Harbor Freight tools that DO suck

[Diggin It]

Looked at the electric chainsaw sharpener in store one time. Decided it wasn't even worth taking it home to try.

The $250 electric 'log splitter' is a table top novelty. Probably OK for making toothpicks, but not for firewood.

 

[shooterdon]

Looked at the electric chainsaw sharpener in store one time. Decided it wasn't even worth taking it home to try.

The $250 electric 'log splitter' is a table top novelty. Probably OK for making toothpicks, but not for firewood.

My neighbor loves his cheap chainsaw sharpener.

 

[crazyal]

Looked at the electric chainsaw sharpener in store one time. Decided it wasn't even worth taking it home to try.

The $250 electric 'log splitter' is a table top novelty. Probably OK for making toothpicks, but not for firewood.

My sister has the "table top" log splitter and it's great. It's not intended to split rounds, at least ones of any size. They use it for splitting up firewood into smaller sized pieces, stuff to start the fire. Being electric they have it in the basement next to where they stage the firewood before bringing up to their fireplace. While he can swing an ax to split stuff she can't and their kids were too small. She's had it for something like 20 years now. Before that they had one of those novelty splitters where you step on it your foot but she would struggle with it.

 

[bcp]

Depends on your wood. My "table-top electric" has no problem with 16-18 inch Douglas Fir rounds.

Bruce

 

[dragoneggs]

My sister has the "table top" log splitter and it's great. It's not intended to split rounds, at least ones of any size. They use it for splitting up firewood into smaller sized pieces, stuff to start the fire. Being electric they have it in the basement next to where they stage the firewood before bringing up to their fireplace. While he can swing an ax to split stuff she can't and their kids were too small. She's had it for something like 20 years now. Before that they had one of those novelty splitters where you step on it your foot but she would struggle with it.

That's a cool 'luxury'!

 

[crazyal]

They don't burn a lot of wood, maybe a cord a year so their choices for people who sell wood are a little limited. The stuff they had been getting was really large. They use fatwood to start the fire but the chunks were too large. Her husband is a mid level exec so he often out of town or at the office meaning she has to get the fire going if she wanted one. There's not many options to split inside your house. The foot thing that they tried, a splitter with a jack you have to pump up, or this electric one. But that's firewood. Each person needs to find what works the best for them, from where to store the greed wood to how much to keep inside.

 

[Wagtail]

Depends on your wood. My "table-top electric" has no problem with 16-18 inch Douglas Fir rounds.

Bruce

Exactly so. I bought a "table top" electric splitter from my local hardware shop and then built a table for it that fits my FEL bale spikes (it's the typical implement on my FEL) so that it's at the right height.

I get my wood from the local 'wood barn', which is already split, but the odd time that a piece is too big it goes onto the little splitter. I just move the splitter with the tractor to the woodpile, plug it in to the shed via an extension cord, and off I go.

Now if I required a serious splitter, I'd borrow my neighbours! His is diesel powered!

 

[Travelover]

Looked at the electric chainsaw sharpener in store one time. Decided it wasn't even worth taking it home to try............

I bought the chain saw sharpener kit. I say "kit" because I had to go through and shim all the pivot points so it doesn't slop around, but it works great (now).

 

[California]

'Some assembly required'.

 

[PILOON]

Depends on your wood. My "table-top electric" has no problem with 16-18 inch Douglas Fir rounds.

Bruce

Some woods like birch will split with a 'pop' within 20% penetration while other woods wont separate even with 90% penetration and then still have to be manually pulled apart after the splitter blade has travelled full length of the log.