Small Home built fire wood processor

[digaholedumper]

Got fed up with chainsaw & axe last Christmas so we started to build this on Boxing day, By Easter we were testing it for the 1st time, We have just about got is sussed now, we just need to get a better angle on the axe head , & get the splitting end  beef'ed up, Then we'er in business, Works very well on timber up to 6 or 7" dia 

[Danny Boy]

I like the axe head!
You got any videos of it running?

[digaholedumper]

10 hours ago, Danny Boy said:

I like the axe head!
You got any videos of it running?

We tried a 4 way wedge to start with & we were cutting  " match sticks "  We had an old axe head in the workshop so we thought about it &  " why not "  / it also has a fly of hydraulic lever control so you could say she is semi-automatic.

 

No video yet, we just need to beef the axe end up & adjust the angle of the axe ( a  7 or 8" log some times rides up the axe as it splits ) , the saw blade is cheap ( none tipped ) that's fine for testing , once working it will have a nice new tungsten blade as a finishing touch ,  Glad you liked it if your been serious.

[gdh]

It's an impressive looking machine, it's only the axe head that makes it look home made and I actually quite like that.

[chuck norris]

Looks pretty decent, really admire folks who build all their own stuff

Edited October 29, 2017 by chuck norris

[digaholedumper]

33 minutes ago, chuck norris said:

Looks pretty decent, really admire folks who build all their own stuff

When I left school I did the same as everyone else " worked hard for not a lot in return " ( we still have a few days like that now if we think about it ), I worked for a company fabricating steel framed buildings & we also made be-spoke farm machinery , after 10 years of this madness, We started out own business in 1989 ( a few hard years & then no looking back )  I have always enjoyed fabrication & making things work from a scetch & still get the urge now & again , This is where the saw bench idea come from last Christmas,  Thank you for your kind comments.

[Khriss]

Its tidy job - but for the axe head ! Which I rather like good to see craftmen building their tools and machines still K

[digaholedumper]

24 minutes ago, Khriss said:

Its tidy job - but for the axe head ! Which I rather like good to see craftmen building their tools and machines still K

Cheers

[peatff]

Cut the front off the axe head and weld it to a solid post and it will look the part, nice job and well thought out.

[digaholedumper]

13 minutes ago, peatff said:

Cut the front off the axe head and weld it to a solid post and it will look the part, nice job and well thought out.

Like the sounds of that, " thanks " will try & get it done in the next week or two,