home made kindling splitter?

[hiluxstihl]

hi, has anyone tryed to build there own? i appreciate the automatic machines are the ideal solution, but my budget doesnt stretch to that! im thinking about building a vertical splitter with an x or maybe * head coming down to a plate for holding the logs....

thanks Dermot

[ash_smith123]

I can remember someone on ebay from Ireland selling kindling spliters a few months back, FB Fabrications i think, they made a spliter that done firewood one end and kindling the other! Google them and see if you can find them

[kscanes]

Possibly JK FABRICATIONS - Products ?

[ash_smith123]

Yep thats the one!

[Busy Daddy]

My first one was an old hacksaw machine it worked well

I put a faster motor in with a wedge welded on , not a lot of health and safety though and very noisy

[windfall]

I have been told about a guy who had built one with the bottom end of a scooter/motor bike.

 

He hooked up a large electric motor to the crank, attached a splitting blade to the con rod and with some welding hey presto. Sounded nice and dangerous!

[A Townsend]

Hi mate,

 

How much work do you have in front of this machine you want to build? As costs of fabricating things can easily spiral out of control and if you had enough work ahead surely itd be worth getting the real deal. Dont get me wrong im all for the whole 'adapt and overcome' way of thinking with machinery but could more trouble than its worth. . . . .

 

Just my opinion.

 

Cheers

 

Andrew

[hiluxstihl]

thanks for replys, im still trying to visualise the scooter idea! ive seen the splitter kindling maker before, it probably works grand, im thinking of something a little faster and independant... ive boughtan old cable winch, cut it to a power pack now so im going to build a kindling splitter on one side and log splitter on the other side...

[gensetsteve]

The kindling market is very competative and its difficult to earn a wage even with the latest newest most efficient kit. Unless you have alot of spare time I would concentrate on your main business. If we have another mild winter there will be plenty of bargain bags about.

[hiluxstihl]

well over here theres a lot of people at it, the better half does shift work and ive alot of free time, its more of a sideline for me than anything, what type of timber do you use? im thinking sitka spruce...