This is a device for the in home splitting of logs for firewood. This invention is powered by a reversible electic motor which turns reduction gears to increase the torgue to two driven gears that are threaded in their center holes to mesh with threads on two threaded rods. These rods are secured on either side of a downward pointing wedge and provide the necessary link to transform the rotary motion of the motor and gears to the up and down vertical motion of the wedge. The motor and gears are enclosed in a cube shaped base that also acts as a horizontal platform on which to stand the log. The log is placed upright on top of the base between the rods and the wedge is pulled down into the log splitting the log in two. The wedge is stabilized by four guide rods connected to either side of the wedge. The guide rods slide through holes in the base and are aligned parallel to the threaded rods.
