Wood splitting

In woodworking carpenters use a wooden siding which gets its name, clapboard,[2] from originally being split from logs—the sound of the plank against the log being a clap.

Some Native Americans traditionally make baskets from black ash by pounding the wood with a mallet and pulling long strips from the log.

Any type of wood, being thick or tall, having large knots or twisted grain can make it difficult to split.

Methods to prevent splitting in woodworking are the butterfly joint, truss connector plates, or metal straps.

Splitting is the primary reason building codes do not allow notching in the bottom of joists and beams.