Recent content by Schmeissermp38

Hello once more, just thought I would post some more on progress with my splitter. Managed to put a top coat on my ram and went for a red colour. Need to put another couple of coats on but will do that when it wams up a bit I then test mounted the ram into the frame to see what it looks like...

Hello Again, been a while but back into building again. This time it is assembling the ram and painting it. Started by putting the rod into the milling machine and clamping it onto the table so I could put the piston on and the locking nut. Once I had done that I loctited the locking nut and...

Hi again, Thought I would post more on the splitter. The rear of the ram started out as a it of 280 mm diameter mild steel billot. It was machined in the lathe, witch took a bit of time but was worth the effort to do. The radius was done free hand as you couldn't form it as it is too big. The...

Hello again, thought I would show some more of the build. The I beam has a 2" plate welded to the end for the stop and the underside has been re-enforced with 1" plate ribs where the splitting assembly is working so the beam will handle the ram no worries. The ram wont be working at full...

Hello again, thought I would tell a bit more about my build. The next thing was the beam which is a 203mm x 203mm x 10 I beam. It was cut to length and work on as far as the pivot plates for the bottom and the position of the pivot plates. The pivot plates assemblies were made. The next items...

Hello to all, I just thought I would share my build of my yet unfinished block splitter. I decided to build one after sawing up a log which I thought was going to be a easy split, only to find it so hard that the hand splitter bounced off. So I thought that's it, I am going to build a hydraulic...

Hello, Just joined and enjoying the site. I live in Western Australia and live on my farm in Margaret River. I work in the district as a Turner and 1st Class Iron Machinist. The iron machinist is from my days at Western Australian Government Railways days, just means i know how to set up and...