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Re: super splitter log splitter
« Reply #15 on: January 02, 2015, 07:10:04 AM »

of ya ,and chas your right that splitter is a real piece of crap
chopped more in half the it split
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Re: super splitter log splitter
« Reply #16 on: January 02, 2015, 07:18:19 AM »

It's funny that guys looks like he has no concern of that maul head flying through is head.
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Re: super splitter log splitter
« Reply #17 on: January 17, 2015, 11:00:08 AM »

Still like my splitter though, 179 year old maple that measured at least 58".







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Re: super splitter log splitter
« Reply #18 on: January 17, 2015, 12:33:47 PM »

that baler guys a fool, I make all kinds of things ,but playing the  "timing game" all with a good chance to slip and fall into it ..is not one that i think is a good idea.

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Re: super splitter log splitter
« Reply #19 on: January 17, 2015, 01:48:30 PM »

Mapping... That things a beast! What's the max length u can split
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Re: super splitter log splitter
« Reply #20 on: January 17, 2015, 04:17:11 PM »

I'll have to double check, I think it was a 24" cylinder, pretty sure it's not a 30". It's stout enough I placed some pressure on the wedge then stopped and picked that whole piece up and moved it with the splitter.
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Re: super splitter log splitter
« Reply #21 on: January 17, 2015, 05:34:01 PM »

mlappin, Thanks for the pics. I've been collecting parts to build an inverted skidsteer splitter. My H-beam is 3/4 thick X 8" wide X 6 3/4" tall. My cylinder is from a special-use application and is 6 1/2" X 28" stroke. Your skidsteer looks a lot like my 763. What are your cycle times like?
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Re: super splitter log splitter
« Reply #22 on: January 17, 2015, 11:16:18 PM »

Mines an 864, running a 5" cylinder. Unless you have the high capacity pump I'm thinking a 6 1/2" cylinder will be mighty slow. In all honesty I could have went with a 4" cylinder instead of the 5" and most likely would have been fine. I have a pressure relief valve installed and a pressure gauge in plain sight, about the only way I can blow the pressure relief valve is on a VERY gnarly piece of wood or trying to shear a piece instead of splitting it. Only time I've had the high pressure relief blow was on some very nasty walnut, flipped it from end to end and it split like a hot knife thru butter.

To set the relief I grapped a rather large chunk of burr oak and tried to shear it, when I seen everything start to flex I noted the pressure on the gauge and set it a few hundred pounds under that.

If you can find it, go with a few pieces of heavy C channel instead of an I or H beam. With the C channel I spaced the channels about five inches apart so you con look between them to see exactly where you're wedge is when splitting the more common size of wood. I used two pieces of C18.75x10 which is about the heaviest you can get without special ordering it. My stuff came from ALRO steel as drops so didn't pay near the normal price. The C is channel and the 18.75 is pounds per foot, 10 is the height.
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Re: super splitter log splitter
« Reply #23 on: January 18, 2015, 06:56:10 PM »

I do have the high capacity pump. Ordered it that way to run snowblower and brushcutter. I have run the cylinder in and out and haven't timed it but it isn't slow, but that is running empty.

I like the idea of c channel, wish I would have thought of that before I was this far along with the H-beam. Being able to see your work would be nice.
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Re: super splitter log splitter
« Reply #24 on: January 18, 2015, 08:32:18 PM »

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Re: super splitter log splitter
« Reply #25 on: January 19, 2015, 05:18:54 PM »

Good pics! Thanks.
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