I don't have a welder -

[LJH]

Who wants to build me one of these? Pleeeeeeze? :dance1:

Invention for chopping firewood. [VIDEO]

 

[cartod]

I don't see how it can have enough force when it's weighted so good.

 

[Thomas]

Looks like firewood really..really dry for such splitter.

 

[Tractor Seabee]

Notice it is all straight grain soft wood. It has a purpose. If that head weighs 50-100# it can pack a good wallop. I would have a solid piece of large trunk wood as a base instead of the table this guy has, too much bounce. A smaller version to make small kindling would be more valuable for me. Most of what he is splitting I only split once. Those small pieces burn too fast.

Ron

 

[Gary Fowler]

Notice it is all straight grain soft wood. It has a purpose. Those small pieces burn too fast.

Ron

So true, he would be constantly feeding his fire like a boiler on a locomotive with those small pieces. Maybe he just uses those for kindling. I would like to see him try splitting a big ole piece of red oak with that rig.

 

[rsallen]

Hmmm, I may try something like that.......except it'll be for forging metal purposes.
What is that guy doing? Making shingles?

 

[stuckmotor]

If I had one, I'd probably chop my thumb off.

 

[deepNdirt]

It takes allot of force or ton's of pressure to split wood, This tool doesn't look like it has either, Of-course if the wedge end weigh 75-100 lbs and free-fall dropped from about 4 ft. it could very well split wood, but looking at it with almost no effort to pull it down I'm not convinced, It looks to be rigged with a torsion rod & spring, but this does nothing more than to help with balancing and easy lifting, I just cannot see any way possible without pressure or force applied that this can actually work,

There is a tool made for slicing through several inches of paper and is made on the same principle as this so called "wood splitter, only it has a recoil spring and much sharper blade,

 

[diesel lover]

I like how fast he splits but I enjoy having all of my fingers ....

 

[Gary Fowler]

I like how fast he splits but I enjoy having all of my fingers ....

Let's see him post back in a few months and count his fingers. That contraption is more dangerous than the wheel of death splitter.

 

[Bota4me]

Let's see him post back in a few months and count his fingers. That contraption is more dangerous than the wheel of death splitter.

hahaha well said gary ill keep my homemade splitter. That wheel of death splitter is one scary #|+!_}{!!