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Nice one thanks for that, some great ideas in those pictures. Love what i think must be the adjustable blade height on the dumper? In the second picture, what thickness metal is the sliding knife made from? its hard to get scale... Cheers for taking the time to reply and for posting the pictures its grately appreciated.

Contructive critisism is always taken on board, just not sure what your on about with the log trying to twist to the side? I have looked at loads of machines with a similar knife design and all seem to perform well. Both horozontal knives are set back to allow the vertical knife to penetrate the log before the horozontal ones do thier stuff. The splitter is by no means finished, so your not yet seeing what we have in store around the knife head. Plus whats not clear is this its no ordinary ibeam, the top and bottom plates start off as half inch on the edge but by the centre the plate is 1.25inch. The beam is also going to be reinforced, just not sure how yet... All joints have been V'd prior to welding and the ram we are using only has a 14inch throw so the Ibeam isnt actually very long which should restrict twisting too. Everyone has a different solution to the same problem and I do hope it works but if its a cock up then we will have learnt something! ;-) Id love to see pictures of your splitter!? feel free to post away..

Two and a half hours with the grinder! Getting there, also polished the ibeam so things slide easier. --- I am here: http://tapatalk.com/map.php?ntatbf

Makes perfect sense-all ready done, not clear from the pics but the blades are set to channel the wood away I have a splitter with a single knife. But this project has a very large ram to go on! Suspect it's about a 35tonne... I am hoping it's gonna mash anything up!! --- I am here: http://tapatalk.com/map.php?zmpwb5

I am attempting to speed up my processing times so I am having a go at building my own splitter to munch through large chunks. I have been through what feels like hundreds of utube videos of other home made splitters as well as professionally build jobbies. Hoping i have taken as many good bits as possible for this machine. Its by no means finished as yet but as you can see from the pics its taking shape nicely. Any constructive critisism and feed back welcome. Cheers

Quality, now your thinking survival not lunch.

Perhaps you just have a chest infection!? Us tough woodsmen types just man up and get on.... This time last year I ended up in hospital with severe tonsillitis cause I maned up and ignored it. Perhaps you should pay the doctor a visit!

I have a beech work surface and although it's spalted and looks great it has stained. Used the same beech outside as a bench and it's rotting already!

I have a ms660 and is bloody brilliant, the amount of wood you can disc up in a tank full is quite amazing. Find its most well ballanced with a 25 inch bar but i also run it with a 30inch and its great. Still want Spud to port mine though, but i am using it so much i cant stand being without out it at the moment!

Showing my age by not only knowing the fall guy song, but also by worrying about the mpg of the truck!

Can you imagine how much fuel it will use! --- I am here: http://tapatalk.com/map.php?sl3crn

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=44893 All the spec and pics of my hydraulic powerpack. It's so powerful I have to run it at half revs otherwise the 10t ram on my current splitter gets so hot you can't touch it. --- I am here: http://tapatalk.com/map.php?z1dtdu

Sorry fella but your making a sweeping general statement from an experience of one crappy machine that was obviously not up to the job of running a splitter. Small honda type engines are more than capable of putting out double the flow of a tractor. My Loncin honda clone is putting out 72lpm where my IH885xl 4x4 tractor is only putting out 40 at max rpm. Double the flow means the splitting is running twice as fast! I am getting near double the power and speed that when running on my tractor and use only £6 of fuel in a day compared to £4 an hour with the tractor. Plus the tractor is free to move bags of logs.

That's lush...

Sorry but this is total bullpoop. A 13hp honda clone motor is more than enough to run the phattest of pumps. I have more pressure and flow from the above set up than i do from my 85hp tractor. Personally i would have had the cutting blade at the end and the ram just moving a thick peice of plate.. ie the log is pushed through the splitting wedge. I am building one now so i am intersted to know why you decided to do it the way you did. Also the splitting wedge is very broad, what made you go down this route? Just curious not being critical, as i say all my ibeam is all layed out on the workshop floor at the moment thats all! With regards to the size of the hydraulic oil tank, bigger is better without doubt. The amount of heat my 72lpm pump is generates is huge, i can feel the heat from my 10tonne ram on my face as i am working! I am using a 75l tank and kinda wish i had gone a bit bigger. My plan is to be able to change from standard, 4 way and 6 way blade depending on the wood i am processing. I looked at this one this afternoon and nearly changed my plan as i have access to a ram a bit bigger than this .... [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sR9clGOi9E&feature=related]Homemade log-splitter 30 ton - YouTube[/ame]

In one of my plans ill use Stephens fresh corpse as bait so i can make my escape....

That means your classified as dinner Stephen.... That truck looks superb!

Sounds like the same problem as the op to me.

My money is on crappy tractor hydraulics. They might not necessarily be faulty, just have a poor pressure and flow rate. What make and model is it? you can google the make and get the hydraulic specs...

Small Hondas can power high pressure dual flow pumps very well. Is your tractor running high rpms when your using the splitter? --- I am here: http://tapatalk.com/map.php?454xwv

Could you just be expecting too much from your 10tonne splitter? If i am running my 10 tonne splitter on my 85hp IH then i need the revs set at 1900rpm before the splitter is any good. If i come across a nasty bit then i need to crank the revs to the stop! check out this thread. http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/44893-what-size-engine-log-splitter.html

Oh yes. If it actually is 8 tonne then it will make around 15 cubic meters. So at £6.67 + processing time and fuel per cubic meter your on to a winner ;-)

Sycamore splits nicely and drys quickly. £300ish...

A bench... --- I am here: http://tapatalk.com/map.php?um0rpv

Your right the average arborist type has some very effective weaponry to hand. Although I think wielding my 660 with 35" bar would get tiring.... But every tool has a place and time of use! There was a quality scene in a zombie film where they stick a saw through the side of a bus for maximum zombie chopping action. Can't remember it's name though? A unimog would be excellent transportation... Mmm another reason I can give my wife regarding why we need a mog;) --- I am here: http://tapatalk.com/map.php?edg4rf