My Home-built Log Splitter

[thallman]

Check out the 3pt home-built splitter I recently finished and let me know what you think!

 

[sweettractors]

Excellent job. Have you tried it out yet? Ken Sweet

 

[thallman]

Yes. I tried it out before painting it. It's slower than the motor powered or pto pump powered machinces because I'm using the tractors hydraulic pump (which I'm guessing is somewhere around 7-8GMP --average for most tractors). But it's not too slow. I've modified and fixed our farm machinery before but this is the first piece I've made from scratch.

 

[Car Doc]

Nice job! :thumbsup:

 

[sweettractors]

Yes. I tried it out before painting it. It's slower than the motor powered or pto pump powered machinces because I'm using the tractors hydraulic pump (which I'm guessing is somewhere around 7-8GMP --average for most tractors). But it's not too slow. I've modified and fixed our farm machinery before but this is the first piece I've made from scratch.

I built one several years ago and speeded my splitting cycle up in a unusual way. I put vertical angle iron wings on the back of knife. This let the split occur faster, without making as long a stroke. Ken Sweet

 

[thallman]

Thanks Ken, for the suggestion. I've seen multiple people do that and considered it if this doesn't end up splitting the way I want to in the long run. The main reason I didn't do that was because I've seen people run a slip-on 4-way splitting wedge that I thought was pretty cool. In it's current state, that option still remains

 

[sweettractors]

Thanks Ken, for the suggestion. I've seen multiple people do that and considered it if this doesn't end up splitting the way I want to in the long run. The main reason I didn't do that was because I've seen people run a slip-on 4-way splitting wedge that I though was pretty cool. In it's current state, that option still remains

Yes, that 4 way split is a nice feature on smaller diameter pieces. Ken Sweet

 

[KennyG]

Looks like it should last into the next century. Any idea how much it weighs?

 

[glastron23]

Thallman... nice build, everyone talks about speed being the big thing, i know that about a hour and things slow down a lot, and i'm not talking about the machine. LOL
i like a long thin knife for tough stringy wood, it just splits better with less breakage on the side of the wood and requires less power, if we get into maple or ash then we just start to split the wood about half way then stroke back and add another block and push the first one through and so on. We found that the addition of a table at the end of the knife to hold split wood so it doesn't just fall on the ground or wood that needs to be resplit again is a real help, this one is about 2 feet past the end of the knife and is 10 inches wide on both sides,

 

[moose13]

Very nice job!:thumbsup: