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It will split anything nicely that a maul will, with one strike. Thats not why I have hydraulics. If all my wood split with one maul strike, I wouldn't bother with a hydaulic splitter.
It would make it quite a bit more complicated - but the weakest part of the design that I can see is that your left hand has to be so close to the splitter bit when it strikes. If I were working on a new design, I'd think about something that would hold the round in place and rotate the round under the splitter. Maybe even just a tire mounted on a turntable
I'd be worried about how it splits tougher stuff. I have a lot of maple, and that's hard enough with my maul.
I'm going to build my own hydraulic splitter that mounts on the 3-point of a tractor, and I've always wondered why not turn the splitter upside down and use the 3 point to raise and lower the splitter so I don't have to lift the rounds? just roll them under it. Maybe make it swivel so I could turn it rightside up for splitting a bunch of smaller pieces like normal. (I'm an engineer btw, so I think about this stuff a lot). I haven't seen anything like that out there, maybe someone else here has?
I have just one question. How much tonnage would it take to crush the table/platform that he is using?
That will give you some idea of how much force this manual splitter is producing. Not much.
I'd be worried about how it splits tougher stuff. I have a lot of maple, and that's hard enough with my maul.
I'm going to build my own hydraulic splitter that mounts on the 3-point of a tractor, and I've always wondered why not turn the splitter upside down and use the 3 point to raise and lower the splitter so I don't have to lift the rounds? just roll them under it. Maybe make it swivel so I could turn it rightside up for splitting a bunch of smaller pieces like normal. (I'm an engineer btw, so I think about this stuff a lot). I haven't seen anything like that out there, maybe someone else here has?
I'm a tractor mechanic. I think that would be a great idea except any kind of manufacturer out there would scream safety hazard as you are working under hydraulic cylinders. I like the idea though...
I'm going to build my own hydraulic splitter that mounts on the 3-point of a tractor, and I've always wondered why not turn the splitter upside down and use the 3 point to raise and lower the splitter so I don't have to lift the rounds? just roll them under it. Maybe make it swivel so I could turn it rightside up for splitting a bunch of smaller pieces like normal. (I'm an engineer btw, so I think about this stuff a lot). I haven't seen anything like that out there, maybe someone else here has?
They have upside down splitters for bobcats. It's a great idea for the big stuff, but when you get to smaller sizes it would be a PITA to not be able to split in a normal mode.