Other handy uses for a hydraulic wood splitter?

[Jazzberry]

Can crusher sounds interesting. Make a steel box with a slip on masher. Could be very cool. Garbage compactor for rural areas could be really cool.

 

[Blowingsmokeupyourchimney]

I got hard up and had to push out UV joints on a drive line. The factory didn't want them to be replaceable but after pushing them out, I had to spot weld them in, didn't have the snap ring grove in the drive line.

 

[bboulier]

Manual tools are fine for pecans and walnuts, but a log splitter is especially useful for macadamia and Brazil nuts.

 

[jetsam]

I made a die and then tried to press sawdust into pellets or chunks for burning, not enough compression force to get the sawdust to bind. Might work if a binder was added.

Thanks, I asked in a different thread if anyone had tried this, but nobody had.

How many tons is your splitter?

 

[jebatty]

Old splitter and don't know. But has never failed to split any round I've thrown at it.

 

[Jags]

Creating pellets from biomass requires pressure and heat that a typical log splitter isn't going to create.

 

[CountryBoy19]

Thanks, I asked in a different thread if anyone had tried this, but nobody had.

How many tons is your splitter?

The critical thing is pressure. Log splitters apply a specific force, pressure is a measure of force per area (pounds per square inch, aka PSI). If you're trying to make 10" squares with a 35 ton log splitter you're only applying 700 psi to the sawdust. But if you're trying to make a single round pellet that have a cross-sectional area of .1 square inch you're applying 700,000 psi to the sawdust.

I'm sure pellets can be made on a log-splitter, the heat will develop from friction and compression, the force is limited by the logsplitter so you have to adjust the size of the pellet/block to get the right PRESSURE on the sawdust.

 

[Jags]

Why do I have this picture in my head of some dude wearing thick glasses counting..."One pellet, two pellets, three...:

 

[jetsam]

Why do I have this picture in my head of some dude wearing thick glasses counting..."One pellet, two pellets, three...:

My new single-pellet mold will not be a big hit amongst people with 30 second cycle times.

"Earl, hurry UP! It's COLD in here! "
"Coming, halfway done with the next pellet already..."

 

[Sprinter]

I've used mine to split wood . . . seems to do a pretty good job.

Dang, I gotta try that some time!