Strange design wood splitter

[bcp]

Probably not an attachment.

Looks like a very short stroke, but very powerful. Maybe it cuts the log crossways? I wonder about the design reasons.



Can't get link to work. Copy and paste this.

alibaba.com/product-detail/VOS-brand-hydraulic-vertical-wood-splitter_1814571534.html

Bruce

 

[bcp]

Looking at it closer, it looks the cylinders are trunnion mount, but dismounted for shipping. If the trunion mounts to the top frame, the stroke would be much longer than I first thought.



Bruce

 

[MossRoad]

Link works for me if I cut it and paste it into my browser, but not as a link on TBN. Redirects to something else. Weird.

 

[rd_macgregor]

It looks more like some kind of shear than a wood splitter.

 

[dshontell]

maybe for making split rail fence beams?

 

[Baby Grand]

It looks more like some kind of shear than a wood splitter.

My thoughts, too.
Something like this, but for logs, not fingers:

 

[rd_macgregor]

My thoughts, too.
Something like this, but for logs, not fingers:
View attachment 403033

That is exactly the image that came to my mind.

 

[MapleLeafFarmer]

its a guillotine chopper and very common in Asia. Used to feed in brush and branches and small trunks and roots, etc... to chop them into more usable sizes to burn in stoves for cooking and heat.

 

[dshontell]

So it's a chop stick maker.