Flywheel logsplitter

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I saw one at a show couple years back, they were having problems, so I never watched it in action.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

That is quite a contraption. I think I'd be afraid to get near it, but it's gotta be safer than the rear wheel spiral cone type I've seen called the world's most dangerous tool..

It was so dangerous looking I had a hard time even watching it on video. It must to have been shop built. One slip in it could split your head.

 

[kidr]

I looked at the quality of the wood and if they had not cut it to 16" lenghts and left them at 8ft the pieces are furniture grade. What happens when a nasty piece goes in the same kind that stop the hydraulic machines unless you have a 4" cylinder or 5". Plus once it starts the stroke how do you stop it mid stroke? I know that it must work on the same prinicple as a metal shear press, that is why they have double safety and a guard on the presses and people still lose fingers.
Craig Clayton

I saw one at a fair too. It was horse driven, you can adapt it to anything . Horse, water wheel elec . gas.The operator split a pretty gnarley piece for me. When it jammed he just recycled the plunger a couple of times and went right through it. You can stop the pluger and recycle at any time. the wedge is not on the plunger if you notice ,so it can't get stuck. Fun machine but too expensive.There is another less expensive made by Wood Wolf. I don't see it being any more dangerous than hydraulic.

 

[rogerpeterson24]

Very effective and efficient machine, especially for the commercial purposes. After watching that video I am pretty much sure that this machine will be of great use in the future. It was working very smoothly, somehow I doubt whether it was cutting huge wood bundles or just the plastic sheets.
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logsplitter

 

[MikeD74T]

Really does a nice job on that fork tender oak, but the piece with the knot wasn't any faster than hydraulic. Don't see any option for stopping the ram once it's in motion. Know a guy that had two and loved them, but he was very equipment consious & tougher than oak himself. MikeD74T

 

[kidr]

Really does a nice job on that fork tender oak, but the piece with the knot wasn't any faster than hydraulic. Don't see any option for stopping the ram once it's in motion. Know a guy that had two and loved them, but he was very equipment consious & tougher than oak himself. MikeD74T

The ram can be stopped at any time and recycled. Just lift the actuating lever. It can be brought back the whole way or just a few inches. DR has just come out with a similar splitter. I haven't checked it out yet.

 

[MiserableOldFart]

The DR looks like a nice machine, but someone needs to figure out a way to get them to work vertically for bigger stuff before they can really be "all -purpose" for the home heating crowd. For someone doing it commercially, or someone who buys wood in log length and it's all reasonably sized, they look great.

 

[ferguson123]

Scary machine

 

[Garandman]

The ram can be stopped at any time and recycled. Just lift the actuating lever. It can be brought back the whole way or just a few inches. DR has just come out with a similar splitter. I haven't checked it out yet.

I just bought one! A K28 - two 55 lb flywheels.

SuperSplit has been around a long time, based in W Bridgewater, MA. Many of the firewood operations around here use them, though most also have a hydraulic splitter for wierd pieces.

Before buying the DR Pro K28 I spoke to a user of one from Vermont. He said that he doesn't split firewood-length logs on the first whack about 1 out of 100. You can let the handle go, let the machine spool up and give it another whack. The model I bought will do 24" lengths but I've bucked everything to 15-16" (small stove!) so I don't think I'll have any problems.

Lots of videos from users on youtube.

 

[motownbrowne]

Nice video, garandman.

I have been coveting a super split for a long while now. A couple things, one I bet that rig would handle oak just fine. I split lots of oak, maple, and ash. The ash is easiest, then the oak. Red or white not much difference for me.

I also split lots of poplar, which looks a bit like that sycamore, at least in how it splits. It's real stringy and gave even my neighbors hydraulic splitter (nothing too fancy, 22 ton speeco) a workout. I found the best thing was to lop off the edges first and then tackle the middle instead of splitting the whole block at once. For the real big ones, over 20" in diameter, I'd even cut into the grain with my saw (a couple inches is all it takes) before driving the maul into the block. That made a world of difference.

Anyway, great video. It's good to see someone who will acknowledge the limitations of their machine. All the videos of super split splitting 18" long 14" diameter straight-grain ash, cedar, and redwood don't prove much except that they can do that particular task faster than a hydraulic model. But that's not saying much. I can split straight grain wood faster than a basic hydraulic model with a maul.

Thanks again, and congrats on the new splitter!