At my place there were two vertical log splitters, driven by tractors. The first one had a small table and ran off the tractor's hydraulicss. It was slow but needed a big tractor running at full revs. The other one has a big table, so you can load it up with discs of wood before splitting. It also has an extra hydraulic arm for lifting big slices of trunks up on the table. This one only needs a small tractor pootling along at low revs, because it has its own hydraulic system and is powered off the tractor's PTO. Much cheaper in operation, fuelwise.
I used to see a lot of those pto driven buzz saws for sale, think they were for either cutting firewood or cutting off hands (lol)…. Wish I could find one now because the large circular saw blades and bearings/gears would be good for a ripping mill. I have a band mill but having a circular sawmill I could put on the same track would be good for certain logs or. Quarter sawing
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Nice work Donn 👍 Looks like it’s going to be a really good log splitter when you get finished with it. I built a hydraulic log splitter about 5 years ago and I’m so happy I did. It’s a back saver 🙂👍
Having used many of these over the years, the splitting edge works better when it's attached to the hydraulic cylinder that if it's stationary. Also Having a log hold down is hugely helpful, it keeps them from going crooked and jumping off the splitter.
Here we go again!! Going into another great build of a bigger log splitter. It's going to be awesome. Thanks for sharing with us Donn. Looking forward to each chapter of the build. Stay safe and have fun with it. Fred.
Just as a writer gets writer's block, you will eventually run out of ideas for projects. But as long as I am alive, I will take great pleasure in watching you create and rebuild. You are simply amazing! Keep me entertained!
It's great find and all. Plus practically free. Hope your using a hands free hydraulic cone log splitter on the other end it's more faster and economical. Than running a wedge type hydraulic piston back and forth or pushing to a wedge break which waste time, fuel and money. Maybe also adding another cylinder to lift the logs from the ground to load the splitter or a feed rack would be more beneficial and save you from alot of back pains in the future?
found you yesterday here on youtube,like the movies,nice car build and timber trailer with crane,now the splitter,wil see later all your early movies,wil say nice work you do and the weldings are sweet,you are good welder
33 gal/min, two stage pump, 13 horse engine, 110 diameter cylinder ram with 65mm spear. This will munch anything. I use this setup on bluegum all day no problems. The larger spear give you a faster return as you don't need as much oil. That old one was probably perfect if it was in good condition. Also do your back a favor and set it up vertical with a bench height of 750mm
Nicely done! Looking forward to seeing this project evolve as well.. I made similiar splitter a few years ago. At first driven by my excavator, but later made a gaspowered HPU for it. I dont have any build videos, but a few short clips from testing with the excavator on my channel.
Hmm, a second log splitter. Interesting. Anyway next time you plug into an old hydraulic system you will want to take the line that is feeding back to the pump and pull the end off and just drop it into a jug. That way if the oil is contaminated/bad you don't run it back into your reservoir and through your pump potentially ruining something. If the oil is clean you can always filter it and continue to use it but if it's bad you don't have to drain the whole system and replace. Will save a ton of work and potentially money that way. Those "banjo" bolts on the cylinder may be slowing things down as well compared to a full open line or a 90 degree turn as well. Probably won't be a ton but still it will create some backpressure which reduces the flow so something to think about. The only other thing I can see is maybe the cylinder should be mounted a little higher up. If you mount it too low it will torque the sled when you are trying to split a log which can cause the sled to literally wedge itself. If each finished piece is going to be around 20cm or so I would mount it that high up because most pieces you split will be around that large or larger. It will help prevent wasting power on friction from the sled sliding on the rails, the other option is making the sled longer so that it has less chance to bind but doing both will help even more.
Nice work. I have the shop to build a splitter easily, but after evaluating the cost of parts [would never use used hoses - dangerous ] I had to break my US made rule and buy a "Yard max" 28 ton Chinese splitter. The build quality is crazy good and it was delivered to me for $1300. I have no clue how it is possible. Splits oak burls and crotches, have not stopped it yet.
Looks like a great build so far Donny! I had to reengineer my new splitter by adding 4 inch square tubing log rests filled with sand. The tongue weight before adding the weight was unacceptably high. Still high now but not back breakingly so.
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12:56 you should make yourself (since you're doing quite a few of these) an attachment for level grinding. It's pretty simple. Basically you attach (to a disc guard) four bearings that allow you to move a grinder wheel on a surface back and forth without dipping into it. I made mine with two of them (on the same axle) adjustable for height with a screw. Excellent for when you clean a surface after welding or if you weld something temporarily to make it stable, to grind any tacks off.
It will be interesting to see what the return speed of the cylinder is like. The thing that bugs me most about the hydraulic splitters i've seen so far is, how frustratingly slow they are.
If I ever built one I'd be inclined to use a small-bore single-acting cylinder to retract for exactly that reason. That or make it so it splits in both directions.
if they go too fast the log could kick out and someone could get hurt ,, I have seen them built ,, with a train idea the rod hooks up too a spinning wheel and it pushes the splitter wedge or pushes the wood ,, a lot of the times the wood will kick out .. slow is safe
They are slow because the rams need to be big enough to provide the power. Most of the new ones I have seen have 15 second cycle times. Cycle time really depends on the type of splitter you have. If you have a splitter that has the cutting wedge on the ram ( which is the kind they use to go vertical and hortaZontal) Its going to be much slower because you are going to have to do a full stroke. if you have the push block on the ram side then you can get a 4 way splitter end to which you can split half of the log and add in a new one. To get a faster cycle time you need to upgrade the engine, pump which cost much more. So your 1500 dollar wood spliter bought at a big box store will now cost 5k for a faster cycle time. I had a dual acting splitter. While it worked good it was not any faster as you have to do full strokes.
Have you ever seen flywheel driven log splitters? They split a piece of wood in a few seconds. Basically a motor spins up a heavy flywheel and a clutch engages it in an instant to quickly split the log, then retracts just as fast. They are super cool!
Ppl never really appreciate the cost that goes into all these projects that you & others make on the internet until they themselves go & buy similar parts themselves. I have to go buy a 1/4" bsp hydraulic connection that can easily be fitted in the field for a 1/4" high pressure hose to go into a desalination membrane housing & I was astounded when I saw the cost of such a small fitting & as you get into fittings of the size of hoses you are working with the prices grow exponentially for each part. If you are buying a custom-made hose with adapters, then the price skyrockets again just to have it made while you wait. Although most of your projects come from recreating old scrap into something new no one knows just how much money goes into all the parts that you need to buy such as fittings, bearings & hydraulic accessories. I'm surprised how you can balance your personal life, your outside work life that provides for everything you do & still come up with new content every couple of weeks, it's really amazing what you do.
Great content as usual, how i could do with a cnc plasma but then i wouldn't have the fun of watching people not know how to get my plasma cutter working (its old and for some reason you have to toggle the air on, then toggle again and it throws the contactor for the transformer...I got it for free after other people gave up and only stumbled on the trick by chance haha)
This belongs in you firewood processing train. Drive out to the downed trees with the new trailer. Get the trees, and come back to the train. Empty trees onto the machine to cut the wood to length. After it is cut to size, it goes to the splitter. From there up the conveyor belt into the wire cage thing. You don't have to lift any wood. It would be impressive to see you buggy pulling the processing train.
To make the splitter faster there are hydraulic valves that automatically recycle some of the output oil back into the input when there is no load. That way you get extra speed when extending/retracting, but it goes back to full power when splitting. Might be an option for you?
Did you not build already a complete wood processor, that also included a splitter, but also a conveyor and a saw? Can you share with us why you feel you need another wood splitter?
Pretty good! I hope all is good with you and family. I suppose the “honeymoon” cabin at the pond is now a doghouse for you when your other half gets mad at you. Thanks for the video.
I think it would be difficult or impossible for someone to be there with you and help you, because more than on a designed and calculated project you work on the final intent, on the object you want to obtain, in this way it is all a continuous flow of ideas and continuous improvements . practical example at the end of the video: first put a blade, then 2 and finally the idea of height adjustment
9:35 IIRC, you can connect the quick coupler protection caps together. That prevents dirt and stuff getting in there. Not that much of an issue in the shop of course, but still a good practice to uphold I think.
Are you going to connect this to or modify that firewood processor you made to work with this or is this more for portable stuff….. ? And also …Dude. I started watching your videos a few years ago. You have come unbelievably far fast man. And deservedly so. And I can see the tools I really need in my shop are a metal lathe and a plasma cnc. And i see your skills have gotten even more insanely good just over the last year so I’m gonna suggest a tool you may have but I don’t know …. Tubing bender. I think with what you’ve been doing and the skills and computer work,,, tubing all the way, lighten up the frames of whatever projects… but again that is not to say you aren’t awesome regardless, I am not as good. (Besides it doesn’t matter who’s better it’s all about making useful things that last)
Also.. I ended up taking an old furnace blower and built a wood box to put it in with a slot for a furnace air filter so I can just run that on high to try and suck all the dust out of the air
I've built a couple log splitters. I think you're building it too light duty. I use a H beam and they still flex, that tubing will bend. I also think the cylinder you're using is too small, it won't split tough wood. For speed and power use a two stage pump.
Hello my friend. Can you give me some more information on what size cc pump and and how much hp the engine has? Please help i want to make my own splitter next year
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