I love to listen to the old hit-n-miss engines run. Built in a time when folks knew how to get the job done with what was available to work with. Nice machine.
I really enjoyed seeing your old splitter. It's a real gold mine for folks who enjoy antiques and tradition. Just watching and listening is a terrific opportunity to learn something new!
Gotta say this is one of the BEST and most interesting RU-vid video's I've watched. I REALLY enjoyed it. I'm just another old guy that appreciates olde time machines like this one brought back to life. Thanks again
That is amazing , 3 HP motor, LoL. Shows the power of fly-wheels. That is why these machines lasted so long, they ran slow and used inertia to do a lot of the work. Reminded me of my days working as a machinist at Phoenix Iron and Steel the old equipment (some lathes, milling machine and planner) ran with a over-head motor, a few flat belts, and there were oil and grease cups everywhere... Those machines were ancient by today's standards, but they got the job done and although really old, held size pretty good, again because they had a lot of lubricant points and ran slow. In a maintenance shop, you didn't need to replace the old for new because time was only critical if there was a break-down, and then the mill-writes would usually weld it up etc. to get the broken part working until we fabricated a new part. I had come out of working in Air-Space Machining, so seeing these old machines was a learning curve for me. But the steel company repair work was more fun, I got to go all around the plant on break-down calls, and it paid extremely well with super benefits due to USWA union rules. Very relaxed to work maintenance machining. I later opened my own machine shop and specialized in big steel maintenance which I did for 27 years until I retired and sold off the business. Nice video guys, as you can tell brought back memories and I enjoyed it. I wish the volume could have been better via the monologue.
I get it - the small engine on top is driving a larger engine; the larger engine's head has been removed and a wedge welded to the top of the piston. Very clever.
my dad sure loved these old engines we had one sitting out front of the funeral home running after he passed. He found an Olds hit and miss in a ladies flower bed half buried, after a lot of work and extracting every stuck bolt or drilling it out and re tapping them. With some valve and piston work he was able to get it running and re painted it. There are not too many people around that could start it if they had to.
As a collector of old tractors and engines, let me say this is my all time favorite wood splitter video. A pristine example of American ingenuity on behalf of the original manufacturers AND on behalf of the men that created this highly functional adaption. The story of it being passed from grandfather to son, to grandson is priceless. Great video !!!
Well put. ingenious and functional. I have an old 3hp Fairbanks-Morse that's running and a couple other old larger hit and miss engines that arent so I'm going to build a similar splitter. thanks for the idea and video. Well done.
I loved watching your video of your splitter. It shows the spirit of ingenuity that was vital to making our Country so great. Thanks for keeping old iron running and working!
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL THING. IT TELLS ME ALOT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE OWNED AND RESPECTED THIS TREASURE A WORKING PIECE OF HISTORY. THERE HISTORY ALSO THE INGENUITY AND CRAFTSMANSHIP OF THE LIKE. COOL, MAKES ME FEEL GOOD, TO JUST HEAR IT RUN IN HARMANY. IT SCREEMS "MADE IN AMERICA" MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, YOU MADE ME PROUD PERIOD.
That has got to be the coolest farm built spitter ever. Probably cracked the cylinder on the big motor leaving water in it or something and found a way to make it useful. so good.
So this is two hit n miss engines with the bigger broken refebished one for the splitter that's cool how you have made use of it into a splitter great idea
If you noticed it. that is a larger dead hit and miss engine the small one is sitting on top of. It had a splitting wedge welded to it's piston and the cylender head is removed. If the weren't scrapped in ww2 a lot of them were chopped up and made into firewood splitters.
I'm drinking a beer for Pa Olsen right now. That is one well made machine. For it to be still working as well as it does is amazing!!!!!! Fist up, Fight for Truth.
biggest advantage of these machines is the ease of use. could i split most of these logs with a axe? yes, probable. BUT the machine can do it so much easier and faster which allows the user to either cut more logs or take dramatically less time to do them, and that is why machines always win
Pa Olson must have been a sharp guy that splitter didn't even notice the biggest logs you feed it couple of guys could split a lot of wood in short order great video
That is an ingenious design, I'm guessing an old farmer built it himself. I still find neat old things my great grandfather built at his own farm/homestead to make life easier. I've even got his old farmall M with the huge saw blade he custom mounted on the front of it to run off the belt drive pulley to cut down logs.
kinetic splitter using some inertia w those massive wheels... so cool , looks dangerous but if you commit to keeping your hands towards the base you will be alright...
Cool splitter. There's no end to people's ingenuity on how to make a splitter. Even safer than my home made splitter. You can check it out by typing baler splitter wedge design. I think your splitter will handle knotted stuff cuz those top wheels have a lot of inertia.
If you shortened the splitting distance with a chunk of metal it seems this would split by standing the wood into the wedge and therefor being a bit safer.
After reading the comment section, I think that they should sell these as-is in stores now. Let's give Darwin's theory a chance. The smart stay warm and the idiots........
Fantastic machine & that engine will run forever , but why do you need your wood splitting so small if the length fits in the fire why split it . The wood will last longer as it was and that means less work less mess less wood.
