Kindle cutting machine

[thehomeengineer]

Hi All
Recently I finished building a kindle cutting machine.
The main frame is made of Bosch extrusion salvaged from two frames rescued from a skip and ♻️.

The motor is single phase 1HP eBay purchase which came with the motor frame and taper lock pulley. The large pulley taper lock pulley, vee-belt and crank bearings are also eBay purchases. There is a foot operated switch from Amazon and the rest of the machine is made from materials lying around the workshop.

The retractable castors are also homemade which I have posted on HMT

This has made chopping kindling so quick and easy, after 20 minutes a bin full ready to use.
Thank you for viewing

It was difficult to film and feed the wood through the machine.

The Home Engineer

[NortonDommi]

Type reback wolcowy into YouTube for an interesting rotary type chopper. Length varies depending on thickness but for chopping branches not much beats them.

[DIYer]

Thanks thehomeengineer! We've added your Kindle Chopper to our Miscellaneous category,
as well as to your builder page: thehomeengineer's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Kindle Chopper by thehomeengineer

tags: wood, cutter

[Philip Davies]

Very inventive!

More ergonomic than a hatchet, safer, less bending.

Want a race?
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!

[thehomeengineer]

Hi Philip
Hope you are well. Fed up with cutting with a hatchet the wife burns it like logs.

[thehomeengineer]

Hi NortonDommi
Reback Wolcowy wow different level to my match stick maker lol