not one to shrink from a challenge, and hone my ax skills, I took him up on the offer. This is the hub where I park all my entries (articles, progress photos, video links) here. There’s also some cross-over from other articles dealing with general Ax-Manship I’ve written previously. I’m also chronicling my journey on my YouTube channel with an Axe Cordwood Challenge Playlist.
ACC Progression Photos
My first day’s stack of tulip poplar. The stack in the background was sawn and not counted in the challenge.
The front stack is all ax cut, felling, bucking, splitting, and cutting to length. The Red Oak in the rear was sawn and doesn’t count in my Cordwood Challenge.
Red Oak and Tulip Poplar stacked.
Ax-cut Red Oak in long logs ready to hit the chopping platform.
Four logs of Red Oak left from the previous stack.
An update on my ax-cut firewood stash.
Love the way ax-cut wood looks when stacked.
All the Red Oak tree split and stacked.
Thought I’d add some pine to the mix. Split at felling site to haul back to camp.
All the pine hauled back to camp except for some of the tree top.
ACC Articles
- How to Hone Ax Skills and Chop Your Way to Functional Fitness
- 2 Ax Techniques for Fast Firewood Splitting
- Ax Chopping Platform: Speed Up Firewood Cutting Safely
- The Authentic Lumber Sexual Guide to Ax Work
My ACC Videos
- Skill Cult’s Axe Cordwood Challenge – intro
- Tree Felling with an Ax
- Gettin’ in Buckin’ Shape – shot before I discovered the ACC
- A Chopping Platform to Quickly Chop Firewood with an Ax
- Limbing a Tree and Dangerous Bent Sapling
- Splitting Big Wood Rounds with an Ax – not ax-cut wood but instructive I hope
- The Tiger Technique for Wood Splitting
- Dogwood Maul and Wedges for Splitting
- Experimentation: Bucking Whole Logs Instead of Rails
- Bucking with Feet on the Ground
- Shoulder Lift Logs for Transport
- Splitting Red Oak ~ Requested by DevaJones03 ~ She’s taking the ACC as well!
- Bucking Large Limbs Off the Ground Safely
Others ACC Videos
- Skill Cult ACC Playlist
- Oxbow Farm ACC Playlist
- DevaJones03
- Aaron Foster
- Flatland Woodsman
- EmLillThings
Ax-Manship Articles on Our Blog
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