DIY Log Splitters

[chopperpete]

I have noticed recently, that some of the smaller electric/hydraulic log splitters now come with a safety cage....is due to accidents with the earlier versions??

 

 

Edited August 8, 2020 by chopperpete

[trigger_andy]

Just now, chopperpete said:

I have noticed recently, that the smaller electric/hydraulic log splitters now come with a safety cage....is due to accidents with the earlier versions??

 

 

Health and Safety gone mad. Most likely some office goons bought himself a woodburner and decided to split his own logs and chopped his fingers off. 

[woody paul]

2 hands to operate so no way of chopping fingers off. 

More like someone bent over one and log fly up and hit them in face. 

[Rob_the_Sparky]

Looks OTT to me but I know my father used his electric in the conservatory once and got a surprise when the split log fired out to the side.  Might protect the ankles of the unwary but looks like a pain to work with.

[DocMustard]

I was expecting a link to a YouTube video. There are no end of videos on there covering home made splitters, some with questionable personal safety levels. 

Edited August 11, 2020 by DocMustard
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[Peasgood]

I wouldn't want to use one with a cage but can understand why they are there. I know someone who lost his front teeth when a log fired out. Probably worse for small domestic fires as I find the shorter logs much more likely to shoot off in all directions on a splitter. My usual logs are 15" or more and hardly ever do it.

[youngsbury]

Or got one in the pods ?