Northern Industrial Manual Log Splitter

Pros: warranty, it's not poorly made
Cons: adds an extra step and extra tool for something that's meant to be fast

A log splitter is not the everyday tool that, say, a lathe may be. A lathe is fairly obvious in its necessity - who hasn't longed for one from time-to-time?!? But a log splitter is often associated with flannel-wearing lumberjack types. However, I ...

Pros: It was marked from $59 to $20. I got it for $20 to try.
Cons: The splitter would not split the one foot oak logs that I had.

I tried this for a few times for a few days and could not split any wood at all. I'd slide and bang and slide and bang the driver and wedge and could not hardly make a dent. These were small and medium width, one foot long oak logs and none would split. I took it back for an exchange for a trailer accessory.
The pretty girls asked me what was wrong. I told her it won't split the wood. They cheerfully allowed the exchange.