Pretty cool for such a light dog chain. No Knots of any significance to create havoc. Strictly for fresh softer woods & not like woods old kodger mentioned.
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Pretty cool for such a light dog chain. No Knots of any significance to create havoc. Strictly for fresh softer woods & not like woods old kodger mentioned.
Would have been much more entertaining with a Swedish Bikini Babe doing it!
I believe Swede bathing beauties could muck out Venetian canals, change oil in a semi, or wax an army tank and look good doing it.
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I know it works and works well for him but whirling spinning things with high energy and sharp cleaving ax like protrusions scare the bejeevers out of me to be around and I'm not afraid of muchQuote:
Originally Posted by Jon
That is just pure dangerous! The height alone makes it dangerous. All it takes is just one wrong hit and a piece of that wood will go flying right into his head!
If I needed a splitter I'd love to have one of these.
https://youtu.be/DbTCeai9ces
Yeah wouldn't we all! But why didn't they make the cutting heads large enough to do the whole log all at once? For $9900 I can buy all the cord word I'll need for the next 20 years (or more), and not have to do the work either! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...s-in-the-world
Great, the safety guards are called noggin and hands on fingers or not. the ppe is excellent also. might see this one in a cagun deliverance movie
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I just invoked Benny Hill elsewhere in HMT.net; and now here he IS!
Maybe channeled him instead? Always confused about that.
I've got a uber liberal Democrat next door; she'd scare ya! I call her ugly yipping little dogs Hillary and Chelsea.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank S
She hates that.
Dangerous Firewood Splitter
Que huevos!
Ha ha LOL. He'd be in fast motion & a also chip off the old block.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toolmaker51
That thing makes my Lickity Splitter look like a childs toy...
I doubt it. I have special way of handling that class of people that usually leaves them mumbling and stuttering at a loss for wordsQuote:
Originally Posted by Toolmaker51
Why does the phrase "One false move" keep rattling around in my head. Even though it's slightly sped up, that blade would still take your hand without even a thank you.
I have looked a numerous log splitters and they all seem to work in one or another method on nice soft northern hemisphere pine etc., however, most if the splitters in Africa break before splitting more than a handful of logs, the reason being that the grain in our wild wood weaves and waves in all directions.Quote:
Originally Posted by ranald
I couldn't help but notice that he always hit the log the farthest away form him causing the handle to contact the log on each swing. I hate it when I accidently do this as it transmits a shock wave to my hands and can damage my ax handle which is pretty beat up there anyway already.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hans Pearson
How do you guys split wood then? Shorter rounds? Or you just burn species with narrower trunks that don't need splitting? Or homeowners generally don't have access to the necessary splitters?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hans Pearson
I like how the spinning wood splitter guy made his tool even more dangerous with the addition of that rope so close to that spinning wheel, even going so far as to thread the rope through a square in his "guard", so that if the rope is tensioned, it can fling stuff right into his face. You would be lucky if that wheel just chopped off a hand; if it caught you up in it, you'd be going for quite a ride.
This is like the internet DIY version of Poe's Law - without a clear indication, I can't tell if his woodsplitter is a horribly dangerous contraption, or if he's intentionally parodying dangerous woodsplitters.
I would think it could turn much slower and still do the job
While I liked his implementation of the capstan to hoist, it's an unnecessarily spartan machine when it comes to guarding overall.
I'm a city boy, with a faint rustic demeanor. A little bit of watching helps find wood to harvest; usually curbside.
I use a variety of manual methods, to avoid repetitive stress injury. They are 30" Estwing axe, Oregon Grenade, old school wedges, 3 pound engineers hammer, 4 pound sledge, a Swedish pruning saw, larger bow saw.
Cause she liked it when I took my shirt off.
I don't like the idea of spitting out both sides but I guess if you don't have a conveyor to stack wood into a trailer it does mean you do not have to move as often. By taking 4'' only it allowa a much less powerful splitter so much faster cycle time with given hp.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rattlerjake
I grew up splitting elm..same wild grainQuote:
Originally Posted by Hans Pearson
I doubt that guy is still alive.
goodun=LOL. sure you didn't just flexem & do the hulk. thanks for posting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toolmaker51
I prefer a stihl or a ten pounder.
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She'll be limping for week or two...
AND THE REST.Quote:
Originally Posted by IntheGroove
About the best log splitter I've seen is a proprietary machine in Australia known as a "Super-Axe", made by Whitlands Engineering. It'll produce up to 40 tons of force.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz3wD3sdVaI
This is why I prefer a full length axe over a hatchet. I get sloppy when I'm tired; I want that guy to hit the ground and not my leg.
Great machine. And anyone that's split green Eucalyptus species, know too well what interlocked grain means...cheers
Jim
This...I've done close to this splitting logs with a sledgehammer and wedge. All it takes is one glancing blow. I was lucky I hit the leg that wasn't planted, so I only bruised the hell out of my shin and fell down.
A 2 handed swing with a 3 or 4 lb shop hammer? OoooK! I guess but I bet she will want to borrow a pair of steel toe boots before trying that again.
Perhaps her well-intentioned hubby/boyfriend got that kindling gadget for her to make her wood-heating life easier, while what she needed more was some guidance in the body mechanics of wood splitting, squatting as you bring the hammer down, and safety wear. I hope this doesn't tarnish her perspective on the zen practice of cutting firewood.
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Ouch! That bounced like it was petrified wood... made the axe head ring.
Sisters...
And cripes, she just keeps on doing it! Poor girl...Quote:
Originally Posted by IAMSatisfied
Of course lame guy in background only mutters a little laugh and ooooh. That did more than a little bruise, I'm sure.
I did something similar to this many years ago, I think that I was around 16 at the time. What happened was that I hooked a low hanging washing line with the hatchet, instead of swinging down, the washing line caused it to swing backwards ultimately hitting me on the forehead, I literally saw stars, and still have a "dent" in my forehead from the blow.
Hard to tell from the video because the speed of motion blurred the image beyond recognition, but it looks like she hit the target with the axe handle, not the head, leading to the bounce.
That's what I was thinking, because with even the dullest ax and the hardest wood except possibly ebony, with the force she swung the ax or actually it looked more like a hatchet to me, anyway it should have embeddedQuote:
Originally Posted by awright