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[chickenman]

can be mounted to cut horizontaly or vertically

 

[daBear]

That reminds me of some of the wood splitters I have seen on U-tube. Bubba says watch this .... while T-Bone says y'all be careful now.

 

[bjcsc]

At first glance, I thought it was a woodsplitter. Then I saw the blade. You'd have to be out of your mind to use that thing...

 

[DreaminGreen]

Looks like it belongs in "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome". How fast is the blade spinning when you run it chickenman?

 

[chickenman]

how fast, dont really know but it works

and ive been whacked many times its not as hard as it looks like it would be
i wear safty glasses and a hat and it cuts in both directions so i use a rotation that flings most away from me

actually i find the ticks and heat more annoying

if needed i could add a wire shield in front of me

 

[DreaminGreen]

I sure could use something like that, but with a circular saw blade on it.

 

[akpilot]

That ....Uh....has an OSHA sticker....right?

 

[chickenman]

I sure could use something like that, but with a circular saw blade on it.

ive cut up to 2"-3" branches and saplings with it by just easing into them

 

[3RRL]

Hope you never have anything walk up to you while working it ...kids, dogs, people etc.
I'd seriously consider some kind of shroud.
Other than being dangerous out of this world, it looks like a cool dangerous tool.

 

[chickenman]

so far i only use it out back on my horse track to trim back vegitation and trees when no one is around

if i was to use it otherwise i'd shield it, it would be easy to do

with safty glasses and hat there is little danger to the operator as the cutter is some distance away

iv used it 3 times for about 2 days each time with no ill affect

its one of those things that looks more dangerous than it is

i was a tool and die maker for 30 years and in a shop some of the machines that look the most dangerous are in fact the safest, sorta like with this

the way i use it its harmless to me, other aplications maybe would be different and i would use it acordingly

iv never gotten so much as a bruise

anything that has hit me is more a thud than anything else, a screen could be mounted to the fel uprights if needed

 

[bobodu]

Oh....branches!!!


I thought I'd build one come butchering time....and I was really hoping to get ideas for a plucker too.

 

[chickenman]

branches sorta just drop down, to big to fly

ive cut through branches up to 2' - 3" , takes careful moving but branches are les hazardous than the smaller stuff

unless youve seen the way i use it , it does look dangerous and under other circumstances might be

im no more willing to hurt myself than the next guy

it may spin maybe 2000 - 3000 rpm , not sure and its far enough away that momentum is lost by the time anything reaches me

 

[CBW1999]

Been a medic for many years and seen many accidents with well engineered devices WITH safety mechanisms. I wouldn't be proud of this at all. Hope you have good insurance!

 

[chickenman]

i drive a car too

 

[charlie C]

I would want some shroud around that blade in the event that the blade broke. A shroud may not stop a broken blade but it would sure slow it down.

 

[chickenman]

the blade is a comercial cutter blade about a 1/4" by 3" by 24" turning at about 20% its rated speed

when i run into heavy cutting the v belt slips long before enough torque is put on it to break

also it hangs over the fel by about 2 feet so the plane of spin is about 4 feet from me

and up in the air where it cuts theres nothing to break it

and when i flip it to cut horizontaly, id be more worried about the front tire as im sitting well above its plane of spin and have the fel arm and tractor as a shield

you really need to see how its applied to understand

im more likely to be injured driving than useing this the way i do

 

[Blagadan]

Are you sure yours spins at 2000-3000 rpm! That doesnt sound right to me. I'd back off that pump of yours if I were you.

The ones I've seen spin real slow. I see these in action regularly and they are a lot less dangerous to the operator than say, a flail mower. The saw blade only rotates at about 40-60 rpm and only produces saw dust which falls down along with the branches it cuts. Where as a flail mower has high rpm and flings stuff far greater distances. A lot of the farmers around me use these to great effect.
They just looks dangerous. Obviously no one goes near the blade when it spinning and the operator is 6-8 ft from it in the seat.

That big circular blade makes a helluva ringing noise as it cuts through the branches...

heres a big one with 4 blades mounted on a long extending arm.

 

[tiger9297]

That thing scares me just looking at it. I wouldn't go near it.

 

[Farmerford]

Chickenman:

Seems to me you have considered the issues and decided that the gain is worth the risk. Others might decide differently, but that is a personal decision.

Thanks for sharing your work.

 

[chickenman]

Are you sure yours spins at 2000-3000 rpm! That doesnt sound right to me. I'd back off that pump of yours if I were you.

The ones I've seen spin real slow. I see these in action regularly and they are a lot less dangerous to the operator than say, a flail mower. The saw blade only rotates at about 40-60 rpm and only produces saw dust which falls down along with the branches it cuts. Where as a flail mower has high rpm and flings stuff far greater distances. A lot of the farmers around me use these to great effect.
They just looks dangerous. Obviously no one goes near the blade when it spinning and the operator is 6-8 ft from it in the seat.

That big circular blade makes a helluva ringing noise as it cuts through the branches...

heres a big one with 4 blades mounted on a long extending arm.

those look like saw blades, im using a comercial grass blade that spins upwards of 15,000 plus rpm im going a fraction of that and the vbelt will slip and it will stop spinning long before i reach any limit it may have

i have quite a safty factor the way i use it

i wear glasses and a hat

ive been hit many times and mostly its anoying

many times when operating a machine tool id have to stand there getting burned by hot chips because i had to, so i could stop a cut, sometimes you gotta do what has to be done


come on if you drive a tractor, your supposed to be macho, dumb and tough