screw type log spliter

[Renze]

I would say this! the danger factor with this device is up there on danger scale ! However so was gunpowder , axes, chainsaws, etc. I wouldn't just jule it out but I think safety features need to be built to lessen mishaps .rolling over tractors through ignorance has killed more thN this device but you don't say don't drive a tractor ,4 wheelers kill thousands! You get my point. Everything must be used with extreme caution! Some people shouldn't own a car or triuck! Be careless in one of those and your just as dead.

Since January i work for the first time in my life at a large manufacturing plant where they obey all the rules... We spent 5 hours on a risk analysis of the suspension testbench i'm designing, assessing all the health and safety rules. At some point i said a little aggrevated: "whe shouldnt try to be a better catholic than the pope. Even a hot mug of coffee is lethal if you pour it all at once in the wrong way..." which made my colleagues laugh and say that they enjoyed my down-to-earth perspective...

 

[slowzuki]

I think Lasco was on the right track, they mount them on an escavator. I think I've seen them adapted onto pole hole diggers too by old timers.

 

[NH Mike]

This is the Atom splitter. This looks like the best design for a self built unit. and if the dingo can do it, just about any tractor should work.
They sell the parts on their website.
Using the Atom Splitter on a Toro Dingo to Split 2.5' - 3' Diameter Logs - YouTube

 

[CalG]

Well, At that rate, We better start splitting now so we can have a half cord in the shed by late December....

 

[NH Mike]

Looks like an easy way to split those big trees into a manageable size for the splitter, and makes good use of a post hole auger that otherwise doesn't get much use.

 

[Happy Gilmore]

We have an old 3pt hitch screw type splitter that's been sitting out back for decades, I've looked at it a few times and wondered how it worked. Now I know and I must say simple, useful idea, but I see how things could turn bad if it wasn't used with care.

 

[bigdeano]

I wouldn't want to handle firewood without leather gloves, and you wouldn't dare wear gloves running this thing. A lot like getting close to a bit in a drill press or running a lathe. No thanks on this one.

 

[tcreeley]

I like the screw splitter on a toro dingo. I don't like the screw splitter on any of the other arrangements. It is too easy to slip and fall into it- especially as your center of balance is shifted toward the screw when you are feeding it by hand. Once that screw grabs you, it would pull you in- agonizing way to go.
People are always cutting their fingers off with a conventional wood splitter, or with an axe or splitting maul. Always an element of danger- some some stuff is less safe than other stuff.