DIY LOG SPLITTER made out of scrap metal 

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Thank you very much! Glad you liked it! 😊👍

Σε ευχαριστώ πολύ! Αν και είναι λειτουργικό πρέπει οπωσδήποτε να αντικαταστήσω τον χειροκίνητο γρύλο με έναν ηλεκτρικό για να γίνεται πιο ξεκούραστα το σχίσιμο των ξύλων. Σε ευχαριστώ και πάλι για τα καλά σου λόγια!

Thank you very much for your comments! 😊👍👍

Right? Such a nice build. I love that the demo log was gnarly chunk of hardwood. I have too many positive things to say, and I need sleep. Doggo is happy too. Thanks for posting.

Спасибо большое!

Malc Tulloch thank you very much for your comments!!! You're absolutely right, I need to place it higher on the wall. Thanks again!

I am not a professional welder.... I used the grinding wheel and they look just fine... Just trying to show to other people how they can transform pieces of garbage into nice looking and functional objects... However, using a manual jack was a mistake.I need to spend some time and replace the manual jack with a motorized mechanism... I always get involved in new projects and forget the log splitter! Thank you very much for your comments!

kakavodgovor

Thank you very much for such positive comments!!! Regarding my reply comments I honestly try hard to be polite with some people... It is really sad how many people love to write hate comments... I don't mind when people criticize my work, I know I am not perfect or a professional but when they personally insult me I get upset! When I watch RU-vid videos, If I don't like a video I just turn it off and don't bother writing hate comments. Thanks again for your comments, I appreciate! Greetings from Greece!

How do you know the people that are criticizing are sitting doing nothing? Because they didn't record it? 🤷 Did you ever think those are people that are also Craftsman and just feel differently about the design or the practicality? Here you go. From a full-time fabricator and woodworker. Way too much effort to split a log. I have plenty of those jacks and they have a very short throw and lowering it is such a hassle. I don't like the design. Sue me.

I don't care about criticism. I have no problem. I dislike RU-vid haters who love to insult. You didn't like the design? Good for you. This is not a competition. I didn't force you to watch my videos.

Great! Thanks!!

большое спасибо вам

It is true that it needs improvement. Although the body is very solid, it is quite slow... I am planning to replace the manual pump with an electric hydraulic pump.

Thank you very much! 😊👍

Glad you could find the proper video! Good luck with your project!

Absolutely is. By 5x at LEAST

Thank you very much for your comments! That's a very good idea, the only problem is that the whole structure is quite heavy...

Thank you very much for your commenrs!!!

I want to change the manual jack and replace it with an electric hydraulic pump since it is a little slow to operate it manually...

Good idea.

Σε ευχαριστώ πολύ!!!

I totally agree with you. I never give thumbs down... Regarding the music it's difficult to find nice songs when you have to use copyright free music...

Exactly... there is so much more to You Tube than fail videos, Making fun of the Opposing Political party and Videos of people chugging full bottles of whiskey!

Thanks!

MR. NVC DIY thank you very much!!!

Я думал этого ни кто не напишет! Респект!!!

I agree, I have to change the manual jack with a new hydraulic pump. Although it is working it is very slow.

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Thank you very much for your comments!!!

Yes you are absolutely right. I am planning on transforming the manual jack to an air powered one...

¡Muchas gracias por tus comentarios! Saludos desde Grecia 🇬🇷😊👍👍 !!!

Gracias!

Thank you very much!! I put music on my videos because I think they will be very boring just to hear the natural monotonous sound of cutting and welding steel. Don't you think so?

Personally I really prefer without any music. All top notch youtubers I follow use the natural sounds of the shop (Mathias Wandel, DiResta, John Heisz, Hand Tool Rescue...), so yes, it's all cutting, welding, drilling sounds, with or without audio comments, and it's really fine for me. That said, it's your channel so you do as you prefer, and it's solid content anyway. Thanks for your videos.

Thank you very much!

Thank you very much for your comments! I agree with you.... It is well built but slow... Actually I am in the process of looking to buy and replace the manual jack with an electric hydraulic pump..

@@RustisGold The robust one and how well the tool is made well deserve that you incorporate a cylinder or a hydraulic pump with this you would have a perfect tool. The electric pump and a cylinder of that route is not very expensive and there are also thousands of these second-hand parts. greetings ANGEL

@@angargoy7181 Thank you very much for one more time! I will definitely keep you updated!

شكرا جزيلا !!!

I totally agree with you! I need to replace the manual jack with an electric hydraulic pump.

@@RustisGold my brother made a shop press useing a Harbor frieght manual / Air hydraulic jack like this and it works great.

Thank you very much for your comments. I need to replace the manual jack with an electric hydraulic pump...

Спасибо большое!!!

Thank you very much!!!

Mizil

Thank you very much for your comments. I agree with you... I need to replace the manual jack with an electric hydraulic pump...

I'll drink to that!! 😄😄🍸🥂😊👍

Thank you very much for your comments. I tried to keep the cost down however, you are right, although it is functional it is slow... However, this is my next project... to replace the manual jack with a hydraulic electric one.... Stay tuned!

Thank you very much for your comments!

Я планирую поставить механический домкрат. Может быть, следующий проект после того, как я закончу тот, который я делаю сейчас ...

Grazie mille. Sto pensando di sostituire il meccanismo manuale con uno elettrico ...

Muchas gracias !!

Thank you very much!!!

You are right... Also I need to replace the manual jack with an electric hydraulic one. It is kind of slow...

Michel Ferreira das Neves thank you very much for your comments!!!

Thanks! It is true I have to replace the manual jack with an electric hydraulic one... Oh well, nobody is perfect!!

I need to replace the manual jack with an electric hydraulic one. It is kind of slow...

Thank you very much!!!

Grazie!!!!

Thank you very much for your comments. I need to replace the manual jack with an electric hydraulic pump... It will be much faster.

Split with maul or ax is ok when the wood is dried/cured all the way through, but if it's green/wet hard woods like oak it's mighty tough to split. I have a bunch of oak that's been cut and sitting for 4mos now and I still can't split it with a maul. 😅

I need to spend some time and replace the manual jack with an electric hydraulic pump...

Celui que j'ai utilisé faisait 20 tonnes...

¡¡¡Muchas gracias por tus comentarios!!! Tienes razón, mi perro es muy leal, lo amo. Lo encontramos en la calle hace 5 años, frío y hambriento ... ¡Ahora es parte de la familia!

Thank you very much for your comments. I agree, I need to replace the manual jack with an electric hydraulic pump....

Большое спасибо за ваши комментарии. Совершенно верно ... Насчет гидравлики согласен. Мне нужно найти время и заменить его ... 😊👍

Велике спасибі!

Thank you very much for your comments. It's true, I have to change the manual jack with a hydraulic pump...

@@RustisGold Yep - with a hydraulic pump this thing is perfect! Love the super solid build too, looks flippen rad!

@@RustisGold Or rig up a foot pedal?

@@ratheanach5545 unfortunately it is slow...

@@brizzyroz super solid build? Where did you see that?

спасибо, мне нужно поменять ручной домкрат ....

Хуетень это

@@RustisGold попробуй подкатной домкрат! :)

Muchas gracias!!!

οί διατομές της λάμας ποιές είναι ?

10 mmm ?

Ναι είναι 10mm

Thank you very much! I made them myself. I cut 2 narrow metal stripes, slowly bent them to the shape of the jack and the rest is shown on the video. I welded 2 screws on each one of them.

Cheers

I am in the process of looking for an electric hydraulic pump. It definitely needs an upgrade. Do you know what kind of pump would be more suitable?

@@RustisGold I would think this "air over hydraulic" would be most practical but you would still have to buy a ram on top of that and extend your bed www.harborfreight.com/10000-psi-air-hydraulic-pump-98318.html This air jack would be more practical in my opinion with the set-up you already have with very little mods and more economical too www.harborfreight.com/20-ton-air-over-hydraulic-jack-95553.html The electric hydraulic pumps are kinda expensive and you must have 220v to operate them. I'm no expert on the subject though.

Thank you very much for your input!!!!!

Thank you very much!

Thank you very much!

Hopefully I'll have it ready before next winter 😊

Shalom! Thank you very much for your comments. When you finish send me the link. Good luck with your project! I have really good friends from Israel (Tel-Aviv)! Greetings from Greece!! 🇬🇷😊👍

לא לשכוח להעלות! הבטחת!

Thank you very much for your comments! With a motorized mechanism which will make it faster it will be very effective. Unfortunately I always end up doing other projects! Hopefully I'll find some time to upgrade it! 😊👍

@@RustisGold brother thanks for responding.. Man i do things all the time just because i like to do it myself... My mother came over recently and saw me building my own fishing pole and she said why are you doing all that just go one buy one and i said mother i just want to make my own 😆 its how grown men play with tool toys 😆 👍🏼👍🏼

Then you know exactly how I feel!! Me too since I was a child I loved making, fixing, ....or even destroying all kinds of things! I am 50 years old and when I create something I still feel the same excitement I felt when I was a kid!! Stay creative for as long as you live!! Greetings from Greece my friend!! 🇬🇷😊👍👍

Thank you!

Мне нужно потратить какое-то время и заменить ручной домкрат на моторизованный ... Я всегда ввязываюсь в новые проекты и забываю о дровоколе ...

I'll be very happy even if it lasts 500 years!!

Rust is Gold

Thank you very much for your comments. I agree, I definitely have to change the manual jack with an electric/hydraulic one... Much easier. This is my next project!

Venzario

Oh yes! You are absolutely right! That's exactly what I need to do. I have already bought the metal parts to create the "feet" and I am searching in order to buy an electric hydraulic pump! Hopefully next month I will be able to start upgrading my log splitter!

Rust is Gold in order to install an hydraulic pump you need to change your current cylinder, because it’s a pump action cylinder it will not accept an hydraulic pump it’s a different kind off cylinder you need, I recommend a double acting cylinder😀, I wish you luck in your build😀

@@isaacmcflurry6567 yes I want to replace the existing pump not to convert the existing one.

Rust is Gold if you want an hydraulic pump you can’t have the existing cylinder

@@isaacmcflurry6567 yes I understand.

Yes I know.... 😊👍

Спасибо большое за совет !!!

Rust is Gold , это не совет)), - это пожелание. Механизмы (устройства, приспособления) облегчающие нашу жизнь должны быть безопасные.

А так в реальности случается? Именно с гидравлическими, не с инерционными реечными дровоколами? Если упругие деформации в конструкции рамы незначительны (она, по виду, довольно-таки жесткая, неупругая), то запасти достаточную потенциальную энергию, чтобы с силой подбросить вверх расколовшееся полено, ей будет негде...

CNC_Vivisector , в реальности принцип устройства дровокола в данном случае никакокого значения не имеет или как максимум - крайне малое. Существенным будут порода дерева, её плотность, влажность и т.д, всё то - что будет определять упругие напряжения в дереве и, в конечном итоге, куда будет "направлен" и реализован выход этого напряжения. Вероятность "отскока" - мизерная, но не нулевая, - почувствуйте разницу. Поэтому держать" голову в зоне, где возможны накопления потенциально опасных напряжений - это, как говорят, - до случая)). Решение вопроса проще не бывает - держите голову подальше..

Thank you!

I think the best solution is to replace the manual jack with an electric hydraulic pump.

😂😂😂легче колуном долбонуть. Чем дрочится пол дня Люди вообще перестали физический труд применять в жизни

Thank you very much!

20 tonnes

Thank you very much for your comments!! I totally agree with you I need to replace the manual jack with an air jack. Initially I tried to keep the cost low however the manual jack is too slow... It's true the metal structure is bombproof!! Take care!! 😄👍👍👍

Hahaha!!! Thank you very much for your comments! I need to upgrade my log splitter and replace the manual jack with an electric hydraulic one...

Tom Reagan thank you for your comments.The cost of making this project was really low, around 30 euros. The earnings from this video are (until now) more than 15 times the amount that it cost me to create it. So far not bad at all. However, I agree with you it is a little slow, I am planning to replace the manual bottle jack with an automatic (electric) one which will save me time and effort. Stay tuned for the modification video!

Oz

Rust is Gold Oh - I get it. The feasibility of the device isn't the goal, it is internet revenue. Ok - now I get it. Post the electric version when you can.

Tom Reagan sorry but you are wrong once again... On your initial negative comment you wrote about me spending a whole lot of work and money for a dumb idea. When I informed you that not only the splitter didn't cost me a penny but I have also made money out of it you came back with a new ironic comment about the feasibility of the device not being the goal but instead the internet revenue. Sorry to inform you but your new comment is a complete nonsense, the device is 100% functional. However, I agreed from the beginning that an electric version would be much faster. Finally, I looked at your account in order to check some of your own creations so I could improve my "dumb" ideas but I found none, just some re-uploads.... Don't you think it would be a great idea to leave your keyboard for a while and start creating something, anything, a wooden box for example. Maybe then you'll realize how difficult it is to create something and the same time how easy it is to criticize... I will let you know when I post the electric version. Have a good day Sir...

How many tons of force can the electric version produce. Thanks for the video.

I used a 20 ton manual jack. Unfortunately it is kind of slow since it is manual...

Hinge on a wheel*

Oh yes. I am definitely going to upgrade it as soon as I finish the project I am working on right now.

You are absolutely right! 😊👍 I need to find some time to upgrade it! 😊👍