Hydraulic Log Splitter BUILD Part 2 - Press Slide, Spool Valve, Wheels & Axle
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- Опубліковано 11 лис 2022
- Building hydraulic wood splitter from scratch. Fabricating the press slide that connects to the hydraulic cylinder rod and presses logs through the 2-,4- or 6-way wedge (still need to be fabricated). This slide consists of mild steel and Hardox steel. Hardox is used on the bottom retainer strips that keep the slide on the edges on the splitter body. Drilling the holes was surprisingly easy, however, the last three holes were a nightmare dulling the drill bits faster I could sharpen them. The rest of the slide is made of mild steel and equipped with grease fittings in strategic places to keep the slide greased up and in good shape. The edges welded to the body are also made from Hardox and I welded them in small 5 cm/2" increments and cooled the work piece down regularly to keep the warping to minimal. I placed the dedicated log splitter spool valve on top of the cylinder but this placement may change due to user ergonomics which I can only test while actually using the splitter. Then there's the Audi 80/90 rear beam axle, all rusted and not wanting to come apart. But there's nothing you can't solve with a hammer and chisel and lots of rust penetrating oil. I salvaged the hubs and mounting plates. It would've been easier to just shorten the damn beam axle itself and use it but I had to make the drums turn around again. The bearings are shot for highway use but I'll clean'em and grease'em up real good and they'll serve this wood splitter for years to come. I made a clean tube frame for the axle and temporarily tack welded it to the splitter to get a feel for the height and working position. I might chop stuff off and weld on again. :)
My log splitter build series: • Log Splitter Build
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Welding equipment borrowed from Spetselektroodi AS, Estonia:
Fronius TransSteel 2700 welder
Optrel Crystal 2.0 Welding Helmet
Hypertherm Powermax 45 XP plasma cutter - Авто та транспорт
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Great video and absolutely one of the best fabrication invention & build channels on UA-cam. Truly enjoyable and appreciated
Mantap
Great Build ,, I have a store bought log splitter splitter head is on the ram ,, only thing after 15 years is the cutting edge is a bit dull and bent a little splitting knots .. I tried grease on the slides it filled with wood and dirt now I just rub a bit of waste oil with a rag .. hope you have better luck ,, also a upgrade I need is a log catcher .. you with the 6 way should not have that problem ,, cant wait for the next step ,, thumbs up on your Videos ,, thank you ..
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LOL @2:01 "hardened tip calipers so please stop whining about it I think I know what I am doing"🤣ROFL 🤣 Once again another great build. Excellent work 👍👍👍 . Thank you for sharing. Take care of yourself, be safe, and healthy 🇨🇦
Peugeot Partner, the gift that keeps on giving!
Best way to spend a Saturday morning, cuppa Joe and some @DonnDIY fabrication wizardry.
Great job Donn. These are the best lessons being taught out in the barn. You're doing a fabulous job passing on skills that can be learned with determination and perseverance and the will to do so. Stay safe and thank you for sharing with us all these years. Fred.
Love watching you work, no corners cut and everything tidy, well done 👍
We had the same valve on our splitter, but we converted it to a hip actuated desing. If jou flip the valve 90 degrees towards yourselve, extend the lever, and make like a half hoop that fits your waist/hip you can use both hands to position the wood and afficiently use the splitter.
Nice buids by the way
Always love to watch your progress Donn. For me your videos don’t come often enough, but when they do, they’re always a joy.
All the best.
It’s 3am I should be sawing logs, but I love your videos. Thank You
As always better than any TV. cant wait for another episode! :D
Donn, you have a very methodical and logical thought process. Keep up the great work!
Beefy!! This will be a great splitter for MANY years…
the confident execution of your skills is the sign of a true Craftsman ... nicely done Sir ... Nicely Done
I added a hydraulic log lift to my home built log splitter last summer. A real back saver.
Totally awesome Donn, yet another brill build, can’t wait until the next instalment. Joe.
Coming along nicely. We shared this video on our homemade tools forum this week 😎
Great Video, great skill and knowledge, keeping you're workspace clean well done, thank you for sharing! 🙂
Always on top fabrications! Excellent work Donn. Congrats,👍👍
I knew scribing calipers existed (with either the little tips added or hardened jaws) but never knew ones with a smaller jaw existed. Those are neat, gonna get a few pairs.
Funny surprise, I was watching a bunch of your older videos last night and was wondering when the wood splitter build would continue. I like the height, wish my dad's old wood splitter was that tall or maybe I can make it that tall after watching this. Great video man !!!
Much rust in the break drums of the axle. Enjoying this your second log splitter build series.
I love it please continue to keep it up and show us the way you are finishing it 🙂
This is looking pretty good! I'm waiting for the tank and engine to show up; this looks like it'll be a welcome addition to your winter woodpile preparation. One pass to split one of those big chunks 6 ways will make it go quickly. Thanks for sharing!
he might run it off the power pack from the log trailer ?? that would save on the cost of the build ..
It was nice seeing you go back to your roots and use a grinder to cut most of your pieces despite the risk of burning down your shop. 😉
At first I was thinking you’d be better using the hydraulics to push the wedge through but then my brain caught up and I realized pushing the wood through the wedge pushes it on to your conveyor which you’ll still have to make since you sold the last one.
Watching you is like watching my double. You work in the exact same manner as I do . Hats off to you sir 👏 👍 🙌
Hi Donn,
Thanks for the video, great work as always.
What an amazing young man you are. To have so much skill at such a young age. Amazing.
My dude you are a really good welder and fabricator.
У тебя же есть уже один дровокол. Зачем тебе ещё один? Видео супер💪👍
Alot of work but enjoy watching you get through it.
как всегда - СУПЕР 👍👍👍👍👍
I am looking to rebuild my splitter too and love watching your videos. It is a bit more dangerous but with using a knife rather than wedge style you could probably even use an "auto cycling valve" which you pull two handles at once and it goes from fully retracted, fully extended, then back to fully retracted. This allows you to place the round, pull, then grab another round while it cycles. P.S. - I am very jealous of the tools you have!
Great vid. On a measuring tool it should say "Mitutoyo", just like a pair of pliers should say "Knipex"....
Thanks Donn! 👍🏻🎅🏻🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮
Glad I'm not the only one with issues with stuck brake drums
Fico ansioso pra assistir seus vídeos donn,parabéns por seu profissionalismo e suas criatividades,aprendi muita coisa com vc,tudo de bom irmão.um abraço🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Another nice build, Thanks and keep them coming Please
Another fabulous project
Com certeza mais um projeto top, como você sempre faz.
great video without annoying background music
Very nice work !! This will be an awesome little splitter can't wait to see the log lift and how you do the wedge the next several videos will be absolutely amazing !! Top Notch work as always I really enjoy your videos !!!👍👍
Invention seem to be your middle name, enjoying every video you publish
MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼
Great job one more time ! It's always to see you welding.... I never did that correctly but I am an electronic man so my weldings aren't the same ;-)
awesome...can't wait until the next video
Audi 80 rear axle HARD ROCK !!!
Delightful video and job as always, I appreciate your channel and I hope you continue to inspire for a long time. Best wishes in your projects
Sehr saubere Arbeit. Super gemacht.
Nice, better go overkill than underkill, love how you use your eye-crometer on the axle. 😉
I enjoy your videos, thanks for sharing your skills
Love the calipers ya use for layout/ scribing.
When I was a kid step dad made a vertical wood splitter. The splitter head was bolt on so he could remove it and use it as a hyd press.
Like seeing that you clean up after yourself. A tidy work space is a safe and productive workplace.
You are simply the best 👍🏿🔥
Impresionante, buen trabajo. Un saludo desde España
I really love watching your videos. Didn't you make one of these a year or so ago. Either way keep up the good work.
Hello from the Netherlands .
thanks for the video Don .
Sincerely, Hollandduck
Always building! 👍💪
Great video, thanks!
Great video
Nice work 👍
NICE ONE DONN 👍🏻
Обалденно!
Very nice work keep it up 👍
Good stuff.
Ya, your a hero! A good one!
buen trabajo amigo
Hello Donn good job well done
Love it keep it up ❣️
Finally new video 😊❤
Weld pool, smart man!
Sensacional!!!🤌👏👋
Great!
very enjoyable
Thumbs up
Good video
Дровокол! Класс!
I love your build but I would have avoided grease fittings on the slide and used uhmw .That way you won't have wood chips sticking to the grease and having grease get on your hands handling the wood. Food for thought.. Your an amazing designer Don.
You should put a drip lube system on your drill/mill consisting of a 1/2 liter bottle, a valve and some flexible tubing. This would simply drip lubricant onto the drilled area but only as much as you pour into the open top of the container and when through you can shut it off.
You make it look easy! All I need is a mill and a bigger welder!
thank...
Great fab as always! Maybe next time soak the drums/breaks in a vat of diesel first to help them come loose🤷♂️ keep up the great content!
You need a 55 gal drum of old oil for soaking things like that Axle that the drums were stuck on! 👍
Salut super technique bravo Île de la Réunion
Hear in North America we have Eastonmade log splitters. For you...Estoniamade log splitters!
When using a grinder to cut parts in a line. I would make some sort of jig that is either square or round ( 2 bars ) then make a piviot clamp for the grinder. Then clamp the grinder in and allow the weight of the grinder to do the work and move back and forth.
If done right you could set it up on the edge of a bench to where it can swing up, lock in place add the grinder line up the cut mark to the edge of the table and use one of those pins for like a welding table. ( you can have like a line of hole on the bench in a few areas. ) This way your edge of the bench is the cut line or there about. All of this should be as easy as using a vice as long as you have the grinder clamp super easy to fit in. The weight should be more than enough to cut the part also reducing the risk of breakage and making it last longer.
Looking good. All the splitters I have worked with were closer to knee height but I also had to lift everything up onto them as well.
Anyway are you planning to build a reservoir tank into the main beam or separate? The ones built into the main beam are more compact but seemed to be a bigger pain for cracking and having leaks from what I remember. Each has it's merits though as you need to have the pump located below the tank location for it to get a good feed of hydraulic fluid. I know you have your power pack setup for your trailer that you could use as well but I am guessing it would also be good to keep things rolling instead of having to switch all the time or only have one person working when there is a time crunch.
Could’ve found a rustier axle, I’d of shattered that cast drum beating on it like that, nice build on ur axle, nice build all around
Bardzo dobra robota Donn, jestem pod wrażeniem precyzji wykonania, tylko co się stało z poprzednią łupiarką że robisz nową.
Good ii boss Donn DIY💪💪👍👍✌️✌️😊
It's great find and all. Plus practically free. Hope your using a hands free hydraulic cone log splitter on the other end it's more faster and economical. Than running a wedge type hydraulic piston back and forth or pushing to a wedge break which waste time, fuel and money. Maybe also adding another cylinder to lift the logs from the ground to load the splitter or a feed rack would be more beneficial and save you from alot of back pains in the future?
Pritty Guud!!
I spent about $2k US on my 20ton wood splitter, I’ve had it for over 2 years and haven’t had a problem with it, but I do wish it was electric start
If you made an extended control section, than you could lower the entire unit lower to the ground and make it easier to get the logs in place to split. Just an idea. But you are used to making amazing contraptions to accomplish whatever you want... Thumbs Up!
I think he might be making a log lift. Though I hope he makes it a 4, 6, 8 way splitter with a ram for adjusting to the center of the log. Most times the logs will be mostly the same size so all you have to do is adjust the splitting head a few times.
Thanks for the videos, Donn. What mill do you use?
Joss, mantapp..
Have you thought about selling your cold saw and replacing it with a horizontal bandsaw so you don’t have to do so much with the 9” grinder?Since I got mine my fabricating has gotten so much quieter / more accurate / less messy / no holes burnt in clothes etc. I made a mounting system for a table so it can be used as a vertical bandsaw too.
Cool video thank you.. lol way back in high school we gave gals nicknames. One gal we called log splitter..
I hope you make a 4 way or 6 way splitter head. 8 way would be even better with a ram to adjust the height.
Great work but what ever happened to your firewood processor?
Vertical ups are stronger than vertical downs. IMO.