electric log splitter modifications and review

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  • Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
  • modifications to my yardmax 5-ton electric log splitter

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  • @zjedinite
    @zjedinite Рік тому +1

    Gotta say, that switch lever, one hand operation is genius!
    I was gonna do foot switch and a extender since I don’t want a stand nor want to be down in my knees.
    BTW that two hand operation is a safety design for like morons that sue bc their coffee was too hot and got burned bc of it. 🤦🏻‍♂️
    This safety features ACTUALLY makes it unsafer for us folk that have enough common sense to not fall out our beds in the morning 😆
    Gonna try to steal your switch idea but with an extension so heavy longs stay as close to the ground as possible.
    Thanks dude! Best idea I’ve seen in a while 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @rickduncan2929
    @rickduncan2929 Рік тому +2

    You have done well. I like the ingenuity.

  • @StudCity718
    @StudCity718 8 місяців тому +1

    I bought a foot pedal at harbor freight. Use a trigger clamp to hold the button down. That's my one handed operation.

  • @js_youtube70
    @js_youtube70 Рік тому +3

    Awesome garage 👍

  • @PainterD54
    @PainterD54 Місяць тому

    You're the first person I see to add some kind of teeth to the ram! That's been one of the first mods I would do to the splitter before using it. Those splitters are great tools for the most part but I'd definitely need some mods done on one before I would use one.
    I'm also looking for a mod that would return the ram back without shutting the motor off. There has to be a way to rewire it to do that?

  • @Phiyedough
    @Phiyedough Рік тому +1

    A good idea to move that switch. On mine my arm is in the way of exploding logs and I have been hit once already!

  • @kbee7538
    @kbee7538 9 місяців тому +1

    Got my handy 6 today been in in face already 😂 the push foot ram has a bulge on its face I feel it needs a spike to stop logs jumping

  • @davidlacroix8496
    @davidlacroix8496  Рік тому +1

    everyone can now comment and ask questions

  • @fsj197811
    @fsj197811 Рік тому +1

    Cool deal. Does the axe head help splitting larger stuff as well? Hinder? Thanks for sharing!

    • @davidlacroix8496
      @davidlacroix8496  Рік тому

      Typically to cut kindling I'm only using pieces of wood that I've already split . The unit works exactly how it would if it were unmodified

    • @barrygolden9823
      @barrygolden9823 11 місяців тому

      Have you tried splitting bigger pieces with the axe mod yet? It seems like it would ease the load when splitting because of better penetration.

    • @davidlacroix8496
      @davidlacroix8496  9 місяців тому +1

      @@barrygolden9823 , the splitter works awesome on larger pieces as well I believe the splitting Ram has a rating of about 5 tons so it handles larger unsplit pieces as long as it's not nasty swamp Maple where the grain of the wood goes in 26 different directions

  • @frederickshipp8013
    @frederickshipp8013 Рік тому +2

    Definitely not a welder,pretty unimpressive looking welds.

    • @rickduncan2929
      @rickduncan2929 Рік тому +2

      Welding wasn't the topic. Unimpressive comment..

    • @davidlacroix8496
      @davidlacroix8496  9 місяців тому

      The welds were meant to be ugly so that they held a piece of wood from slipping off of the rounded face so I had to build up a booger stack

  • @56thSPSk970
    @56thSPSk970 Рік тому +1

    Where did the "Stand " come from?
    Did you fab it up?