Woodsplitter build #2

[6sunset6]

Thanks You changed my mind. Schedule 80 I guess. Probably have a heart attack when I see the price.
Need 60ft I think
Holy bananas Mcmaster Carr wants $96 for 72" 1" schedule 80.
$30 for 60" 1" sch 40
Not that I would get it from them but it's a quick place to price check.
Discount steel 1"od 10g $42 for 20' better but not for shipping.
Have to check my local pipe guy. I am going to struggle cutting 21 ft lengths in half with a battery sawsall in the parking lot. Guess I will ask him how much to cut.

 

[Scooby074]

Thanks You changed my mind. Schedule 80 I guess. Probably have a heart attack when I see the price.
Need 60ft I think
Holy bananas Mcmaster Carr wants $96 for 72" 1" schedule 80.
$30 for 60" 1" sch 40
Not that I would get it from them but it's a quick place to price check.
Discount steel 1"od 10g $42 for 20' better but not for shipping.
Have to check my local pipe guy. I am going to struggle cutting 21 ft lengths in half with a battery sawsall in the parking lot. Guess I will ask him how much to cut.

mines 3/4" sched 40. No need to go larger IMHO.

Any boilermakers locally? This stuff is boiler tube. Probably the cheapest place.

I cant remember how much mine was, $80 i think? Each piece there is about 30" long and there are 16 of them, so 40', but i bought 50' because i needed to make a few pipe clamps. $1.75 a foot sounds right.

That should get you into the ballpark of what it costs, but its money well spent. Cheaper than a chiropractor :thumbsup:

 

[6sunset6]

Home Depot has sch 40 3/4 x 10' for $13 10'/3 40" 5 lengths will do it $65
10' I can get inside my Subaru believe it or not. Or on top if I have too.
Thanks for your help Jason.

 

[6sunset6]

I did some calculations . 6011 rod is 60,000 psi tensile .
Assuming .25 across the root of the weld The cylinder anchor has two plates with a 7" weld on each side of each plate.
Thats .25 x 7 x 4 x 60,000 420,000 lbs. Probably enough to hold a 48,000 lb load. Thats at 3000 psi. Seems to me I could have welds full of blow holes and it would still work.
Fittings coming Friday for pressure relief change. But valve and hoses to finish are 8-10 days away.
Got to get back to work on log lifter, Been avoiding it . Trouble with pivot point.
Have to start thinking about a run to Tractor Supply for Hydro oil.
Still have electricals on the power supply.

 

[kubotakid USA]

Bob, EMT is too flimsy for the outfeed.

I made mine out of sched40 and i still bent it up. I wouldnt use anything less than sched40 and be sure to weld support brackets at the end closest to the wedge ( I didnt, but i will have to do it next year). Plus you can weld it, which is faster and cheaper than gas welding. I cant recommend enough to do both the outfeed and the lift. They are the two best features on mine, with the 4 way wedge right up there. Its the accessories like these that separate a store bought to a custom home built high end splitter.

Funny thing about hydraulics, they arent so expensive WHEN SOMEBODY ELSE IS BUYING!!:laughing:....................... Scooby, I cant really tell from the angle of the pic posted showing your bent outfeed table, But it looks like there behind the blade quite a bit and need a ramp in front to prevent further conflects with wood coming of the wedge, dunno cant tell alot from that angle, Eric

 

[Scooby074]

Bob, EMT is too flimsy for the outfeed.

I made mine out of sched40 and i still bent it up. I wouldnt use anything less than sched40 and be sure to weld support brackets at the end closest to the wedge ( I didnt, but i will have to do it next year). Plus you can weld it, which is faster and cheaper than gas welding. I cant recommend enough to do both the outfeed and the lift. They are the two best features on mine, with the 4 way wedge right up there. Its the accessories like these that separate a store bought to a custom home built high end splitter.

Funny thing about hydraulics, they arent so expensive WHEN SOMEBODY ELSE IS BUYING!!:laughing:....................... Scooby, I cant really tell from the angle of the pic posted showing your bent outfeed table, But it looks like there behind the blade quite a bit and need a ramp in front to prevent further conflects with wood coming of the wedge, dunno cant tell alot from that angle, Eric

Ya its hard to tell, but the tubes end near the middle of the wedge.

Next year once i straighten the tube and put some supports, i intended on doing what you suggest, which is a ramp.

 

[6sunset6]

3 steps foward, 1 step back. Went to Home Depot, 10' of 3/4 pipe fits in my subaru. Got 1 need 4 more. Got plumbing fittings from DHH. This is for the relief valve on the power supply. The return worked fine, the pressure side did not quite fit bummer, need 1 more fitting, UPS minimum is ridiculous but USPS is not too bad. Surplus is just shipping valve and hoses and could not catch the order to add anything. Oh well. My son in law is here , with my daughter, He wanted to learn how to weld. Gave him a history lesson, a safety lesson, dressed him up, gave him my auto darkening hood. Means I had to use my old dark one, what a pain. He did very well, has the touch. Not bad for a guy in a PhD program. The big step forward was the pivots on the log lift. He helped a bit with that. Got it. See pictures and video. Only had to redrill 1" holes but to do that I had to grind out some tacks to get the plates in the bridgeport. But it worked. The last picture is me grinding out tacks on the lifter pivot.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxuzNbxDpSA]Log lifter video - YouTube[/ame]

 

[6sunset6]

It's outside for the first time.
My tractor lifted the beam assembly on it's forks, easy. Good thing cause the half ton chain falls was straining. Got some welding done on the box splitter and the end of the beam where it bolts on. Probably should do some more but I was getting tired of bending over and welding up. I finally unbolted the box so I could flip it around. I think there are enough welds on it now so it will not distort much. I hope. I want to put a foot across the diagonals that hold up the beam.
I think the thing will sink if I don't. That'a that big piece of rusty angle on the ground. I need another one, probably something on my scrap skid. I thought about flat pads but it is better to tie the two legs together. I think I will also add a diagonal brace from the horizontal mid point bar up to the beam. More upside down welding . Last , I hope , of the fittings will be here next Friday.

 

[Scooby074]

It's outside for the first time.
My tractor lifted the beam assembly on it's forks, easy. Good thing cause the half ton chain falls was straining. Got some welding done on the box splitter and the end of the beam where it bolts on. Probably should do some more but I was getting tired of bending over and welding up. I finally unbolted the box so I could flip it around. I think there are enough welds on it now so it will not distort much. I hope. I want to put a foot across the diagonals that hold up the beam.
I think the thing will sink if I don't. That'a that big piece of rusty angle on the ground. I need another one, probably something on my scrap skid. I thought about flat pads but it is better to tie the two legs together. I think I will also add a diagonal brace from the horizontal mid point bar up to the beam. More upside down welding . Last , I hope , of the fittings will be here next Friday.

Looks good.

I agree with the feet. not only for the spread, but added flotation.

one good thing about a heavy steel welding table is i can crank the item im welding down (tight) and turn up the heat. and let it cool after welding. This cuts down on the warping immensely.

Have you figured the cylinder for your log lift yet? I ended up using a 2.5" dia x 6" stroke. Its kinda surprising just how little movement you need on the cylinder to raise the lift to horizontal.

 

[6sunset6]

lift cylinder will be 3.5 x 4"