SuperSplit owners, A few Questions????

[BHD]

the machine appears to use a over center lock on the pressure roller, to the rack bar, and until a block that I am guessing comes up on the "back side" of the roller will that lock pop up, or by the handle,

Principle behind the log splitting power of Super Split(R)
there is a good drawing on how it works,

 

[dstig1]

Look up the guy who built his own last year on AS. PM him, if you don't want to post. That's where the info is, so that is where you need to look .... Dunno what else to tell you right now as I don't have easy access to mine to get this info.