I wanted a Froe which is a tool used to split green wood. You can use wedges and hammers, but a froe is more precise and can split wide thin pieces. Froes were used to make wood shingles, back in the day, and are sometimes called shingle froes.

Only three things were used to make this wood splitting tool, called a froe: A leaf spring from the junkyard, a cheap shovel handle from the hardware store and an angle grinder. This project is...

Dirt Cheap Froe: A froe is a very useful tool, and very simple tool. It is used to rive wood, which is basically splitting wood, but with a froe it is possible to rive boards, shingles, rough out bucket and barrel staves. You can also use a froe to safely split kind…

Jul 1, 2012 · To make a Froe use a leaf spring, You can weld on an eye by heating the stock and using e-7018 rods. After your forge or grind the rdge, heat treat like any tooling. Use a wooden mallet as opposed to a hammer on the froe.

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This tool makes splitting the wood down into spindle sized pieces, and other sized pieces for chair making, a lot easier and a lot more controlled than trying to do it with an axe or a splitting wedge.

May 1, 1981 · The froe is one of three homemade hand tools you can fashion from a car's leaf spring. A properly wielded froe will enable you to make fine splits.

A froe is a L shaped bladed tool used to split shingles from blocks or to knock larger branches or logs into turning blanks. The tool is used by placing the blade edge onto a block and then driving it into the wood with a mallet.

Nov 1, 1973 · The tools you’ll need to split the shingle from the bolts include a froe (metal wedge 8″-12″ long, with an “eye” in one end to hold a handle) and a wooden mallet (made of hardwood, with ...