Home made log splitter

This splitter, believe it or not, was built almost 100% out of scrap from the yard at my work.

-Scott

 

scotts_4x you are definitely a scrounger. I'd say it's a great score on the scrap metal.

 

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I am a welder / fabricator and I also design / program / run the CNC plasma table at my work so I always set scraps aside that may have a use.

-Scott

 

Awesome looking splitter! Great job on it

Our rod oven at work has a specific tube dedicated for cans of soup!

 

When i was working in construction, i was working on a coal fired power plant. First thing the pipe fitters had come in was a mess of rod ovens. About lunch time, it smelled like Chinese, Mexican, Italian, food, and any and about any kind of American food you could imagine. Those guys really knew how to put a meal together. Sure came in handy in the winter in the middle of the desert. Makes my mouth water thinking about it. OH, GREAT JOB ON WOOD SPLITTER, and i'm not kidding, looks like a good one.

 

Well I have been splitting on this guy for a bit now, working all the bugs out. Got some hose routing and leaking problems figured and sorted out. Took it out yesterday (has not left my house since built) to help a buddy who is dangerously low on wood. Ran flawlessly all day (besides being flooded from me towing it with the gas on) but when it ran out of gas late in the afternoon we called it quits as it was raining. As we were cleaning up I happened to glance up at the foot plate and holy crap it was bent! Didn't figure with the specs I built it with that I'd ever have a problem with the inch and a quarter thick foot plate. No pics as I dropped it off at the shop on the way home. I'm going to find a scrap of plate at work and cut out the same profile plate as the foot that's already on it. I'll cut holes or slots in it for plug welding and also bevel the entire perimeter for welding all the way around. Will most likely be 5/8 or 3/4 plate. I'll post pics as I get her fixed and back to the wood pile.

-scott

 

Well I got her all lined out. Put a piece of 5/8" plate on the bottom of the foot (total thickness is now an inch and seven eighths) , and also put some texture on the top to keep logs from popping out. I had previously left them off purposely because I had seen people suggesting it hampers log repositioning. Turns out keeping the log in place during splitting is WAY more important to me after a few spit out on me. Here's some pics









-Scott

 

Very nice work! That’s something you can be proud of for sure. Hope the foot stays put this time around.

 

x2 on all points, especially the last one.

Nicely done!

 

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Looks great!

 

that should keep the logs from spitting out on you and from gumming up full of wood.
I have come to appreciate that texture after using someone else's recently that has just a small circle that jammed up full of wood.
So the logs now spit out until it gets cleaned out.

 

You are talented!

 

Really you are an artist with that build!

 

Thank you. I have been at it for 20+ years. I like to think I'm at least decent at my job.

-scott