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Nice idea but as Stubby point out lots of small kindling logs in there. If your going to have to work slow might just as well have a decent standalone splitter for larger wood. This way you can make perfect logs every time. There was a chap on here recently running a big firewood importing business and he reckoned cheap labour and quick splitter was the way to go for oversize. Still be interesting to see the Japa set up for making the next size log up as think those all look a touch small.

 

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Nice idea but as Stubby point out lots of small kindling logs in there. If your going to have to work slow might just as well have a decent standalone splitter for larger wood. This way you can make perfect logs every time. There was a chap on here recently running a big firewood importing business and he reckoned cheap labour and quick splitter was the way to go for oversize. Still be interesting to see the Japa set up for making the next size log up as think those all look a touch small.

 

They were " granny " logs . :001_smile:

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I saw the 435 in action at a Fuelwood open day. The quality of the logs was the best I have ever seen from a processor. Very expensive machine though.

 

What I would like to see is the same splitting arrangement on a small stand alone horizontal splitter such as my beloved '8 ton Iris' from Kilworth.

I would be first in line to purchase one of those.

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As principally a stove retailer with secondary firewood interests I have found that a 100mm average log diameter is the best for optimum flame patterns, you must have turbulance within the firebox and 2 or 3 smaller logs burn far better than one big one. If you have a stove yourself try it and see. Thats why I like smaller logs than are usually supplied. This machine makes a consistant log, quite a bit of kindling yes but probably no more than you would get with a ring knife unless it has some sort of self centering system. The seperation system works well and I suspect exajerates the amount of waste coming off as most would go into the main processed log bag normally.

 

Village idiot, what sort of cost are you talking about ?, sounds like it might be in Transaw territory.

 

But I feel the major downside of this system is speed, 3 passes for one round slows things down compared to other machines processing 450mm logs through a ring knife. How much cord in a typical load cannot be processed by a 350mm machine, in my experience not that much.

 

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