DeWalt’s electric log splitter is as powerful as a gas-fed machine.

It’s nice to picture yourself chopping firewood like a lumberjack–deftly swinging an axe through log rounds to cut perfectly sized pieces. That said, it's simply not how it happens. For most of us, ...

To start, figure out whether you want a simple wedge to help you split wood with a sledgehammer, a manual hydraulic machine that you crank to generate splitting power, or a motorized automatic model ...