I thought it would be a great idea if we got a log splitter to cut up our wood for the winter. Up to now Ang always has to go out and spend hours chopping the wood up. Our wood fire heater is our main heating for the house. The Winter nights lately have been a bit chilly. We have a lot of wood collected fro trees being felled and trees falling over naturally from storms. We hired the splitter on Friday and started that night. 
It was fantastic. It split the wood like a hot knife slicing through butter. We did a large amount that night. But as I was busy on Saturday Ang asked Jacob to come down and assit.
We were all plowing though the wood when I took these photos.
I left to see a good friend of mine recovering from an operation when I got the call from Maroondah hospital. It was Jacob telling me that dad had crushed his finger in the wood splitter and that they were at the hospital awaiting the doctor. .
As it turned out Ang ended up staying most of the night undergoing an operation to repair his index finger. At present he has his hand plastered until Friday and will need regular check ups to ensure the finger repairs. Looks like having around 4 weeks off work
We managed to get a quarter of the wood cut. We only put a dent in the pile but it was amazing how much wood we ended up with.
What a day!
