Worlds Most Sophisticated Home Made Log Splitter?

[Industrial Toys]

I'd like the missile Silo as a second home. I think those places are neat. Everywhere I look, I just see HUGE amounts of tax payers money!

 

[4570Man]

Not really all that mythical, but I don't think I'd like living in a cave or an old Missile Silo.

The missile silo idea doesn’t sound bad as long as it’s $1000 and not 1000 miles from anywhere.

 

[KennyG]

Just for reference, here is my splitter with log tables. The frame members slide into tubes on the splitter beam so they can be quickly removed, although I never take them off.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Thanks. A friend builds thousand of farm gates and always has bushings around. So, yeh, I was kind of thinking with starting by welding some on. Watch me melt the wiring inside the main tube!

But, shouldn't the table go more out front to catch the split rounds, for gathering up or re-splitting?

 

[aczlan]

Thanks. A friend builds thousand of farm gates and always has bushings around. So, yeh, I was kind of thinking with starting by welding some on. Watch me melt the wiring inside the main tube!

But, shouldn't the table go more out front to catch the split rounds, for gathering up or re-splitting?

On that splitter, the wedge is the part that moves so the split rounds will end up on the table there.

Aaron Z

 

[Industrial Toys]

Thanks. I TOTALLY missed that.

 

[aczlan]

Thanks. I TOTALLY missed that.

No problem

Aaron Z

 

[BukitCase]

"On that splitter, the wedge is the part that moves so the split rounds will end up on the table there"

Not only that, but that particular splitter splits BOTH directions; wedge is double-edged, and both ends are backing plates... Steve

 

[TheFarmerInAdell]

What are you using for cylinder location feedback? linear encoder? Timer? Mechanical/prox switches? I like the idea of the auto positioning.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Glad you asked. I used high quality 3/8" recessed alarm switches. And special ones with a philips profile, that can be unscewed if needed.

They activate the transistor switched DPDT relays on the logic board. That and a few Diodes are all that was needed for the logic. Each switch on the machine has its own LED on the board making for easy troubleshooting.

Board was cheap, but very high quality from Electronics Saloon on Ebay (China) Two heavier Octal FInder Relays switch the Solenoids. Manual push switches on those can also help to diagnose a problem.



The magnetic reed switches had to both be set away from the steel and be supported in the thin splitter tube structure.
A heavy nylon material is press fit into the small tube and the alarm contact is screwed into that. The welded on washer prevents the nylon material from going too far and get lost forever inside the splitter tube.

A friend machined out the plate and nylon material which accepts a rare earth magnet.



Durability was key and I did not want wires or anything else protruding.

I am not happy with the electrical build quality at all. I simply ran out of room as soon as the hydraulics went in. The machinist friend would have done a much nicer job overall on the fabricating, but hey it works, and works well.