Posted by GeneMO on January 05, 2015 at 15:54:06 from (71.51.203.52):
In Reply to: O.T. Wood Thief posted by deerlyparted on January 04, 2015 at 17:19:17:
Many years ago I had a big, gnarley chunk of white oak that a splitting maul just bounced off of. This was before the hydraulic wood splitter.
So for fun, my cousin and I drilled a 5/8" hole down the center as deep as we could. Cut a groove in the side of the hole for the fuse. Filled 3/4 full of black powder, then took some 3/4" wooden dowel, Tapered it some with a rasp, soaked it in water overnight, then added the fuse, drove the dowel in.
Set it out in the driveway, lit the fuse, and retreated inside the shop. One heck of a explosion. Went out and the chunk of wood was gone!! Gone!... Place in the gravel drive was kinda like pulverized. It broke the chunk into five pieces and slung one as far as 60 yards.
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