fratzog lover
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I don't swing the axe anymore, have an electric splitter. But these are interesting. #2 should be purchased by OSHA to use in one of their safety films.
Any firewood splitters here?
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Treblig
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I don't think I'd be wearing house slippers in case one of those big chunks of wood lands on my foot and grabbing that rope....that's crazy. If you grab the rope and the spinning wheel catches the rope you become hamburger meat!!!
SLOPAR72
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Watched that today.... Well, if you wanna be tough you gotta be stupid... Just a factory built splitter can be dangerous. Ask my dad. He was doing everything right and a chunk of oak blew out of a splitter we had and went right into his leg. Crazy ****'s out there...
JW
JW
fratzog lover
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But I'm gonna guess Dad would have never operated the rotating blade of death. That scared me just watching. And a rope on a spinning pulley? Near your feet!?!?
all kinda crazy. 
# 2? No F'n way!
# 2? No F'n way!
SLOPAR72
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And wearing crocs lol.... You know honestly he may would have given it a shot. Coming from Tobacco fields in NC and thinking of what they use to do it would not surprise. Fast forward to today he would call them idiots lol... #2 probably takes the cake.
JW
I see a missing hand in # 2,s future, at the very least. The inventor and operator of that contraption have very dangerous minds, beyond stupid.
Cope
Fusing with fire
#1 yeah, that's legit.
Although I wouldn't be wearing gloves.
#2 hell no!
That's not for splitting fire wood, that's for taking arms off.
I bet his pops was the less than legal type and lots of holes are dug in the back 40...
Although I wouldn't be wearing gloves.
#2 hell no!
That's not for splitting fire wood, that's for taking arms off.
I bet his pops was the less than legal type and lots of holes are dug in the back 40...
Unconventional
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Ain't inertia wonderful? With the size of those flywheels, you could shove a SBC in there and it wouldn't stop. A Hemi would probably stop it 
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.Similar to rewinding cable on a winch, one little spur, in goes your hand. Use an old rag, and remember to let go.
There are lots of videos featuring the wheel of death.
I prefer #3.
There are hundreds and hundreds of wood splitter designs. Some too crazy for my liking.
I prefer #3.
There are hundreds and hundreds of wood splitter designs. Some too crazy for my liking.
diymirage
HP@idle > hondaHP@redline
I spend most of my life working in manufacturing and I'd like to believe I have a healthy respect for machines...that's probably why you wouldn't find me within 50 feet of some of those
dartfreak75
Restore it, Dont part it!
#2 what an idiot i can't even count all the ways he could be killed and mangled. What's kinda funny to me is the fact he is wearing house slippers and playing with the devils death machine but damn better wear my hearing protection I want to be able to hear when I'm mangled up lol.
#3 is badass I could listen to that baby run for hours!
#3 is badass I could listen to that baby run for hours!
nm9stheham
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IMHO, #1 and #3 are about as dangerous as using an axe, or maul and wedge. But I would not like them on some good hard oak or ash. Those guys are splitting aspen or other softer woods.
#2 is indeed 'special'...! That DOES look like oak he is splitting. Why he is not using a push stick is a wonder....guess it goes along with the slippers LOL
#2 is indeed 'special'...! That DOES look like oak he is splitting. Why he is not using a push stick is a wonder....guess it goes along with the slippers LOL
I agree. I worked in a stamping plant (auto stuff). Talk about the thousand faces of death.
Heck, I don't even like helping a buddy stage his car. I'm always afraid the guy doing a burnout behind me will get me!
Yeah, number two is the "best". Hearing protection!
I split mine with a maul. Good work out. I take my time. Kind of a "see the wood, kill the wood", thing. lol
leblanc
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Treblig
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I'm sure that everyone knows that with all these log splitter machines ""everything goes great"......until one tiny thing goes wrong then your permanently crippled or dead. Kind like when I had the 68 Dodge 4 X 4 Power wagon (3/4 ton military vehicle) ....I had some very large "balloon" air plane tires mounted on the 16 inch split rims. Later on I had to remove the airplane tires. I removed all the air and removed the spit rim but still couldn't budge the tire off the rim. So I had a great idea....I simply added air to the tire so it would pop off the rim. I had carried the tires and rims in the bed of the power wagon and was sitting in the bed of the truck as I aired up the tires to get them to break loose. I pumped air into the tires until all of a sudden the bead busted loose. Most people have no idea how much energy is stored in a big balloon air plane tire when it's pressurized. Either way when the bead broke loose I found myself on the concrete outside of the truck bed with my ears ringing. The tire had broke loose and the volume of air and pressure had blown me out of the truck bed onto the ground. I don't remember being thrown out of the truck bed but I now have a lot of respect for an aired up tire!!!!
"everything goes great"......until one tiny thing goes wrong then your permanently crippled or dead.
Treblig
"everything goes great"......until one tiny thing goes wrong then your permanently crippled or dead.
Treblig
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diymirage
HP@idle > hondaHP@redline
thats why i do, when i need too
most of the time, i have my boy split wood, or his friends
nothing like a couple of 9 year olds one-upping each other with camp axes
pishta
I know I'm right....
This is so funny, Me and my coworker were watching this exact video friday at work during some downtime. Did I post a random video link and this was at the end in my history? There is another one of these videos where a guy uses the entire differential of a truck and the leaf spring is still attached. Looks like the truck is flipped and hes using the hub and maybe part of the rim as a shredder.
diymirage
HP@idle > hondaHP@redline
HA, i watched that one next
about 5 minutes before that one was really cool one
it had a double sided cutting edge in the middle with two solid stops about 2 foot out
the guy would move the cutting edge with a hydraulic cylinder to one end, to split a piece of wood and this would open the gap on the other end
so then he placed a chunk of wood on the other end, and used what would be the return stroke to split that one
pretty cool i thought
Nothing like getting that maul moving and putting everything into hitting that wood!
True enough. I still split with a maul. But at 55 yrs old I try to only do so much and walk away. I could usually keep going but then the shoulders feel like they are coming out of their sockets next morning.
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Was planning on building a splitter, but i dont burn wood.
So unless my buddy wants to pay for the parts, its not happening.
So unless my buddy wants to pay for the parts, its not happening.
dartfreak75
Restore it, Dont part it!
Yea they call them things "suicide" rims for a reason. I'm glad you lived thru it. Most ppl won't touch one of those things now. There was one shop around here with a cage that would do them but it burnt down. Idk of anyone that does them now.
I hear you. I'm almost 60. I only split for a 1/2 hour or so at a time. And I'm in no hurry.
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