Log Splitter- Show us your log splitter.

[pursang]

Until my splitter of choice goes on sale or I find one used I wouldn't mind building one of these.

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[MrWhoopee]

For now this is my wood splitter.View attachment 249339

I'd be grinding that mushroom off the wedge before a piece of it comes flying your way.

 

[Ashful]

I'd be grinding that mushroom off the wedge before a piece of it comes flying your way.

Had an old friend blinded in one eye from exactly that. It amazes me how people ignore this.

 

[aaronk25]

Not great at small stuff but the 60” maple base I just split in about 10 mins was a lot of fun!


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[pursang]

I'd be grinding that mushroom off the wedge before a piece of it comes flying your way.

Thanks for your concern, that's an old picture it's be ground since then, at last count I had 8 pairs of safety glasses strewn throughout my shop and back yard, you can't be too safe.

 

[ChrisRoss]

I will put a worktable on my splitter just like I see here. Nice idea

 

[nathan125]

Splitter my father in law built for me. New 6.5 hp Predator engine. 5" cylinder, 11 gpm pump. Beam appears to be about 1/4" thickness. It isn't a racer but will split 90% of the wood I have. Splitter ran into a knotted up piece of something and it started to twist the beam, I backed it off and hit it off with a sledge hammer and threw that log aside. The beam untwisted when I reversed the ram, maybe the beam is a bit weak for the power this thing possess? Either way I am happy to have it and beats using a maul.

 

[VirginiaIron]

Nice. I believe H beams are stronger than I beams. You could stiffen/strengthen that beam by placing plate or U-channel at the base, or stiffeners/plate in the web.

 

[nathan125]

Nice. I believe H beams are stronger than I beams. You could stiffen/strengthen that beam by placing plate or U-channel at the base, or stiffeners/plate in the web.

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Thanks, I am trying to devise a way to protect the engine...It's in a danger zone....I guess my legs can protect the engine!?!

 

[Ashful]

That splitter is a great candidate for a 4” replacement cylinder. No more twisty beam, and 50% faster.

 

[WiscWoody]

Until my splitter of choice goes on sale or I find one used I wouldn't mind building one of these.

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I looks like he’s splitting poplar. Easy peezy.

 

[duramaxman05]

Here is a beast of a splitter I just got done working on. It has a wisconsin engine on it. We have a 2 way splitter just like it but with a 10hp vanguard on it. You. An split a lot of wood in a hurry with one.

 

[waynecub]

This is a wood splitter that I built this year. It has a hydraulic log lift system that words great. It has a two cylinder engine that runs a 16 gal. pump. The ram is a 4.5" cylinder. It has a auto return system, this makes splitting go smooth.
marcus

 

[VirginiaIron]

This is a wood splitter that I built this year. It has a hydraulic log lift system that words great. It has a two cylinder engine that runs a 16 gal. pump. The ram is a 4.5" cylinder. It has a auto return system, this makes splitting go smooth.
marcus
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Thanks for posting. I saw one like this, in yellow, and that unit's lift is actually part of the corner table/working surface.
What does your lift look like?
I was abandoning my idea of another horizontal project for the tabletop version.

 

[wahoowad]

My ~ 5 year old 20-ton 220v Ramsplitter. Still doing great.

 

[WiscWoody]

This is a wood splitter that I built this year. It has a hydraulic log lift system that words great. It has a two cylinder engine that runs a 16 gal. pump. The ram is a 4.5" cylinder. It has a auto return system, this makes splitting go smooth.
marcus
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I think that is the nicest looking homemade splitter I’ve seen and you did a nice job on it. Maybe you could open a small factory and give Wolfe Ridge Mfg some competition.
Edit: I think VirginiaIrons splitter is really nice too.

 

[WiscWoody]

My ~ 5 year old 20-ton 220v Ramsplitter. Still doing great.

Now there’s a electric splitter I could maybe live with. I wander how it’d do with some of the elm I split with my 37 ton splitter since sometimes it has a tough time the stuff. Nice splitter though.

 

[waynecub]

I am waiting for a load of logs to use this new splitter and the lift system. This is a splitter

that I built 6 years ago and it has the same lift system that worked good.

 

[VirginiaIron]

I finally found the tabletop model that had the lift I mentioned. I am very impressed with the design of his lift.

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[Damecj]

Sachs-Dolmar. Old(er) but an excellent barn find. 20+ ton.

I have the same one any idea what hydraulic fluid it takes

 

[Ashful]

Welcome to the forum, @Damecj! But this is a six year old thread, so you're gonna have to help us out, here. Which "same one"? There were 7-1/2 pages of pictures of log splitters, on this thread.

 

[VirginiaIron]

Sachs-Dolmar. Old(er) but an excellent barn find. 20+ ton.

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[Max W]

This revived thread reminded me that I hadn’t found a replacement for my FPE30 25N filter without having to order four. Went to my file, a wood chip with the filter number written in pencil that had been setting on my dresser and online I found 2 cross referenced filters which led to a bunch of more readily available cross referenced options including a Wix that I ordered.

I haven’t been using the splitter much these days but do need to re-split a bunch. Starting more fires with this years warm weather and the mini split pulling its weight.

 

[salecker]

I have the same one any idea what hydraulic fluid it takes

You can use pretty much anything for hydraulic fluid.
I have ATF in mine as it flows better in the cold.
I have mixed 10W engine oil with ATF and AW 32 in my vintage 950 Cat loaders over the years.

 

[Ashful]

Also running a Wix 51249 filter on my Huskee-branded Speeco. I think it's a very common filter for all mid-size log splitters.

Finally switched my splitter over from the factory hydro oil to all-ATF this winter. Definitely makes a difference.

Actually, I didn't dry-cycle the cylinder. So in reality, I switched 3 out of the 4 gallons in my splitter from hydro oil to ATF. Good enough.