Gotta say this is one of the BEST and most interesting UA-cam video's I've watched. I REALLY enjoyed it. I'm just another old guy that appreciates olde time machines like this one brought back to life. Thanks again
I love to listen to the old hit-n-miss engines run. Built in a time when folks knew how to get the job done with what was available to work with. Nice machine.
I really enjoyed seeing your old splitter. It's a real gold mine for folks who enjoy antiques and tradition. Just watching and listening is a terrific opportunity to learn something new!
That is amazing , 3 HP motor, LoL. Shows the power of fly-wheels. That is why these machines lasted so long, they ran slow and used inertia to do a lot of the work. Reminded me of my days working as a machinist at Phoenix Iron and Steel the old equipment (some lathes, milling machine and planner) ran with a over-head motor, a few flat belts, and there were oil and grease cups everywhere... Those machines were ancient by today's standards, but they got the job done and although really old, held size pretty good, again because they had a lot of lubricant points and ran slow. In a maintenance shop, you didn't need to replace the old for new because time was only critical if there was a break-down, and then the mill-writes would usually weld it up etc. to get the broken part working until we fabricated a new part. I had come out of working in Air-Space Machining, so seeing these old machines was a learning curve for me. But the steel company repair work was more fun, I got to go all around the plant on break-down calls, and it paid extremely well with super benefits due to USWA union rules. Very relaxed to work maintenance machining. I later opened my own machine shop and specialized in big steel maintenance which I did for 27 years until I retired and sold off the business. Nice video guys, as you can tell brought back memories and I enjoyed it. I wish the volume could have been better via the monologue.
As a collector of old tractors and engines, let me say this is my all time favorite wood splitter video. A pristine example of American ingenuity on behalf of the original manufacturers AND on behalf of the men that created this highly functional adaption. The story of it being passed from grandfather to son, to grandson is priceless. Great video !!!
Well put. ingenious and functional. I have an old 3hp Fairbanks-Morse that's running and a couple other old larger hit and miss engines that arent so I'm going to build a similar splitter. thanks for the idea and video. Well done.
my dad sure loved these old engines we had one sitting out front of the funeral home running after he passed. He found an Olds hit and miss in a ladies flower bed half buried, after a lot of work and extracting every stuck bolt or drilling it out and re tapping them. With some valve and piston work he was able to get it running and re painted it. There are not too many people around that could start it if they had to.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL THING. IT TELLS ME ALOT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE OWNED AND RESPECTED THIS TREASURE A WORKING PIECE OF HISTORY. THERE HISTORY ALSO THE INGENUITY AND CRAFTSMANSHIP OF THE LIKE. COOL, MAKES ME FEEL GOOD, TO JUST HEAR IT RUN IN HARMANY. IT SCREEMS "MADE IN AMERICA" MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, YOU MADE ME PROUD PERIOD.
I loved watching your video of your splitter. It shows the spirit of ingenuity that was vital to making our Country so great. Thanks for keeping old iron running and working!
I get it - the small engine on top is driving a larger engine; the larger engine's head has been removed and a wedge welded to the top of the piston. Very clever.
That has got to be the coolest farm built spitter ever. Probably cracked the cylinder on the big motor leaving water in it or something and found a way to make it useful. so good.
So this is two hit n miss engines with the bigger broken refebished one for the splitter that's cool how you have made use of it into a splitter great idea
I'm drinking a beer for Pa Olsen right now. That is one well made machine. For it to be still working as well as it does is amazing!!!!!! Fist up, Fight for Truth.
biggest advantage of these machines is the ease of use. could i split most of these logs with a axe? yes, probable. BUT the machine can do it so much easier and faster which allows the user to either cut more logs or take dramatically less time to do them, and that is why machines always win
If you noticed it. that is a larger dead hit and miss engine the small one is sitting on top of. It had a splitting wedge welded to it's piston and the cylender head is removed. If the weren't scrapped in ww2 a lot of them were chopped up and made into firewood splitters.
That is an ingenious design, I'm guessing an old farmer built it himself. I still find neat old things my great grandfather built at his own farm/homestead to make life easier. I've even got his old farmall M with the huge saw blade he custom mounted on the front of it to run off the belt drive pulley to cut down logs.
Pa Olson must have been a sharp guy that splitter didn't even notice the biggest logs you feed it couple of guys could split a lot of wood in short order great video
Cool splitter. There's no end to people's ingenuity on how to make a splitter. Even safer than my home made splitter. You can check it out by typing baler splitter wedge design. I think your splitter will handle knotted stuff cuz those top wheels have a lot of inertia.
kinetic splitter using some inertia w those massive wheels... so cool , looks dangerous but if you commit to keeping your hands towards the base you will be alright...
If you shortened the splitting distance with a chunk of metal it seems this would split by standing the wood into the wedge and therefor being a bit safer.
After reading the comment section, I think that they should sell these as-is in stores now. Let's give Darwin's theory a chance. The smart stay warm and the idiots........
Fantastic machine & that engine will run forever , but why do you need your wood splitting so small if the length fits in the fire why split it . The wood will last longer as it was and that means less work less mess less wood.
God bless the American farmer. The ability to make things work and to get things done has been all but lost. I'm pretty sure that pa Olson didn't have a college degree but he had a drive that brats of today are lacking. Melt snowflakes melt.
Gotta say this is one of the BEST and most interesting UA-cam video's I've watched. I REALLY enjoyed it. I'm just another old guy that appreciates olde time machines like this one brought back to life. Thanks again
I love to listen to the old hit-n-miss engines run.
Built in a time when folks knew how to get the job done with what was available to work with.
Nice machine.
I really enjoyed seeing your old splitter. It's a real gold mine for folks who enjoy antiques and tradition. Just watching and listening is a terrific opportunity to learn something new!
That is amazing , 3 HP motor, LoL. Shows the power of fly-wheels. That is why these machines lasted so long, they ran slow and used inertia to do a lot of the work. Reminded me of my days working as a machinist at Phoenix Iron and Steel the old equipment (some lathes, milling machine and planner) ran with a over-head motor, a few flat belts, and there were oil and grease cups everywhere... Those machines were ancient by today's standards, but they got the job done and although really old, held size pretty good, again because they had a lot of lubricant points and ran slow. In a maintenance shop, you didn't need to replace the old for new because time was only critical if there was a break-down, and then the mill-writes would usually weld it up etc. to get the broken part working until we fabricated a new part. I had come out of working in Air-Space Machining, so seeing these old machines was a learning curve for me. But the steel company repair work was more fun, I got to go all around the plant on break-down calls, and it paid extremely well with super benefits due to USWA union rules. Very relaxed to work maintenance machining. I later opened my own machine shop and specialized in big steel maintenance which I did for 27 years until I retired and sold off the business. Nice video guys, as you can tell brought back memories and I enjoyed it. I wish the volume could have been better via the monologue.
Australian iron and steel port kembla nsw . 37 yrs in the trade i collect flat belt machines to use
Very nice piece of history there Pete👍
As a collector of old tractors and engines, let me say this is my all time favorite wood splitter video. A pristine example of American ingenuity on behalf of the original manufacturers AND on behalf of the men that created this highly functional adaption. The story of it being passed from grandfather to son, to grandson is priceless. Great video !!!
Well put. ingenious and functional. I have an old 3hp Fairbanks-Morse that's running and a couple other old larger hit and miss engines that arent so I'm going to build a similar splitter. thanks for the idea and video. Well done.
Gotta love old iron
Work with the tools you got, pure genius that man.
I'm so impressed with the old farmers ability to design equipment. Amazing!
my dad sure loved these old engines we had one sitting out front of the funeral home running after he passed. He found an Olds hit and miss in a ladies flower bed half buried, after a lot of work and extracting every stuck bolt or drilling it out and re tapping them. With some valve and piston work he was able to get it running and re painted it. There are not too many people around that could start it if they had to.
Nice old engine! Amazing what the old timers built back in the good old days of the early 20th century.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL THING. IT TELLS ME ALOT ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE OWNED AND RESPECTED THIS TREASURE A WORKING PIECE OF HISTORY. THERE HISTORY ALSO THE INGENUITY AND CRAFTSMANSHIP OF THE LIKE. COOL, MAKES ME FEEL GOOD, TO JUST HEAR IT RUN IN HARMANY. IT SCREEMS "MADE IN AMERICA" MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, YOU MADE ME PROUD PERIOD.
Utterly stunning. Made when men were men and women were grateful
made When Boats Were Made of Wood and Men Were Made of Steel
And hoped they would come home for supper with no limbs missing.
@Colton Castiel eh?
Those old timer guys just had Brains !!! and used what they had avaialable, Great Job!!!! Gramps- Respect
Really nice seeing old gear running
Funny, that's what my wife says to me.
I loved watching your video of your splitter. It shows the spirit of ingenuity that was vital to making our Country so great. Thanks for keeping old iron running and working!
Thanks for taking the time to make the video. Truly the good old days.
I get it - the small engine on top is driving a larger engine; the larger engine's head has been removed and a wedge welded to the top of the piston. Very clever.
Safer than many others I have seen. That is very elegant.
thanks for sharing your living memories! I loved doing that sort of wood working...
Wow! That's awesome & slightly terrifying! Thank you for sharing & kudos for maintaining that epic contraption.
That has got to be the coolest farm built spitter ever. Probably cracked the cylinder on the big motor leaving water in it or something and found a way to make it useful. so good.
Beautiful machine, thank you for showing us.
Thanks Pa!! You built something good for the home!!!
So this is two hit n miss engines with the bigger broken refebished one for the splitter that's cool how you have made use of it into a splitter great idea
I find this fascinating! Thanks for sharing the story behind it as well.
I'm drinking a beer for Pa Olsen right now. That is one well made machine. For it to be still working as well as it does is amazing!!!!!! Fist up, Fight for Truth.
Such a wonderful machine. Thank you for sharing!
Love It!! God Bless Your Family!! Fantastic!!
You could heat your soup up in the cooling tank for lunch.
biggest advantage of these machines is the ease of use.
could i split most of these logs with a axe? yes, probable.
BUT the machine can do it so much easier and faster which allows the user to either cut more logs or take dramatically less time to do them, and that is why machines always win
That is one fantastic machine, I love it! What a great ingenious build, thanks for sharing it with us.
What a great old machine.
lots of stored energy in those big flywheels. great video thanks
Amazing cold start!
Thanks for sharing. Love it!
If you noticed it. that is a larger dead hit and miss engine the small one is sitting on top of. It had a splitting wedge welded to it's piston and the cylender head is removed. If the weren't scrapped in ww2 a lot of them were chopped up and made into firewood splitters.
Brilliant !
Ingenuity at it's finest - great use of what they had
I love this!!!
That is an ingenious design, I'm guessing an old farmer built it himself. I still find neat old things my great grandfather built at his own farm/homestead to make life easier. I've even got his old farmall M with the huge saw blade he custom mounted on the front of it to run off the belt drive pulley to cut down logs.
Can still outperform todays best lol...
Theres always a reason that good things don't stay
She’s beautiful
Pa Olson must have been a sharp guy that splitter didn't even notice the biggest logs you feed it couple of guys could split a lot of wood in short order great video
what a great idea.works great.love this kind of thing.larry
Awesome engineering job!! Great machine! You've got talent and certainly are a real old school craftsman. Thanks for the video!
That's a really cool machine! If you don't already demonstrate it at the local engine shows, you should.
Wow ! I love it.
That's absolutely awesome. Gotta say besides a ICBM that the single most dangerous machine I've ever seen. I do imagine it helped weed out the idiots.
Now that's what I call Kick'n it old school!
Very cool, thanks for sharing.
That's Awesome. Thanks
Cool factor-10 Safety factor- 0 Interesting machine !
wow!
beautiful engines
Never had occasion to split logs. But that is a wonderful machine and very useful in its time
Very nice!
That's a beautiful machine 👍
That startup was funny
It's a keeper!!
nice work keep up the good work
That is so cool
Very Cool thanks for sharing...
Cool splitter. There's no end to people's ingenuity on how to make a splitter. Even safer than my home made splitter. You can check it out by typing baler splitter wedge design. I think your splitter will handle knotted stuff cuz those top wheels have a lot of inertia.
That is so KOOL!!!! Too much technology today that gets us away from the old ways of doing things!!!!
No danger of finger loss , the split head doesn't hit anything . Top design
We called them hit and miss engine.
Sounds more like a proper governor steared engine? I didn't hear the misses while idling, but maybe because of permanent load
Love it.
OSHA approved...lol
kinetic splitter using some inertia w those massive wheels... so cool , looks dangerous but if you commit to keeping your hands towards the base you will be alright...
I'd get a cross wedge welded onto the wedge you have to quarter the logs in 1 cut.Good looking old machine.
love it
Something my grandfather could have put together. And I don't think he ever heard of OSHA.
my girlfriend really likes the design of that.
love to have that!
That is a monster
luv it
combination old tractor and old splitter nice
If you shortened the splitting distance with a chunk of metal it seems this would split by standing the wood into the wedge and therefor being a bit safer.
Beaman Col
Beaman Cole how is it unsafe? His hands are nowhere near any moving machinery. Less dangerous than riding a bike snowflake.
Awesome machine but if the stick pops up over the base plate, one would remember that day!
Cool, I bet with some practice you could split a lot of wood.
I wonder how many amputees have used this great machine over the years??
After reading the comment section, I think that they should sell these as-is in stores now. Let's give Darwin's theory a chance. The smart stay warm and the idiots........
Great point!
Bad Ass ..... I'd be damned proud of that myself ... Represnt
looking at the sparkplug i would say time to replace.
Fairbanks Morse, hot bulb?
That thing needs to be stored indoors & out of the weather........
If you think this is dangerous then you should not be around any power tools at all. Simple. Don't put your hand in front of the ram.
A 3 horse hit and miss would destroy modern 20 horse
Could that engine run any slower
It burns what, gasoline? There were a few of those engines around when iwas a kid many years ago
OSHA just committed suicide watching this.
Fantastic machine & that engine will run forever , but why do you need your wood splitting so small if the length fits in the fire why split it .
The wood will last longer as it was and that means less work less mess less wood.
looks like it could split rocks.
You should reshoot this and fix the sound.
this could have been originally modified from a printing press called a letterpress...
Loved it Just watch out for your fingers...............
I think that is a Model ''Z" by Fairbanks & Morse?
SharpEnuff, yes Fairbanks-Morse Z Series 3hp and I think the bottom one is a 10hp, I have a 10hp.
Adesso capisci perché hai 179 iscritti?
Why not spit oak thats soft wood
No volume, let's just see it work.
God bless the American farmer. The ability to make things work and to get things done has been all but lost. I'm pretty sure that pa Olson didn't have a college degree but he had a drive that brats of today are lacking. Melt snowflakes melt.
Volume is way low
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