Log splitter?
For years I have been splitting wood the old fashioned way..with an ax and if it’s too big…a wedge and sledge….is there a site that has plans to build your own splitter.
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I found this website using a simple hydraulic jack, looks pretty simple but is hand operated.
Also another website How Stuff Works has a good article.
Amazing… neither of the other answers answer your question…lol.
Wow, I cannot imagine building one. I mean the inexpensive ones are too lightweight and a piece of junk. I think you’ve just got to buy a good one. Maybe a good friend will go in on one with you because you always end up sharing the splitter anyway!
Log splitters are fairly simple contraptions, really. For the fuss and bother required to make my own, I would prefer to just buy one from Home Depot, Lowe’s, etc. They can sell one cheaper than I can make one. I like the idea of going in with others to reduce the cost. I just loan mine to people I trust anyway.
I checked in on building one myself. Unless you have a tractor or something with a good hydraulic system on it, it does pay. I went on and bought one last year. I would recommend that your get a larger one when doing this. I bought the 35 ton @ $1700.00. The smaller ones work fine if you have good splitting wood but when you hit a real knotty piece or a piece or gum you will need the extra ump. I have a small tractor with a front end loader on it and there wasn’t enough cfm to operate a log splitter. I wasn’t going to be able to get the speed out of it. I just wished I had bought the log splitter years ago.
dont know if you have harbour freight where your at, it’s a discount tool chain around the country, but i know i’ve seen them in there ads, i think they were like 140 bucks or somethin. oh.. just checked it, they have several, as low as 99 bucks. heres the link if interested.
http://search.harborfreight.com/cpisearch/web/search.do?keyword=log+splitter&Submit=Go
I bought a 20-ton convertible towable log splitter from Wal-Mart for $850 (US). You can’t build one for less than that.
I looked into this same thing myself! Can’t remeber the web site, but by the time I just bought the parts, like the steel, the motor, the cylinder , blah blah blah……. the parts alone added up more than what it would cost me to build and weld it myself! Kind of made me mad b/c I have no probluem building one myself, and it would be fun! Unless you have the motor laying around to drive a 16 gpm pump, and a good cylinder for free, then it isn’t worth it! Sorry!
Do you know how to weld? If you know how to weld you can pull it off, but usually building one yourself costs more than buying a decent one. I would go to the next farm auction nearby and pick up a used one for a couple hundred bucks.