shop press converted to a log splitter?

[Greg D]

Has anyone tried attaching a splitting wedge to a shop press for splitting logs. Maybe the legs could be shortened on this 20 ton model to make it closer to the ground for splitting and easier to move with a hand truck. I know it would be a lot of hand pumping, and I wander if the springs would be strong enough to retract the wedge if it would get stuck. Any thoughts? Thanks.

 

[MasterMech]

Send me the press and I'll ship you a manual log-splitter. ;-)

Prob not worth the effort considering what a hand-operated hyd. splitter goes for.

http://www.harborfreight.com/10-ton-hydraulic-log-splitter-67090.html

But if you did it you'd have a vertical hand operated splitter! :lol:

 

[Jags]

Oh boy, would that be S-L-O-W.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Jags has it right!

 

[greythorn3]

air over hydralic would br pretty quick, we had one of them in the shop to lift motorhomes up. like a reg floor jack but with a har hose hookup when you were feeling lazy.

 

[billb3]

Jags has it right!

Yeah but if you just don't know when to quit on a crotch that just won't split and you've declared jihad on it sometimes you need a weapon of obsessive destruction.........

 

[fossil]

There are some nice little electric/hydraulic splitters available. A 4-ton can be had for less than $300 (sometimes a lot less, if you're a patient shopper). I bought one to use for convenient inside re-splitting & kindling-making during burning season, as an alternative to dragging out and firing up the big gas powered splitter. I really like the little electric a lot...very convenient, and quite capable. I haven't come close to really taxing its capability. Rick