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Homemade splitter

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by old iron, Apr 8, 2018.

  1. old iron

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    A freind of mine needed some help,so
     
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  2. Maina

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    That’s some big stuff for a 4 way splitter head. She must have some oomph!
     
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    Looks like a lot of heavy work there.
     
  5. bearverine

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    I love the lift.
     
  6. old iron

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    Thanks fellows,this would have been a whole lot tuffer without the lift!
     
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    I recommend making a table to catch the splits. That way you just slide around the large chucks and don't have to pick them up.

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    Havissue,been thinking about that a while now,I will have to extend hitch or make it removable,how is yours attached?
     
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    I'll take a picture for you later-it's hard to explain but it removes really easily. I just pop it off when I need to use the hitch. It makes splitting much easier.
     
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    Hopefully this makes sense. I added a bar to each side, a rest in the front and the table hooks in. It takes seconds to pop on and off but is very stable.

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    Haveissues ,now I got to make a table:salute:
     
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    Oh I forgot ,nice job on table
    I do have table to keep it from falling on ground, pull pin and slide it forward or remove also drilled a series of 3/4 holes in Beame so when I’m splitting shorter wood I drop a bolt and it stops ram from going all the way back 83A865D0-6920-4FB6-AC4C-2D655A71C399.jpeg 8911DBB1-DF28-457A-8BC8-FFE404940787.jpeg but like yours better
     
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    Are you splitting for an OWB? Those are some big splits.
     
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    Very nice. The only other thing I would suggest is something to catch large rounds on the opposite side of the lift if that makes sense. Once you have a log lift it is hard to go back to using a splitter without.
     
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    Yeah that’s some heavy doooty splittin’ there Guy!
     
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    That's why I split vertically, all it takes is a pickaroon to move them around on the ground
     
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    I tried horizontal splitting and my back can't take it. After having a log lift and table I would ever split any other way.