Homemade log splitter

[rich m]

This looks great! Exactly what i'm looking for. How much do you think its worth? Going to ask a few local welders/engineers/'more talented than me people' to give me a price and didn't know if you could give me a rough estimate so I don't get ripped off?

 

Cheers

[Beecham 4000-Four]

did you cut that wedge with gas or plasma. either way, neat work!

The wedge is cut from 150mm thick plate using a gas profile cutter and the 2 lugs welded on top of the wedge are cut by plasma.

[Beecham 4000-Four]

This looks great! Exactly what i'm looking for. How much do you think its worth? Going to ask a few local welders/engineers/'more talented than me people' to give me a price and didn't know if you could give me a rough estimate so I don't get ripped off?

 

Cheers

 

Materials come to a few hundred, I havnt got a spool valve yet but that will be over 150 for one with kick out, plus hoses. Ive used a second hand ram from a silage grab which I was given for free with a badly pitted piston rod so I had to get a piece of 50mm chromed rod which I machined in the lathe to take to end that holds the seals and I machined and welded a new end on the other side. If you make one with out a take it will save a bit of work and steel, I didn't want to make one with any bending. As for labour ive not added up the hours as I just do an hour now and again when I get a chance. Hopefully ill get some time to finish it in the next couple of weeks.

[Ghillie]

Beecham,

I really like your design and have just started making one along the same lines as yours. I have a fair bit of offcuts someone gave me and an currently looking for a ram.

Did you get it finished and if so what spool valve did you get at the end of the day?

 

John

[zeroluke]

Looks very well made, that does! Would it pass all the test / inspections for a CE mark on it or whatever it needs now?