hyd 4 way splitter wedge

[rbushmaster]

any 1 make one of these?
i just tried mine and it goes up about 1.5" and binds
any one else have this problem?

 

[J_J]

Can you show us a picture of the setup?

 

[sal64]

one edge should be longer than another so it startes to spit one way than the other edge starts,also taper should be long.i made one for my spliter and didnt like it didnt split the right size wood for me, also put more stress on my spliter and was more dangerous for me 2 edges to wory about.

 

[tatra805]

As mentioned a big help is when the knives are positioned so that they contact the wood in sequence. (i found a 2 inch spacing works best) (so first split vertical, then horizontal)

Another reason for binding can be that the botom side of your horizontal knive should be horizontal, independent from the taper. (If not you'll press the bottom split parts between the flat side of the knive and the splitter-beam.

(all horizontal-vertical orientations are of course for a horizontal splitter)


Just my 2cents

 

[richmatz]

is the plitting head on the ram or end plate? if its on the ram, the bottom log sections sill get stuck between the horizontal cutting blade and the slide plate. I was going to do this to my splitter, and this is what I was told. Notherntools does sell a 4way cplitting blade that attaches to the ram, but I am not going to do this....

 

[J_J]

If the splitting wedge is locked down, and can not move, and the splitting wedge is tapered equally to a point on the horizontal plane, when you split wood, the cut actually starts high, and the wedge effect of the blade, will force the wood to bind between the splitting blade and the rail. If the cutting edge were like a chisel edge, on the bottom of the splitter blade, the wood would just slide through the same space from the bottom of the blade to the rail. If the 4 way splitting wedge is a floating wedge, then it can ride up a bit and allow the wood to pass through.