anyway a couple of pics your thoughts??
cheers.
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anyway a couple of pics your thoughts??
cheers.
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Nice project. I was going to make something similar a while ago, but quite a few people thought they were dangerous to use. Is there a reason that the splitting screw is so low to the feed in table?
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What cone is it, Hycrack with replaceable tip ? The engine certainly looks man enough
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Are you sure that engine is big enough? 
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looks good. Is the cone going to be high enough?
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if it was any higher i wouldnt fancy holding the log, can u imagine the torque. it would just spin and u with it
whereas if its splitting a 6inch log and its only quarter of the way in it would just turn slightly and wedge against the table and split the log and not take u with it
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That type of splitter usually has a fixed plate sticking up under the screw to take the torque Brightspark mentioned, some good clips on YouTube.
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^^, it's a strong lump of plate that fits quite close to the screw meaning nothing can spin in the gap.
Even as you've got it now small bits could spin.
Even as you've got it now small bits could spin.
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got the gist of it now 1 picture is worth a 1000 words 
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very good. I get how it works now
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the weakest part of it is the single drive belt slipping when splitting large damp logs 
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a bit of slip might be a good thing, save any components shearing
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ive built a scrap cable stripper that is verry powerfull and geared down to 80 rpm belt drive using twin pulleys when its overloaded it dont stop but the belts will slip ,
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ive built a scrap cable stripper that is verry powerfull and geared down to 80 rpm belt drive using twin pulleys when its overloaded it dont stop but the belts will slip ,
Have you ever posted a build of this bit of kit. Wouldn't mind building one
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heres a picture of it on an earlier post http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/home-made-scrap-cable-stripper.20137/
cheers chaps, the cone is just a cheap one at the min, did,nt want to spend the dosh on a hycrack one as its just a experiment at the min, if it works well I may get a hycrack in the future.
that's the first time ive watched a clip of a splitter, very good, seen as it being powered by a 3hp electric motor I would think a 16/20hp twin diesel should have enough grunt, time will tell.
just need to get some wheels sorted to move it about, and get a couple of belts ordered.
how do you work out the size of the belts needed??? want them a bit over sized so I can make some sort of leaver to push the belts in, to engage drive any ideas on both???
next project is a crane on the back of me trailer to lift it off and on.
that's the first time ive watched a clip of a splitter, very good, seen as it being powered by a 3hp electric motor I would think a 16/20hp twin diesel should have enough grunt, time will tell.
just need to get some wheels sorted to move it about, and get a couple of belts ordered.
how do you work out the size of the belts needed??? want them a bit over sized so I can make some sort of leaver to push the belts in, to engage drive any ideas on both???
next project is a crane on the back of me trailer to lift it off and on.
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I use a tape measure. wrap it round as the belt would sit, that's your measurement, then I add a bit on for the mechanism you are thinking of if want one. method has worked well for me, measured all the belts for my lathe, and 6 belts for a college project and they all came out the right size
