Kindling maker splitter attachment wanted

[inthewoods]

Hia, i'm after a kindling maker to go on a 22 ton splitter (like the one in the YouTube video) if anyone can point me in the direction of one for sale? or if anyone can make me one? I'd be grateful. Either way I need one quickly! Many thanks

 

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[timbernut]

Is that not just a box with a grid welded in it? Be quite easy to make/get one made

 

 

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[headgroundsman]

Is that not just a box with a grid welded in it? Be quite easy to make/get one made

 

 

 

 

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Work ok is wood is dry. Will squeeze water out and bind up if wood is wet!

[inthewoods]

Yeah think that's all it is but my welding is like stevey wonders! Could do with just buying one but can't find anywhere that sells them. Suppose I'll try & get one made. Any hints & tips to fabricate one?

[SbTVF]

Speak to a local farmer and find an agricultural fabricator. They love little jobs like that to finish the day off with!

Probably have a bit of bucket edge hanging about that'd be good for it too.

 

 

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[openspaceman]

Work ok is wood is dry. Will squeeze water out and bind up if wood is wet!

 

Yes that was my experience when trying to force wood through parallel holes to crush the cell walls. When splitting kindling one wouldn't want the force to be that great (after all denser wood is less good as kindling as it ignites slower) so the grid would need to be splayed to provide relief from the blade thickness.

[inthewoods]

Yes that was my experience when trying to force wood through parallel holes to crush the cell walls. When splitting kindling one wouldn't want the force to be that great (after all denser wood is less good as kindling as it ignites slower) so the grid would need to be splayed to provide relief from the blade thickness.

 

This is what bothers me about getting one made, will it just chog up? Was thinking about some froes horizontally with some cut up froes vertically at the back of the horizontals so the cut/split is staggered but that won't be cheap. I like the idea of digger bucket edge but finding one That I can butcher is another matter :-)

[openspaceman]

This is what bothers me about getting one made, will it just chog up? Was thinking about some froes horizontally with some cut up froes vertically at the back of the horizontals so the cut/split is staggered but that won't be cheap. I like the idea of digger bucket edge but finding one That I can butcher is another matter :-)

 

I bought an 8ft bucket edge from JCB for £213+VAT in 2011, It is about 20mm thick so each section of the grid would need to splay by 20MM away from the last in both directions.

 

What cross section is the kindling to be? 25mm by 25mm?? If so you'll need a much thinner blade more of the thickness of your froe. I'd look at old leaf springs but don't know if they are weldable.

[Logged On]

We're thinking of doing this too, to our vertical splitter though....

 

We're going to use old mower blades from a tractor mounted mower, the ones that cut the grass for silage, not your house hold garden mower...

 

Offset each one next to each other to lessen the risk of jams....

 

Think of Freddy Krugers glove from that 80's horror movie... I think that's the best way I can describe how we hope to design ours, as we'll only be spitting pallet wood (slices?) for kindling - not solid chunks like in that video....

[openspaceman]

We're going to use old mower blades from a tractor mounted mower, the ones that cut the grass for silage, not your house hold garden mower...

 

Offset each one next to each other to lessen the risk of jams....

 

 

As Headgroundsman has said you need to avoid compressing the wood as it goes through the splitter unless it's dry, even then you don't want to use the power to do so with dry wood.

 

My guess is the blades should also be staggered such that the first blade has opened up the first split to the point of the full blade width before it encounters the next blade.