Iron Casting Improves Safety When Splitting Logs
Kids are usually discouraged from taking the easy way out. But thanks to a young mind, splitting firewood into kindling is now simpler and safer. Invented by 15-year-old New Zealander Ayla Hutchinson, the Kindling Cracker is a
two-piece cast iron tool that allows its user to split wood with a hammer or mallet instead of an axe.
Cast in New Zealand and sold in the U.S. by Northern Tool + Equipment, Burnsville, Minnesota, the Kindling Cracker features a 12-in. circular frame,
wedged blade and base plate. Larger logs are place on the blade and then hit with a blunt object to split them into smaller pieces that can be used as kindling.
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