Safety Chopping Block
This Chopping Block Makes for Safety in That Pieces are Thrown Away from the Worker
This Chopping Block Makes for Safety in That Pieces are Thrown Away from the Worker
Chopping of pieces of wood, which must be broken into short lengths, is often dangerous. The chopping block shown in the illustration was designed to overcome this element of danger and it may be used for chopping small kindling wood as well as for breaking up heavier pieces. When the blow is struck on the wood to be broken the pieces are thrown away from the person chopping. The sketch shows the device in use for the chopping of short pieces of wood, and the heavy portion may be used as a seat. The smaller sketch shows how the block is built up of 2-in. planks, bolted together—A. S. Thomas, Amherstburg, Canada.