Making a HUGE log splitter. part 1
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This video is part 1 of the build process of making a log splitter.
It’s a good opportunity for me to learn how to draw projects in 3D cad to modernise myself. After spending a bit of time I manage to get the basics of what I needed drawn.
The parts are then convert into DXF files and loaded into sheetcam to write into a file the cnc plasma cutter can read.
The file is loaded into the cnc plasma and the parts are cut from 15mm plate.
After cleaning the parts up, the 2 main plates are tack welded together and placed onto the milling machine to have the pin holed bored out to 2” ¼
Next job is to weld one end on the bottom link plates onto the tube that will be used as the headstock cross bar.
I weld in the main braces on the beam next, these are cut from 100x12 flat bar and are welded into the end to strengthen the whole thing.
The main side plates are then pressed to bring the top link spacing down to a narrower width.
The plates are tacked into place then the main welding process can begin.
Thanks for watching!
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Always shocks people how massive a good log splitter has to be. Brought a trailered one back from Austria 20 years ago and she splits everything. Diesel operated rated at 35 tonnes or so. This is looking to be a veritable beast too!!
If they’re built right they don’t have to be that massive though. My 50 ton splitter is only 5 1/2’ long, is run by a 5hp Predator engine and will split up to a 24” stick. I pull it around with my 4 wheeler. My ram is a lot shorter than his but bigger around. The only wood I have trouble with is stuff like big maple with a lot of knots in it. I rebuilt it though because when I got it the wedge was on the ram and the plate was on the back so when I split it the wood would fall at my feet. I reversed it and put the wedge on the back so that when I split the wood it would fall off the end.
My first thought was, " This is huge" The plate is very thick. Monster dog.
Proper British Log Splitter. Can't wait to see the final result. Cheers
Biggest 3Point Hitch mount I’ve ever seen. You really tackle big jobs. I split 16” diameter rounds on my splitter. Yours will easily split 36” rounds.
Can’t wait till you split some hard wood …We could use that one in Australia’s for our winters 🎉
I could sit and watch these types of projects/videos all day absolutely love them.
There you go with the mad max designs again love it great designs,I would suggest making the splitting heads removable between 2 way and 4 way or even a eye hitch on it too for towing a trailer behide it too great quality work
Very interesting seeing a log splitter designed and made. Years ago, I knew a woodcutter who had a log splitter. His splitter would split the log into six pieces, all in one go, so it made his job a lot easier than splitting the logs by hand like he used to do before he got the splitter.
engineers poem - 'yes the heart of fabricating something is the experience of the skills you need to create the parts of it but also the thought that goes into the order to do it that not only increases accuracy but also changes the amount of time it takes'
Fantastic CAD. I’ve used a VR headset which really helps seeing prototypes working at scale. Less mistakes when engineering. Love the power of hydraulic rams 👌🏻
You'll struggle to find a log big enough! Made a fair job of that👌👌
Hey olly love that splitter. I hope the tractor has assister rams on the hydraulics😂 by the time it's finished your gonna need them. I think the big advantage you will have the way you are building the splitter will save a lot of unnecessary cutting on the logs. Superman would have job stopping that when she's pushing hard cool as cannot wait for part two hope we can see it in action.😁❤Ruth
Your going to need a big old tractor working hard to pump enough oil to cycle that ram at a reasonable work rate!! You might consider doing what I did and making splitter PTO powered with its own tank and gearbox&pump.
That was my answer to cycling a big ram, not using much fuel ( DB 995 runs it fine). HTH
PS: A big table was another good addition to mine
Nice bit of welding there Oliver. Well done on that pin fit.
Make sdditional blades that drop over the welded on blade allowing you to easily remove to sharpen. Or to swap between a single blade and multiple wing blades depending on the size of the log your splitting
Since its on the 3 point mount. Make it so you can mount it upside down to allow you to operate it like a backhoe from the driver seat by backing the tractor and lowering the splitter over the logs on the ground. A plate to pin to the splitter 3 point to allow you to mount it on a skid steer also jaws down.
Very nice!! I've seen someone else in the last few months converting his homemade log splitter over to being able to split logs into 4. In the end he went for a removable pair of horizontal blades so that he didn't loose the ability to just split the wood in half. If you go down that route there's also nothing stopping you from making another removable splitter that mould be designed to split wood into 6 pieces..... just right if you do some really large trunks. Looking forward to the next video 😊👍👍👍👍
What a beast of a splitter, cant wait to see tge rest. Great job mate.
Gday, I’ve been using Fusion360 and that’s been a learning curve, this is definitely going to be an industrial wood splitter, great job mate, cheers
Good to see you here Matty, I was gonna mention on your last video to check out Olly as you said you were considering making a line borer and his home built one would be a good one for some inspiration ?
Is that what you use to draw things for your 3d printer matty?
@@snowballengineering I do, then export as a STL file to Cura for slicing
Nice work. We shared this video on our homemade tools forum this week 😎
Thank you!
Very interesting project, gives us an insight into your engineering brain. The log splitter looks very substantial, which I personally think is the best way to go for longevity. Looking forward to the next installment. Keep safe and well 👍
Looks good! Maybe cut some fork pocket holes in the web of that big beam so you can move it about?
Good idea
Dont attach the front of the cylinder to the beam. You will put the piston in a bind and damage seals. Cylinders can stay straight with two point of contact not three.
Big bit of a machine, I made one from scrap material that was lying about and have split knotted oak with it, I think you could sheer steal beams with your design or even make it into some form of horizontal press and super log splitter. You make good videos keep them coming.
Looks like it will be a beast.
Blown away by your skills! You make everything look so easy! Just amazing! Thank you!
Excellent work 👍👍👍. Thank you for sharing. Be safe 🇨🇦
I have seen designs like this where the splitter blade is removable and you can make several types. Single blade, crossed blades, six pointed star, and even some that have an internal four and external eight blades so you can split huge logs. You might put on some small wheels to make it easy to move when not attached to the tractor.
I really enjoy looking at your videos, my friend.
I can't work anymore I am disabled but I like what you show.
You know what you are talking about and are a craftsman.
And I like your shop, man.
Thank you for sharing this, my friend.
Antoine.
If you clamp the end of the cylinder you will bend the rod eventually , only use the ram on its original mounting points
I speak from experience as I made one exactly the same many years ago,and bent the rod, good videos keep up the great work
Handy weekend project although your average DIYer might struggle with your dimensions .😊
Love seeing plate welding. Nice job upon completion with the warping. Looking forward to part 2.
It’s a beast. Brilliantly work. Ever thought of getting a tool cart with all your often needed tools? Just push the whole lot to whichever spot you’re working. You must be knackered going backwards and forwards all day to get a pair of pliers!!
Ótimo trabalho. muito inteligente a tecnologia e o o profissional. Abraços do velho professor do Brasil. Parabéns!
Beautifully executed. Computers have certainly made some things easier. A technical drawing guy could have spent days mapping out that lot. In the end it still requires a skilled fabricator to put it all together. Certainly should split a few logs.
Super work as usual. Nice to see you using 3D CAD modeling, it's the way to go for sure. I'm a retired electrical engineer and self-learning Fusion 360 at the moment. 😊
Previous comments are spot on about ONLY having 2 points of contact for the ram. Rear one and then the one for the push plate slide unit. Do not secure the front of the ram to the I beam.
Another quality job from snowball, such a talented young man, keep the videos coming
Interesting as always Ollie.
A block splitter? Nah, THIS is a block splitter, mate. (shades of Crocodile Dundee.)
My god mate, what a block splitter. When you make a block splitter the blocks must quake in fear. Haha.
Now, the next thing is, have we got a tractor big enough to carry it around.
I have a 40 tonne hydraulic splitter so on that scale I guess yours is a 200 tonne splitter.
All jokes aside, nice job and well engineered as always Ollie. Keep them coming. Really appreciate your efforts mate. I like your work.
Cheers, Bruce.
Another great video Oliver, looking forward to part 2. Your press brake must have some power behind it to bend thick plate like it did. I too like to use 3D CAD, I’m a bit older than you but find it’s a great tool to visualise a project before I start to cut metal. Keep up the great work.
You should be able to split a petrified forest with that monster size splitter!
Just a hobbyists but man i would love to weld of steel that thick all the time.
Nice shop
Makes my splitter look like a child's toy. I believe you could crush cars with that, very nice.
Think I'm too old to learn CAD, I'll just have to stick to drawing on the back of an old envelope !
Looking like a useful splitter, really hope you're gonna put some sort of table or guides on it to stop the split sections falling to the ground, it's a pain having to double handle stuff all the time.
Yes, that’s the plan. Still to be designed 😆
You may actually want a hydraulic loading cradle for large rounds that you roll up to the splitter. Mine is trailer mounted but not a lot taller than yours will be and that would be a very nice addition. Funny how your mind gets to designing things to make a job easier as you’re doing it!
Repair paltisers is what you’re best at from what I remember ~ following Doberman 😂
I'd definitely include some sort of cross cutter. Unless you are cutting saplings or burning wood in a skip, cut once and get manageable pieces or allow for changing blades or inserting a cross piece. Versatile is easier to do first and adding and it later is a pain
That's what I like to see, proper steel for a proper job. Looking forward to seeing part two. Cheers
A beast of a log splitter! 👍🏻
Definitely removable splitting head so you can sharpen / change split patterns / etc. with ease.
I built 2 of them years ago from scratch. Only had a lathe and a dc welder. Ram, pump and motor were supplied by the owners. Make sure you anchor the front end of the ram to the beam or it can buckle the rod. I learnt the hard way on the first one.😊
Would you need to sharpen the blade? Then it should be removable, but the forces required to split the wood might shear bolts, but if there is so much force then a shear bolt is better than a bent ram or blown seals. Damn that is some rabbit hole to go down!
It is a bit bigger than I though it was going to be!
Love it , can't wait for part 2, these would sell like hot cakes...
Made a similar splitter years ago not as big but instead of retaining the cylinder body I made a guide that the rod pushes the log with to stop any unwanted movement of the rod
She’s gonna be a beast!
Thanks for bringing us along for the build .. super creative and functional tool build .. consider cutting holes in the I-beam with your torch.. it will remain plenty strong enough and lighten the project
Great work! Keep them coming! Thanks for sharing! 👌👍
that's gonne be the seize of a 4-furrow plow in the end :D
Holy splinters, nice build !!
Nothing over-built ever broke before the warranty ran out.
Amazing work as always. keep up the great work. 👍
Good stuff Oliver..I look forward to your videos. You do interesting work and you come across good on youtube .Keep up the good work mate.
Eagerly waiting for the completion....
That was brilliant mate
Would love to see what the tonnage is after it’s built, I’m sure it’s well over 35 ton force
Ollie what a robust long lasting piece of kit that will be, I think that I would be inclined to consider fitting fitting some heavy duty caster wheel to it for ease of moving it around when off tractor, Somerset Mike.
Thanks for another amazing video
Nice job. I think you'll need a road wheel on the end so you can stèer your tractor on the way to the jobsite. haha.
It will be going on a big tractor, don’t worry 😆
Great video!
Excellent work good sir. That’s going to be a fair bit of tackle.
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What temperatures are you looking for between passes when your welding? Interested in the theory behind what your doing.
Looking good Houston
if your thinking of holding the ram solid at the end of the cylinder and fitting some kind free floating push plate on the end of the rod theres a chance over time that the rod will bend (yes i know its a big bugger) better just to have a sliding push plate mounted to the rsj . PS is it going on the te20😂🌳
Love your posts i don't no whetheryou follow Cutting edge Engineering Australia but they do a simular thing to yourself. Keep up the good work and looking forward to your next post 👍👍
if the ol blade gets blunt on the chop saw , you can sharpen it no problem , take the blade of then get angle grinder , dont grind the teeth its the piece behind the the tooth ,dont have to take much off ,try it did mine worked a treat , love your videos great stuff ,regards from Essex
You are a fantastic builder. Cheers🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
That is one hefty log splitter.
Should consider a gusset going from the TPL tube down to the end of the web on that beam.
As it sits all of your force will be taken up by those two cheeks, right across that radius where it turns upwards.
A gusset going from that piece of tube down onto the web will add quite a lot of stiffness to that part, which will be good both for when it's being used but also when it's being transported.
That is going to be quite a lot of weight to be bouncing behind a tractor.
Excellent job and channel, looking forward to see your channel grow
Thank you!
Another awesome video, keep up the awesome work.
Thanks! Will do!
What a great build and a beast of a log splitter young man. That thing will split some chunky logs or you could adapt it to bend some chunky steel!
Excellent job..
Nice work.
You deserve a lot more subs!
Thanks! Only been on UA-cam 6 months so not doing too badly so far.
You’ll need a bigger forklift to move it around soon😊
Excellent work, I just wish I could weld half as good as you.
Very nice job looks like it will split some big log's.
Speaking out of experience if tht log splitter isn’t one tht is attachment for a skiddster and is a pull behind stand alone type powered up by a little gas 8 to 12 hp engine. Then trust me ur gonna want to attach a wood table made of metal right on the opposite side of the hydraulic rams lever. It sure helps me since I built one. Specially wit these huge oak log rounds we split here in the mid west of USA .
Thank you for sharing 👍👍👍👍
Great work. Cheers n beers.
I’m designing a single column forging press in a similar fashion cheers for this vid really going to help with my production
I’ve built similar one in the past but the was similar to your size but the webbing was to thin it flexed like mad
Really interesting. 👍
Just brilliant real talent 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌
What a log splitter,on its side to nip the tree off,nice job stay safe .
You might want to put some feet off of the lower link points to stop it falling over when its not hitch to a tractor,great machine.👍
Watchweswork sent me over.
Hope you like the channel 👍🏻
That is a really awesome boring head.
You could put a mole plough leg on the back that ,I have seen one done before.
Ich sehe die Sorgfalt bei jedem Arbeitsschritt und bei jedem Job, und das gefällt mir sehr gut. :D
Nice job...Thank You...
1:30 i would make a sledge to follow the "i" beam to suport the piston push end and avoid lateral tension on it. It will be a monster 😮
I hope your going to use a hardened ram pin, if not it will distort the first big knot you try to split , then try and get the pin and ram out. Also that must be one big tractor to have a three point that can lift that much weight, I also theorized that anyone who could afford a tractor that big, firewood could be easily bought, yet if your looking to do production firewood for sale then you have one superior machine for the task at hand sir.
Looks good, with a hydraulic ram that big you'd need at least 30mm flat on top of section for wear & to stop it warping splitting knotted timber
Keep up the good work i really enjoy your channel
Monster Splitter ...it would be interesting to see this apparatus manupulus
hi there looks real good . john