I built a small Splitter

I'm worthless, i buy most of my wood split, and semi seasoned, :coolsmile: then split all the bigger pieces ( i get a good price because i think there are more bigger splits than usual) and then let it finish seasoning. I was doing it by hand, which is fun for the first couple of hours, but i built a small splitter to help out a bit.


12 ton air hydraulic jack, all 1/2" and 1/4" steel. It works perfect, slower then most splitters, but it is not about the speed.

The stoke is about 9", the square tube is 1/4", it don't bend

Excellent.

I've seen those air hydraulic splitters. Nice job on the custom job

I like it,

I guess how fast it works depends on the size of compressor you have?

Nice to have the compressor in the garage and a long air line to the wood site. No noise

Carpniels

Thanks - The compressor size doesn't matter much. The jack only requires 2 CFM. I tried it on my small portable compressor and it worked the same as the big commercial one in my garage, which probably puts out over 20 CFM

that looks good

Neat. You could probably run it on one of the little CH 12-volt compressors from Wallyworld, and use it just about anywhere. Maybe a little handcart to haul it around with? Nice work!

HI,

How much do you estimate it cost you to make it? material? hours?

What is the cycle time?

Any ideas about selling them?

Carpniels