2010 - Volume #34, Issue #6, Page #25
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Bark Peeler Makes Log Prep Easy
"You just need to get under the surface and slit the wood and peel it back a bit," says Thibault. "Then you can finish the job with a peeling spud."
Thibault's bark peeler is a modified peavey hook. He filed it down so it's flat underneath. Then he welded it to an axe head. The axe head serves as a handle resting on the log, as Thibault pulls the peeler down its length.
"You want the angle of the weld in such a way that you can keep the axe on the log without the hook digging into the log," says Thibault.
Once he has the point started, the wedge shape of the peavey hook starts the bark separating from the log. That makes it easy to get the peeling spud under the bark to strip it away.
"If you peel the log, it will last a lot longer," says Thibault. "If you leave the bark on, the worms get into the logs within a few months."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ralph Thibault, 315 Amirault Rd., Saulnierville, Nova Scotia, Canada B0W 2X0 (ph 902 769-3401; thibaultr@ns.sympatico.ca).
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