FAIL!!!!!!!A-35 plate steel too soft for splitter knife!!!!What grade steel should they have used??

[olyman]

Looks like lots of side force to me. Bad crotch or cross grain. When I split wood I pick my battles and try to read the wood before hitting to go button, only takes part of a second. I used 3/4" material on my 36" splitter, wedge has 30" of usable wedge and is 4 way. No problems yet but like I say I spin the piece if I see it's a bad one.

same. I deal with mostly large stuff,,that no one else wants..so like you,,i look at some pieces,,exactly how I want to break em!! and one I cut down, three years ago,,white oak,, near had branches from 4 feet off the ground,,to the top!!! cut it down, lobbed off the branches[some big]and got it home!! fun.. when I went to cut it up, near NONE of it got split!!! it was so full of knots from the branches,, idda had twisted chunks of junk.. noodled it all!!

 

[blkcloud]

I made mine out of 1 inch cold finish back in the early 80's.. Still going strong..

 

[moondoggie]

What about AR steel? Guys I have to stick with .5" it works like a dream on my splitter. The factory blade that was .5" lasted over 30 years. I just have to find the correct steel for the job. I am not having much luck finding t1 or hy80 in small amounts

 

[GM_Grimmy]

My main wedge and 4 and 6 way are all out of AR400. It's some hard chit! but it works great!

 

[moondoggie]

My main wedge and 4 and 6 way are all out of AR400. It's some hard chit! but it works great!

Thanks!

 

[Odog]

I grabbed an old cutting edge off a loader for mine. 3/4 AR I believe. I just sharpened it and it has been great.

 

[sam-tip]

A cutting edge from a skidsteer bucket is hard stuff. Pre heat to weld!

 

[Kevin in Ohio]

I made my own but I'd say anything James sells at Splitez is good stuff. He provided a lot of the stuff for my build and builds them for a living.

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

What about AR steel? Guys I have to stick with .5" it works like a dream on my splitter. The factory blade that was .5" lasted over 30 years. I just have to find the correct steel for the job. I am not having much luck finding t1 or hy80 in small amounts

T1 is roughly the same as AR500 I believe. 1/2" is pretty thin with it that tall and no side bracing. I'd go with 3/4" or 1".

 

[Patrick62]

1 inch thick road grader blade welded on with 7018 has held against anything I can push with 22 tons.

 

[moondoggie]

Ended up with AR 400 grade f. works perfectly. Had to get a guy of of eBay to make it!