Help! homebuilt log splitter

   / Help! homebuilt log splitter #21  
After seeing all these fine looking machines I probably should not show mine it is about 25 years old and been through alot. oh well here it is any way.
 

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   / Help! homebuilt log splitter #22  
kind of off track, but... for any of us without a log lift on our splitter, we do need a way to get the heavy rounds to the wedge. since i use a 3 point splitter, i opted to make my beam fixed, and i just lower the three point to ground level and roll on the real heavy rounds to break them into manageable pieces, then pull the hitch back to height.. i decided that would be easier than a vertical option. the construction isn't much different, but fixed wedge is a little simpler to build.

Yep, that's how I used my horizontal 3pt splitter as well. :thumbsup:
 
   / Help! homebuilt log splitter #23  
My neighbor had a knotty 54 inch spruce tree taken down that was threatening his house. I bucked it for him and we moved the rounds into his yard (one at a time in the bucket). I doubt I would have liked lifting those rounds up over my body to get them onto a horizontal splitter. We laid them out like so many tiddlywinks, put my splitter into the upright position, and I would drive the splitter foot (a railroad tie iron) under the rounds in place and we busted all those rounds on the ground. I built my splitter to mount on the end of the box blade. So, even if I can't move the round, I can move the splitter instead. The round in the picture is only about 28 inches. But many of the bigger rounds I deal with here are not round like wheels and can be pretty lumpy as well. They would be difficult to get in place with a lift. My splitter is balanced such that even with my light wimpy old body I can tip it either way. Anyway, this setup has worked out very well for me.

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Once that round was quartered, the pieces were easy to lift for horizontal operation.

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Yep, I totally understand and like your setup. But a properly built lift and catch table works very well too.
 

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   / Help! homebuilt log splitter #24  
After seeing all these fine looking machines I probably should not show mine it is about 25 years old and been through alot. oh well here it is any way.


Looks like a great splitter to me!!!! Best part is the hammock is nearby for a much needed break!!!! :thumbsup:
 
   / Help! homebuilt log splitter #25  
I will add this, your wedge needs to have a MUCH sharper angle on the cutting edge.
 

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