screw type splitter project so far.

[pete23]

been on about making one for a while, its been sometime in the making, but im almost there. ive been waiting to bits and pieces to fall into my lap for free. I started out with no pulley wheels and now ive ended up with three different sets .

 

so its cost me so far the cost of a few bits of box and the screw cone.

 

anyway a few pics.

 

your thoughts???

 

cheers.

[Stubby]

Looks good . Plenty of torque is key ... Loadsa grunt and jobs a goodun .

[wicklamulla]

looks good, what enjun is fitted ?

[Breezeblock]

looks good, what enjun is fitted ?

 

petters i think

looks like a good set up

[pete23]

looks good, what enjun is fitted ?

 

its petter BA2, as far as I know 16/20hp so should have a bit of grunt

[Stubby]

its petter BA2, as far as I know 16/20hp so should have a bit of grunt

 

Not quite enough to be totally reliable ( in terms of not stalling ) I would say . I have one that is powered by a 13hp Honda GX390 driven by a duplex chain . Its fast on strait grained stuff but it can stall on knotty gnarly old elm or similar . When I have used one on a big tractor with 35hp upwards it just chews through stuff that would stall on mine . The more grunt you have the better I think ...Pic of mine ...

[wisecobandit]

Great looking project up to now.

That looks a reasonable weight pully to add to the rotational mass, most you see look a little "underweight" Be interesting to see how the gearing works out, not that im clued up on these engined screw splitters as only use a tractor mounted job .

[Breezeblock]

ours has got a ping pong 16hp honda copy and i have never managed to stall it yet so your diesel petters should be more than enough for most stuff

[pete23]

finally got it finished, a few teething probs to start with but all sorted now.

 

ive got it running just off tick over, revs don't drop at all on half decent logs, drop a little when I put a bit of proper nasty narly stuff on, don't think I,ll be stalling it any time soon.

[Stubby]

Nicely done bud . Very impressed .