electric logsplitter

[Robert_S]

hi guys

 

does anyone have one of these and are they any good? i dont want to go down the route of a proper hydraulic engined splitter as i dont intend to sell logs its only for the one fire i am getting fed up swinging the axe!

and although they are cheap (£200 ish) i dont want something else lying about my workshop that "seemed like a good idea":001_smile:

 

cheers

[Mike Hill]

We have one that we hire to clients who decide to keep the wood.Its had a pretty hard life and after a year of being used by novice's it still works ok.If the one your thinking of using is a horizontal version like ours,you might want to make a wee stand for it,(like a mini saw horse).Operating and loading timber onto somthing at ground level gets old pretty quick.Also they tip over easy in operation.

[Robert_S]

thanks for the reply, i will have a look at the apf and see what i can get.

[muldonach]

hi guys

 

does anyone have one of these and are they any good? i dont want to go down the route of a proper hydraulic engined splitter as i dont intend to sell logs its only for the one fire i am getting fed up swinging the axe!

and although they are cheap (£200 ish) i dont want something else lying about my workshop that "seemed like a good idea":001_smile:

 

cheers

 

Don't use one myself but the neighbour has one and it seems ok - echo comments above re making a stand for it. Cut some firewood up for a customer who had one - it had what looked like a good idea which was a central travelling pad and a splitting knife at both ends of the rail. Thus as the pad pushed the log against the left hand knife you could be ready to load another to push to the right.

 

Cheers

mac