Homemade log splitter wedge

[Kevm]

Plain mild steel plate is OK but needs to be a bit heavier gauge than an alloy steel alloy with good wear characteristics.

 

Super hard is a bad idea, this is the entire point about chipper blades, they are unsuitable because they are too hard, to weld to other parts because of the problems that come with welding dissimilar steels. They are also too brittle.

 

Yeah, I shouldn't have used the word hard that's not what you want - tough is good and if you can get a bit of the wear plates off JCB, loading shovel, front loader buckets that is perfect but mine is just a bit of mild steel and it is good enough for splitting wood.

[Gmorgan]

thanks for all the replies,

i think seeing as the yard i work out of is opposite a plant hire i may go and ask them if they've got anything from a loader bucket.

failing that some plain old mild steel will do by the sounds of it!!

thanks

george