home made splitter

[mga]

now that's a log splitter!!!

damn, patrick...beautiful country you got there. i envy you.

 

[triptester]

Nice splitter ,Patrick.


Here are some pic's of a splitter I built for a relative.

 

[grandpatractor]

Nice looking splitter Pat , how fast will she travel?

 

[Bowtie]

Thanks for the info, triptester. I just want to say hello to all of you, and that I felt like a kid in a candy store when I found this site. I love working up firewood almost as much as I love heating my home with it. Merry Christmas to all of you!

 

[HEAVY FUEL]

triptester that is a piece of art in my book! You definitely put some time and thought into that beauty.

 

[CaseyForrest]

Figured this is a good time to repost a pic of my homebuilt rig.

 

[SmokinDodge]

I will obtain a new camera and get better pix, someday.
This machine is still a work in progress, meanwhile it has work to do.

-Pat

Pat your gonna have to slow down on the wood a bit, I don't see a tree for miles!

Nice work on the spitter.

 

[046]

casey... now that's a good looking rig!

nice job building it, what's the pump and cylinder size?

 

[CaseyForrest]

16 gpm pump and 24x4.5 cylinder with 2" rod and 3000 psi. Its not the fastest, but its all one person can do to keep it moving.

 

[046]

getting 16second cycle times, which figures out to 20.5 gpm on a 24x 6in ram. wish it was faster, but sure gets the job done.

finding out I really like vertical position better for larger logs.
way less lifting VS horizontal mode.

sure wish I had a safe four way option with wedge mounted on ram.

 

[mga]

Nice splitter ,Patrick.


Here are some pic's of a splitter I built for a relative.

how does that lift-chain work? what do you have that powers it?

 

[triptester]

MGA,


The lift works off a pulley and cable from the back of the wedge up to a pulley on top of the beam down to the lift.. When attached the lift comes up with every stroke of the ram. It was a $10.00 investment in cable and pulley plus some scrap pipe. There is 30 tons available lifting.

The lift could be adapted to most splitters.

 

[CaseyForrest]

getting 16second cycle times, which figures out to 20.5 gpm on a 24x 6in ram. wish it was faster, but sure gets the job done.

finding out I really like vertical position better for larger logs.
way less lifting VS horizontal mode.

sure wish I had a safe four way option with wedge mounted on ram.

Im thinking about taking my wedge to the local welding shop and have them weld some wings on it. I know it can be done...just need the time and $$$.

 

[046]

northern tools makes this four way

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_23781_23781

 

[CaseyForrest]

Ive seen those. My problem is I bought my wedge from Iron and Oak. It was made to accept just the rod of the cylinder as the connection. Well, it didnt match up with the height of where my cylinder is now so I had to modify it to accept the rod eye, little did I know that the rod eye was wider then the back of my wedge. So I had to weld on a piece of 1/2" angle on either side of the wedge to spread the wood farther apart.

In other words, I dont think a slip on would fit in my situation.

 

[046]

my wedge attaches directly to rod too.

the auto return cycle of ram pulls back of wedge into two small return stops. which potentially creates a crush zone.

don't think a slip-on would fit mine either. but that's the only four wedge I've seen offered for sale.

 

[CaseyForrest]

There was a gent on Ebay not to long ago selling custom 4 way wedges. Send him the dimensions of your current wedge and he would weld up a 4 way. I havent searched in a long time, Im sure hes still out there making them.

Take your current wedge and find a welding shop and see what it would cost to weld some wings on it. I cant imagine it would be that expensive. Probably a 30 minute job.

 

[046]

not much room on mine to clear wings, once they got welded on. but a custom one made to my spec's should work.

would create reverse shear hazard!

need to purchase/fab another set so I can bolt original back on in case of warranty issues.

this could get more complicated due to special T shape of Ram to ride in beam's guiding groove.

 

[CaseyForrest]

Youve got one of the Husky splitters...nice. That was going to be my fallback if building mine didnt work out.

Those stripper things dont really need to be that high. You could cut them down so they are low enough to clear a 4 way. The stripper doesnt need to break the whole log free from the wedge, just needs to give one edge a nudge, and its off. Ive also found that if I get a log stock on mine, I just grab a piece of split wood and use it against one of the tie rod bolt on my cylinder and run the wedge back and it pushes the log off.

EDIT: there may be enough room there. Remember the wings are effectively going to be splitting rather small pieces.

 

[046]

yep.. it's a Huskee 35 ton with 6in x 24 ram riding on a 8in x 10in beam.

with a new splitter, you really can't be making mods that's not reversible. that is if you want to preserve your warranty.

a new wedge from speeco, then have wings welded on. may be the best solution.