I have a powder wedge that my father said they used here on this farm to split 5 foot long logs into manageable sized pieces to be burned in wood fired tobacco curing barns back in the 1920's and 30's. It is a piece of steel shafting 2" diameter, about 12 inches long. Tapered on one end like a pencil is trimmed. The tapered end is bored back into the shafting like a pencil with the lead pulled out. This bore is 3/4 inch diameter and about 4 inches deep. A small hole is bored into the side of the shaft to reach the hollow bore hole inside the shaft. We fired the thing some years ago using black powder stored in a jar that had been in an old shed since the 1930's. Dad loaded the wedge to split a 12" diameter hickory log. After the blast, which sent the split log parts flying, Dad said, " Huh, used to much powder." LOL!!!
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