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Screwed up a pile of oak yesterday

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  1. Screwloose

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    Tried to get a action shot but this is all I got before it split apart and smashed my shin.
     
    Screwloose, May 25, 2020
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    Owee...I guess you are called scewloose...might wanna tighten it up just a bit though...;)
    Did make a pile-o-firewood though...:yes:
     
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    I swear my shins are wood magnets. When splitting, the splits shoot right for my ankles. The bruises were horribly ugly. A few years ago I broke down and bought a pair of inexpensive soccer shin guards. They work great.
     
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    Ouch, wood to any part of the body doesn't feel good...
     
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    Quite a screwball making some screwy looking splits. :rofl: :lol: Always screwing around making firewood
    Only you Screwloose
    All kidding aside, some nice looking splits. Bet it makes short work of oak. You need to post more pics of your operation. Those are some real nice looking stacks.
    Ouch for the shin. I feel your pain. My shins are always nicked up from being hit with splits.
     
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    Ouch! That thing looks medieval!:handshake:
     
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    That thing looks brand new! You just make that SL? Should be nice and quiet...at least until the cussing starts after being hit by a split...:whistle:
     
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    Operation.......seat of the pants, one step behind is more like it.
     
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    Built it around 10 years ago and it's never been inside just covered. The 3 1/2" dia. shaft and cone are stainless with the rest blasted and bed linered including the flat free wheels. Yeah it's pretty quiet, nice to hear the sounds of the wood being split. 7 1/2 horsepower 305 rpm with a 1/2" pitch on the screw. Actually it's why i go by Screwloose.
     
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    Ouch :eek:
    I don't know how many times steel toed boots saved my feet but my ankles still get banged up
     
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    My dad had one built on a low stand with 2 rollers, used rear tire of truck to power it. Still have it, bearings went out on one roller. Somebody could convert it to 3 PT hitch and PTO power easy.
     
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    Make your own version of a HyCrack.
     
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    That doesn't have anything to do with a plumber, does it? :whistle: ;)
     
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    No,no......that's a lowcrack.
     
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    What the heck is that instrument of torture???!!! o_O :binoculars: :bug:
     
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    Thought about it one time, but we have 2 hydraulic splitters now
     
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    Screwloose, that thing is a bit scary for me. I remember when they first came onto the market. I started getting excited about it with all I had read about it. However, over time I started reading about the dark side of them so never got one. I'll stick to hydraulics for sure. lol
     
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    Do you have any video of that thing in action? I am really curious to see how it works.
     
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    Not any on mine but plenty of vids of them on YouTube. Atom splitter is where I bought the screw I just made it electric and they have some YouTube videos also.
     
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