RIKO Farmi Mastersplit wp36

[Woodworks]

16 hours ago, BennettMD said:

Looking to buy one of these machines but I'm not close to any dealerships to see one first hand and there are none in the used market.  I'm trying to gage the build quality and component size of this things.  What is the thickness and width of the splitting wedge?  From the videos I've seen it's hard to get a scale of things as it appears its only 1/2" (12.7mm) thick and 5" (127mm) wide.  Anyone have any close-up photos of the underneath of the slot of the splitting blade to see how it is reinforced to the main body. What is the square size of the splitting ram and how long is the shuttle bed.  Does the ram slide steel on steel or are their plastic pads somewhere?  If anyone has good photos of the underneath of this machine would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance to all.

 

 

I think Bilke user has pretty much covered it.

Dont worry about the blades as they are as tough as old boots. Done orrible things to mine and its survived it all. The support behind the blade does get worn over time (picture below) and I have had a bit of weld added there and ground flat but it's seen many 1000 tonnes so no biggy. Weakest points I would say are the flap on the end of the conveyor (picture below). I bent mine and shortened it to lessen the loads on it. I think the new ones are far more reenforced though. There is a big gap between the roller and the conveyor and wood can easily drop down here but myself and others have fitted an extra roller to solve this (picture below). As said make sure you drop the log lifter manually as if you let it fall on the return the arm can bounce up and wedge up under the conveyor and cause major damage. Paint is poor but it seems common on the lower price processors. Heard a dealer moaning about the paint on the Japa so just something to keep and eye on if you are road towing it on salted roads in the winter. The ram does slide steel on steel but seems to work fine. There are nylon sliders underneath to stop it lifting in the stroke (picture below). They all have there bad point and I would have no hesitation in recommending the Farmi WP36. I looked at the APF but in this price range I cant see anything to touch it for speed and simplicity with smaller wood and as you can see from the ring it can split some decent sized timber.

Edited October 13, 2018 by Woodworks