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> Mommy hit the button at the wrong time and sonny lost several fingers. 

My rule when using a splitter was WORK ALONE for that exact reason. The 
others can hand you chunks to load, or you can split a big pile and they 
can pick it up and stack it, but only one person should load and split.

My husband found an old screw type splitter called a "unicorn" in a 
barn. (Historic content) That thing attached to the PTO on the tractor, 
and turned continuously. You would spike a piece of wood on the point 
and the wood would flip over and hit against a bar while the screw bit 
and worked through the wood and split it. By far, one of the most 
insanely dangerous pieces of equipment I ever saw.

~deb

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