It's a brave man...

[Mesquite]

Who uses this log splitter to process their firewood.

Just check the kickback from a log at 1:15

[video=youtube;AaYEQ4RMZKU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaYEQ4RMZKU[/video]

 

[Janne]

Great design and workmanship, but he should redesign the safety features!

 

[decorum]

'Work' should always put a smile like that on your face!

 

[Supersymo]

Death by log splitter

 

[santaman2000]

Cool! I would have burned most of those whole though.

 

[Robson Valley]

Could be wet wood. I'd split that, too. Just like the log pieces in my avatar.
Maul & wedges to fit into the hydraulic splitter. Long gone now.

The kickback looked like one crotch meant to hit another. Not smart.

 

[Nice65]

I take your dangerous machine and offer you this. Good Grief!!

https://offgridworld.com/wheel-of-d...gerous-useless-epically-stupid-wood-splitter/

I saw one over on BB where someone had painted a white line in the centre, so they had an idea of where the wedge was. Almost like an afterthought.

 

[Adze]

It's like a circular saw with only one big tooth... was it made in Arkansas by any chance?

 

[Mesquite]

It's like a circular saw with only one big tooth... was it made in Arkansas by any chance?

Nope, made in Sweden as far as I can tell

 

[Janne]

It would be fine and (almost) safe at a much lower gearing.

I can see it being used with a water wheel

I have a feeling those guys are Russians. They seem to love crazy tricks like this, and getting thrown off high rise buildings with home crafter bunjee cords attached...

 

[Leshy]

Good fun and most definitely effective...


Nice65 's link is just mental ...
Who would ?

Madness

 

[Janne]

The toothbrush was invented in South Caroline.

Had it been invented somewhere else it would have been called teethbrush.

 

[Adze]

Well... at least one person got the reference

 

[Mesquite]

My mistake, the person who posted it is Danish, so likely filmed in Denmark as well.

It's a very similar design to one I've seen in a video that's in Sweden

 

[Janne]

My mistake, the person who posted it is Danish, so likely filmed in Denmark as well.

It's a very similar design to one I've seen in a video that's in Sweden

They do smoke a lot of substances in Denmark. Very liberal country!
To indulge in a bit of woodsplitting with one of those lethal machines you need to be juiced up on Vodka or smoke something herbal.

The engine is that a hot bulb diesel? Sounds familiar.

 

[Stew]

I actually don't think it's all that bad! Pick the right wood (straight grained and no crotches) of a good lengh and it seems to do fine. When I've seen it done with bigger wheels it appears less scary as the cycle time is longer. That guy trying to chop short lengths on a small wheel shows why it's a bad idea - too tricky to get it in there!

 

[Big G]

Should at least be wearing safety googles...

 

[Lazy J]

Are those guys Kiwis? Mad as cut snakes.

 

[mrcharly]

Why did he stand directly behind it? If he stood slightly offset, then the kickback would just shove the wood past him.