It all started from an old homemade splitter I bought at an auction for $115. It had an old 1950s B&S motor and what looks like a really old hydraulic cylinder and pump.
I bought a little beaver hydraulic power unit for $40 off of CL. The unit runs and pumps fluid.
First test went well. It split wood. It didn't like some wood due to the single stage weakish pump. I need to make 2 big improvements bigger/2 stage pump and an auto return valve. I'm going to try to use the old pump that was previously mounted to the splitter. It is unknown make/model. Not sure if I'm going to disassemble the power unit and mount it all on the splitter or not yet.
Functional splitter for $155 invested.
![Cheap Splitter Build Cheap Splitter Build](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/166/166758-b783097f2ec4a1dc27a857b665abf299.jpg)
I bought a little beaver hydraulic power unit for $40 off of CL. The unit runs and pumps fluid.
![Cheap Splitter Build Cheap Splitter Build](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/166/166759-7b2e80f0afdb1ce2e648a1542bb17b8f.jpg)
First test went well. It split wood. It didn't like some wood due to the single stage weakish pump. I need to make 2 big improvements bigger/2 stage pump and an auto return valve. I'm going to try to use the old pump that was previously mounted to the splitter. It is unknown make/model. Not sure if I'm going to disassemble the power unit and mount it all on the splitter or not yet.
![Cheap Splitter Build Cheap Splitter Build](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/166/166760-f72c39d4e47c78c57d698730eaa28f01.jpg)
Functional splitter for $155 invested.