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I couldn't watch the whole video.
You need to read the round better, especially with a lower powered splitter.
Look at the grain of the piece you are trying to split and split with the grain and not across it. You will never split it against the grain. On pieces like that with a branch out of it always try to split it from the easy end to the hard )knot or branch) end. It will split easier. A crotch will split in half easy if you stand the Y on it's edge and split it. If you look at the grain you will see it curves around the branch, your splitter will not split in a curve so split it the opposite way.
On big rounds like that split around the outside edge keeping the grain in mind.
I read your splitter build as you did it, you know what you are doing. I might have done a few things different though. I think I would have made a stand alone splitter to save some trailer space for more wood. I used to buy and sell that type of mower and always had big plans for them but never built anything. I have a 3 wheel drive sand rake that I've had sitting for 4 years now that I was planning to build a self propelled splitter with. Got tired of waiting and bought a Speeco 25 ton and was splitting that day. Sometimes the better mouse trap is already built.
You need to read the round better, especially with a lower powered splitter.
Look at the grain of the piece you are trying to split and split with the grain and not across it. You will never split it against the grain. On pieces like that with a branch out of it always try to split it from the easy end to the hard )knot or branch) end. It will split easier. A crotch will split in half easy if you stand the Y on it's edge and split it. If you look at the grain you will see it curves around the branch, your splitter will not split in a curve so split it the opposite way.
On big rounds like that split around the outside edge keeping the grain in mind.
I read your splitter build as you did it, you know what you are doing. I might have done a few things different though. I think I would have made a stand alone splitter to save some trailer space for more wood. I used to buy and sell that type of mower and always had big plans for them but never built anything. I have a 3 wheel drive sand rake that I've had sitting for 4 years now that I was planning to build a self propelled splitter with. Got tired of waiting and bought a Speeco 25 ton and was splitting that day. Sometimes the better mouse trap is already built.
