If you need to create a large number of logs for a wood burner, fireplaces or stoves, you could get out there with an axe & spend hours of back stressing effort trying to cut even sized logs, or you could invest in a great value, powerful electric log splitter like this model from power garden-tool experts Ryobi. Easy & safe to operate, the Ryobi ELS-52 Electric Log Splitter has a powerful 1500-watt electric motor, which produces a very effective 4 tons of splitting pressure, able to split logs of up to 52 centimetres in length & 30 centimetres in diameter. Log splitters work by means of a mechanical lever, with a wedge at the end of it, which is slowly but surely driven into a log, splitting it in two. The Ryobi ELS-52 Electric Log Splitter is powerful & accurate, you can split & re-split logs down to your required size & the sturdy & robust construction of the log splitter, mounted on a durable tubular steel frame, ensures safe & stable working. Mobile & versatile it has large, rubber tyred wheels with spokes & deep patterned grips to help the stability & so it can deal with awkward or rough terrain or inclement weather conditions, when there is a need to move it. Rubber gripped handles make manoeuvring the log splitter very comfortable & a generous 12 metres (40ft) of electric cable is supplied with this log splitter.