Roughly how long is the sled that slides across your splitters beam? How thick would you say the top and bottom plates are? I am rebuilding my new old splitter with a new cylinder - the previous design did not use a sled but instead held down the front of the ram. I would like a sled to slide across the beam and push the log into the fixed wedge.
How long is the sled on your splitter? How thick is the steel?
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triptester
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The sled as you call it should be longer than it is wide. This helps prevent binding. Material thickness of 1/2" or greater is best with adequate gusseting.
triptester said:
What Triptester said. I would also add to "soften" (round) all edges that come in contact with the beam.
Thank you folks. The beam is 6" wide and so I just bought some 8.25"x10"x0.5" for the top plate of the sled! Now the next question is: how tight should it be against the top flange of the beam? As I have it now there is a little jiggle in there - will jiggle cause binding of the sled? If so I can make it tighter but getting thinner spacers strips cut.
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NoPaint said:
It won't bind UNLESS an edge of the sled grabs ahold of something. That is the reason for breaking the edge (rounding) of the metal that comes in contact with the beam.
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