muddstopper
Veteran Member
I am in the process of building a splitter with a moveable wedge. The blade is 24in tall in the full up position. I intend to put the 4way where it will be below the hbeam flange when all the way down, but will be 12 in high when fully up position. This way, I can split small rounds in half, or 24in round into 4 pieces. My question is how wide should I make the 4way. I had intended to make it a full 24inches wide, tip to tip, but now that I have everything half way together, I am thinking that wide a wedge might create a hazard just walking around it. I am toying with the ideal of 8inches wide on each side and possibly just 6 inches. I even thought of just going ahead and making it 12inches each side and then just trimming until I get to the lenght I will be comfortable with, but feel that will just be a waste of steel, not to mention all that grinding to sharpen the blade. I appreciate any suggestion or opinions. I promise pics when I am done with the build.