Philip Potter wrote:
> Stuart Golodetz wrote:
>>
>> Incidentally, just in case there's any misunderstanding, I'm talking
>> about chopping logs across the grain. Cutting them along the grain
>> (splitting them) is better done with an axe than a saw. I suspect a
>> chainsaw would do pretty well too (probably better than an axe), but
>> I don't know for sure and I've talked enough rot for one week... :-)
>
> How would a chainsaw /split/ wood?

It wouldn't split. It might cut it with the grain ("rip") instead of
across the grain, the usual method, which would probably be close to
splitting. The saying I think applicable here is, "when all you have
is a hammer, everything looks like a nail".

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