Thinking about making our own woodsplitter. Anyone have any experience? What sort of piston is needed? Valve? Engine size? Anyone have any ideas?
Joey
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June 26, 2010 10:17 a.m. joey48442 SuperDork
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June 26, 2010 11:11 a.m. BoxheadTim Dork
LS1?
Sorry, no idea but it sounds like an interesting project.
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June 26, 2010 11:28 a.m. oldtin HalfDork
take a look at places like northern equipment see what they use - I'm thinking something like a 4-5 ton ram should do it. You might get away with a 6hp engine
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June 26, 2010 12:43 p.m. poopshovel SuperDork
I suppose it's technically not a splitter, but it's very Grmey, and if you don't swing it like a bitch, you should be able to split whatever you want.
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June 26, 2010 4:27 p.m. Dr. Hess SuperDork
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June 26, 2010 6:34 p.m. ignorant SuperDork
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June 26, 2010 6:49 p.m. NYG95GA SuperDork
The hardware store where I worked back in the day sold those Sticklers. They were so unusual we had a hard time selling them, but once we had a "feild day" where customers could bring a load of wood and we would split it for them. Whenever the hydaulic ram wouldn't crack a knot, we'd roll it over to the bosses truck, outfitted with one off these, and it would pull right through everything we handed it.
An idea ahead of it's time.. plus you couldn't drive anywhere while it was attached to the vehicle...
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June 26, 2010 8:30 p.m. Woody SuperDork
My friend built this last year, using the engine from his old lawn tractor.
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June 27, 2010 9:29 a.m. patgizz SuperDork
tractor supply if you have one around has all the parts(minus steel for the frame) and has a diagram in their store in the hydraulic aisle of how to build it.
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June 27, 2010 9:48 a.m. racerboy000 New Reader
joey48442 wrote:
Thinking about making our own woodsplitter. Anyone have any experience? What sort of piston is needed? Valve? Engine size? Anyone have any ideas?
Joey
Hard wood or soft wood? How much wood do you want to split? 15 ton to 20 ton for most people. % ton are the basement set ups around here
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June 27, 2010 10:27 a.m. joey48442 SuperDork
In reply to racerboy000:
Both hard and soft. My grandpa has an old montgomery ward 10 ton and most of the time it does what I need. 15 or 20 should get what I need.
Joey
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June 28, 2010 8:40 a.m. Dr. Hess SuperDork
Mine has a 8 ton HF air over hydraulic ram. There has only been maybe 2 or 3 times it has not split a log, and that was on like a 80 year old hickory tree, and once on a hundred year old oak. I've probably put 4 cords through it.
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June 28, 2010 2:11 p.m. Toyman01 Dork
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June 28, 2010 3:55 p.m. DILYSI Dave SuperDork
Toyman01 wrote:
That.Is.AWESOME!
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June 29, 2010 8:15 a.m. pilotbraden Reader
An unidentified guest to the family cabin left us a 6# maul with a fiberglass handle. The only marking on it is MEXICO. It is the best damned wood splitting device that I have ever used. We cut 40" long firewood for our fireplace and that maul splits 12''-20'' diameter oak with a single blow.
