Manual Log Splitter DESIGN CLASS: Episode 1
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- čas přidán 21. 11. 2023
- In this first video I’ll review a manual log splitter that does pretty well but could use some design improvements.
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My own splitter isn't going to go on youtube until I get to Mk2 at least. I have a fair hunk of weight on the end of mine with several feet of railway line in use. As it's twisty, knotty Aussie hardwood that I'm splitting it needs some oomph behind it. It does work pretty sweet for kindling.
Nice! I can’t wait to see yours when you get it done.
I really want to experiment to see how heavy I can make the splitting head without making it impractical. The more weight, the more oomph. 😉
@@TomWylie
Bicycle people have determined how many cranks per minute is optimum for the peddler. If the head is too heavy that would slow it and that would be like having a bicycle in too high of a gear. It depends on the size of the operator.
It depends on the capacity of the spring.
Compressing the spring beyond its elastic limit will damage the spring.
You will not get any more energy out of it then the amount of energy that you put into it, regardless of the weight of the head.
To drive a small nail you want a small hammer but to drive a large nail you want a large hammer. Some hammers are too large for some people to swing in a comfortable manner. Some hammers are too small for the blacksmith to demonstrate his strength.
@@jakebredthauer5100 yep. The other element to consider is that sometimes you are splitting wood in a repeated rhythm, but that’s only a portion of the time, depending on how tough the wood is to split and whether you are just cracking each piece in half, or reducing it all the way down to kindling. Operating height of the table and splitting head are also factors that affect comfort and convenience of operation for the given length of firewood round being split.
@@TomWylie
The weight of the head does not affect the frequency of the natural bounce. The weight of the head does affect how quickly the operator can move the head. The frequency of the natural bounce is determined by the length of the beam in the same way that a long pendulum has a slower frequency than a short pendulum.
It would be best to have adjustable weight for different needs.
I'm sure it's just a piece of cake to split small pieces of dry ash, I'll stick with my 21 ton for the rest of the forest
Yeah different designs work better or worse. I use mine (shown in the intro) on white & red oak all the time and it works great.
If you’re very splitting large, severely twisted or knotty rounds, then there’s no replacement for a heavy duty hydraulic or kinetic splitter.
Very informative introduction about the log splitter. I'm wondering whether you are up for a collaboration to talk about chainsaw maintenance and repairing to help the DIY loggers? Maybe we can collaborate?
My god this guy is lazy
My goodness this commenter is rude.