Firewood processor build thread

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Picked up the splitter head last night, my guess is 200# +. I'm glad I farmed the part out, I could never have got an edge like they did, I also know it's going to hold. My Kioti's going to be put to the test once the cutting head's installed 10' in front of the pivot points and I have to lift it out of the garage. Really not sure how much the processor weighs, but it's not light.

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A 4way and 6way on the same wedge. Interesting in see how that works out on different size rounds.
 
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Picked up the splitter head last night, my guess is 200# +. I'm glad I farmed the part out, I could never have got an edge like they did, I also know it's going to hold. My Kioti's going to be put to the test once the cutting head's installed 10' in front of the pivot points and I have to lift it out of the garage. Really not sure how much the processor weighs, but it's not light. <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/files/build-yourself/399573-firewood-processor-build-thread-img_20141120_171628-1-jpg"/>
NICE I'm thinking ur gonna be alright! Rome wasn't built in a day. Figure their is gonna be kinks to work out m, there always are. Glad ur back! LUTT
 
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A 4way and 6way on the same wedge. Interesting in see how that works out on different size rounds.

Actually, between the two, there's a 2 way wedge. Anything 8" or less goes through the 2 way, 8"-12" goes through the 4 way and everything bigger goes through the 6 way. My cylinder only has a 12" stroke, so it was a mind bender figuring out how to make it work, but I think it will.
 
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Can't wait to see this!:drool:
 
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NICE I'm thinking ur gonna be alright! Rome wasn't built in a day. Figure their is gonna be kinks to work out m, there always are. Glad ur back! LUTT

I'm sure there'll be lots of kinks, we'll see and deal with them as they come up. I sat my ***** in a hot tub up at Mont Tremblant last weekend in honour of my wifes b-day. I've been puttering on in now and then since, just haven't got around to posing updates, but I was always coming back!
 
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OK, just spent 2 hours fitting up the splitter head. It's tight! So after welding up a bracket to attach it to the cylinder, I went about trying to install it. I ended up having to jack the whole thing up on saw horses to get it high enough to slide it in from the bottom. Then it was so tight, I ended up having to jump on the end of the processor to get it to slide in the track. Too tight, that wasn't by design. I was expecting the cylinder to lift the splitter up and just let it slide back down under its own weight. The cylinder is going to have to pull it up and push it down, but if I can do it with my weight (no jokes please), the cylinder should be plenty strong enough until it wears in.

Everything is now fabricated and in place. I've even started to clean it all up for final welding, most of it is still just tacked together. Valves are now in place, the arm is re-enforced and braced against the side, engine and tank have been fully mounted, splitter is in place. I just have to weld it up, paint it and get it out of my parking spot!

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OK, just spent 2 hours fitting up the splitter head. It's tight! So after welding up a bracket to attach it to the cylinder, I went about trying to install it. I ended up having to jack the whole thing up on saw horses to get it high enough to slide it in from the bottom. Then it was so tight, I ended up having to jump on the end of the processor to get it to slide in the track. Too tight, that wasn't by design. I was expecting the cylinder to lift the splitter up and just let it slide back down under its own weight. The cylinder is going to have to pull it up and push it down, but if I can do it with my weight (no jokes please), the cylinder should be plenty strong enough until it wears in.

Everything is now fabricated and in place. I've even started to clean it all up for final welding, most of it is still just tacked together. Valves are now in place, the arm is re-enforced and braced against the side, engine and tank have been fully mounted, splitter is in place. I just have to weld it up, paint it and get it out of my parking spot!

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You're doing an awesome job. Enjoying following the build.

I can't tell for sure from the the photo, but it looks like the splitter blades might not be angled. You may have some problems with the wood wedging in the splitter blades if the blades are squared rather than angled. They should be angled so that the opening between two blades is narrower at the cutting edge and then get's wider at the exit point on the opposite side.
 
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I dont think he will have many problems with wood compression during splitting. The star design of his 6way has plenty of room between the cutting edges and the outside edge of the box frame.wedge.jpg My 6way blades are angled to be wider at the back the the edge and the edge only sharpened on one side. With this design, I still see moderate compression on larger dia wood, especially if the round is very knotty. I suspect this is because my wing wedges are at right angles to the main wedge. Width between wings stays the same the entire width of the split. With the Vee design of his wing wedges, the splits can expand outwards as they pass thru the wedges.
 
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Beefy Wedge:thumbsup:
 

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