Homemade firewood processor with hydraulic chain saw

[zeroluke]

payed £250 for a reconditioned one

 

Some right jewy sods on ebay. One I saw was nearer 800 quid reconditioned! I've had a hydro saw on my mind for some time. The only chance I had of buying one of them motors, and I made the mistake of telling them about the hydro saw idea. They refused, incase there was an injury, as did another bloke who was going to sell me a broken chainsaw for parts

[ferguson]

If i was building the saw again i wood prob try it a different way. like it works fine but i wood try getting a cheaper motor ( doesnt need to have all them RPM's ) and gear it up with a belt and pully system or chain and sprocket, but a big pully on the hydraulic motor and a small pully on the chainsaw shaft and a belt between them. sumthin like that

[rowan lee]

yep i will get a video up! i will be using it again next week so will take a video then and put it up

 

Looking forward to seeing this in action as well.

[Mark James]

That looks some tool would love to see it in action.

 

 

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[zeroluke]

How much was it for the steel?

[LittleJamie]

Hey!

 

I'm just dropping by to say hello, I'm new here

[ferguson]

How much was it for the steel?

 

Dont really no i had alot of the stuff lying around

[ferguson]

Hey!

 

I'm just dropping by to say hello, I'm new here

 

Hello

[windfall]

Looking good, how powerful is the splitter? is it gravity feed?

[robbo 110]

If i was building the saw again i wood prob try it a different way. like it works fine but i wood try getting a cheaper motor ( doesnt need to have all them RPM's ) and gear it up with a belt and pully system or chain and sprocket, but a big pully on the hydraulic motor and a small pully on the chainsaw shaft and a belt between them. sumthin like that

 

your idea is great, i dont think the 'gearing' idea is great thou, belts, bearings etc = more to go wrong, it's easy to control the speed of a hyd motor with a variable 'speed controller, the less moving parts the better