Hydraulic Log Splitter BUILD Part 6 - Wood Tray & TEST
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- Опубликовано: 11 дек 2022
- Building hydraulic wood splitter from scratch. Fabricating the wood tray / slide so the split wood is held on the splitter and directed into a IBC (Intermediate Bulk Container) crate and can be handled and moved around with a skid steer loader. In this video I'm modifying some of the work I did in the last video - making the wood tray foldable and act as a roof over the splitter when put in transport position. A set of hinges were needed. I joined the pre-bent sheets of steel I used for the wood tray and slide with a plasma cut strip of steel sheet. A tow bar was made so this splitter is now towable behind a car, ATV, UTV or anything that has a 50mm/2" hitch ball on it. The log loader also gets modified - it was sticking out to the side too much and I made it telescopic to it is lifted off the ground in transport position and is safe now. We got a heap of snow last week and also today so I spent quite some time on snow removal to even get to the wood pile I wanted to split. But I was finally able to test this splitter properly which also revealed a couple of things that need to be modified or changed. The wood slide need vertical sidewalls so the split wood doesn't spill over the edges when pushed uphill into IBC tote. Splitter definitely needs a more powerful power source and upping the diameter of the hydraulic ram so it has more power as well without raising the pressure in the hydraulic lines too much. I can reuse the current hydraulic ram in another project in the future. Anyway, the project is more or less finished except modifications mentioned above and a little bit of paint. So I want to say I'll end this series here for a bit and build something else for a while and circle back to this one after even longer testing period which probably reveal everything I need to change, replace or add. But for now - thanks for watching and see you in the next video!
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I've been dying to know. What happened to the electric log/ firewood processing machine you built a couple years ago? Did it not work as planned? It seemed to have a lot more features than you put into this one.
That's whY I wanna know we're the green monster log processor
NO TENGO TELEGRAM SOLO YOU TUBE LOS COMENTARIOS POSITIVOS Y NEGATIVOS LOS HARE POR ESTE CANAL ,ASI LOS VE TODO EL MUNDO Y PUEDE OPINAR SALUDOS
I love that you are always refining and improving your designs. It is important that whatever you build makes your life easier than before the build.
Don’t understand how there are 39k views and only 3.4K likes. As always Donn, it’s great to watch your videos. What ever we think about where your going with the build, you are always one step ahead.
Not only that, why are there only 863k subscribers? Something I've wondered since I first started watching this channel.
Never mind the slide tray. Lay the IBC tote on its' side. Unload a much shorter tray/ramp directly into the tote by hand. Lay your split pieces neatly and then, when you get it all full, tip it upright with the ATV. You'll get way more wood in it and it'll all be indexed upright for easy "grab & go" firewood. Put the tote on skis with a hinge that allows it to be tipped in its' side. Ball hook for towing and you can drag it anywhere . Even fab it some wheel mounts for summer work.
Hello🙋♂️ from the Netherlands🇳🇱 .
thanks for the video Donn .
Sincerely, Hollandduck 🇳🇱🦆
That looks so much easier than doing it all by hand - nice job!
WOW!! That is awesome ! You are so good at fabrication . Jesus loves you friend .
Let’s make full process machine! That’s one of my dreams… 🎉👍🏻
I know in the states you can buy one of those, but if your like me it is much more satisfying when you make something with your own hands. You know every nut and bolt and can see improvements and how to accomplish them much quicker so it fits your specific needs. Nice work.
Works great! Also need a table on the far side to put the larger pieces while you work through a block of wood.
كل الاحترام لعملك المتقن والرائع تصميمك أذهلني مزيدا من التقدم
when you posted you about your side walls i was already thinking that,, lol,,great job on it though. have been a subscriber to your channel for a very long time since you built the massive lawn mower a few years back . very awesome channel to watch young man . keep up the awesome work ethic. ok . take care ,,,DAVE L,,, GILLAM MANITOBA CANADA
It works, just some fine tuning and it will be done. Thanks for sharing wit us Donn. Stay safe and keep up the fantastic videos. Fred.
I did that exact same thing just yesterday, spent an hour clearing snow from my tarped pile of dry fur to do some cutting. Didn't build my own log splitter though. Very impressive once again!!
i like your design for the log lift and stowing it away for transport! you are one smart thinker....
Very very interesting you are a champion !
Always impressed by your ideas Donn! Amazing work 👏
That snow is beautiful ❤
Even though your ramp isn't perfect, it still saves having to pick up the majority off the floor. But I feel certain this ramp is about to be upgraded. Good work, and a great watch.
Looks like a success! Nice job. If it were me, I would swap out the hoses on the valve handle so that the handle goes forward to make the ram go forward. The handle goes back to make the ram go back.
You are about to hit the "Powerband"! Zing! Right into 1 Million Subs! Oh, Ya!
People cannot resist excellence.
You, my good man are a frickin genius! I have been watching each and every video and can't wait for the next!
An impressive work that deserves thousands of views
It looks like the splitter works awesome! I wou love to see you build a conveyor for the split wood. Always excited to see what you're working on next.
He already did that.
Awesome build, thanks for sharing.
Genius hinge work!
Thank you for sharing your great ideas Donn , and even better , then watching those ideas become great work saving machines .
You for sure need a bigger dia.bore cylinder and then of course you fill most likely want more gpm on the pump.. but just the cylinder alone about 1 inch bigger bore would come close to doubling the power. It would run on the same pump it just would not move as fast. Very well built and some neat features I would love to see it painted.
Absolute GENIUS!
Excellent work 👍👍👍 . Thank you for sharing. be safe, 🇨🇦
Super nice job man. Have a great Christmas. Cheers from Sweden.
Looking great! 🫡
Hy, just finished for the cold winter.
Congratulations and thanks , I take many ideas for my machine.🤩
This is two builds in a row without a cup holder! Great job, Merry Christmas.
Great content, Donn! Outstanding craftsmanship and work you put into your creations, amazing! Keep up the good work!
He is always in the "Zone". I think in this video, he was especially focused. Like a writer creating a masterpiece novel! Very moving. "Yes, this! Yes. Yes. I SEE it! OK, This angle. This gusset, this support. Ahh, yes. This will work fine."
Nice Build well done ! it was well worth watching
Great work! Some sort of shelf on the opposite side would be nice, I guess. So the first big chunks can be stored somewhere and you have more room to move freely because the log lift can be lowered.
That would be a lot better than a higher log stop which I what I was leaning towards
Yeah a massive table on the other side. I used to use a table I made for my wood log splitter. Works wonders. Also make a pick so that you can bring and push the logs out of the way. I would split 5 to 10 logs in half first then bring them in and split. My spliter was a dual action that split forward and backwards. Which made it pretty fast in some cases.
While this is a good start on a big wood splitter. If i was making one from scratch I would opt to build a massive one with a 12 way splitter so that I never have to worry about splinting it more than once.
@@kameljoe21 me too. Then again who am I to suggest anything because Donn knows far more about this stuff than I do.
high standards!!! excellent
Another great efficient machine.
I love your channel, you are amazing!
Super precyzyjna i przemyślana robota.
Gratulacje i pozdrowka
super variable splitter. good job sir.😁👍
Respect👍👍👍
Thats a very good design and seems to work like a charm!
Great work!👍
Very professional nice work!
very well done
Complimenti hai fatto un bel lavoro Bravissimo!!!!!!!
Excelente trabajo muy bueno …!!! Felicitaciones…….!!!!
When you add the sidewalls, line them with the plastic liner tank from the ICC crates. It's light and tough and should work great. This is looking and working great. You processed most of that pile of spruce for the video, and got a lot of nicely sized firewood. Beyond the upgrades you talked about, it doesn't need much!
Very nice work !! Small improvements as you go adjustments are bound to come up . I think it works great !!👍👍
Nice job man❤
Great job, Merry Christmas.🎅
Toujours impressionné par ton travail garçon. Il faut dire que la quantité impressionnante de matériel pro dont tu disposes aide sans aucun doute. Mais, bien entendu, cela ne suffit pas ! Il faut aussi une très bonne maitrise de la soudure et avoir une tête qui fonctionne. Ce qui semble être ton cas. Bravo.
Perfect as usual man 👌🏻
Humble safety advice: especially since you work from the lift side of the splitter: if you hinge the lower part of the lift so it will only fold up when lowered (gravity will keep it in its current position) then if you lower the lift onto your foot in a moment of inattention it will simple fold up instead of putting most of the weight of the splitter on top of your foot.
This was a great series, but I must admit it does feel incomplete in that the issues you pointed out will go unaddressed. Even you seemed a bit disappointed with its overall performance in the end. Anyway, I have great respect for your ability to design/build and think through issues, so I'm sure you'll address everything stated in the video description. Looking forward to seeing them resolved, and what's in store for your next project. God bless.
La vidéo qui fait plaisir
very nice!
Hello Donn good job well done
Good job 👍
Great video
I`m also curious where the other wood splitter/processor is?
Молодец ! Всё сделано , можно так сказать , на отлично .
Great video Donn, like everyone else - I see a conveyor coming, even a narrow chain type would probably work OK.
Congratulations!
Sankyu
Good winter 😎
Nice work 😊
Thank you very much!
Works pretty good. When I have to drill the corner of square tube for a pinch bolt I grind a flat in the corner first. It's easier to drill and the nut has a flat spot to sit for welding. If you don't go too deep there's no worry about clearance issues since the round corner of the inner tube is there.
BELLISSIMA !! 👍👍👍
you are a genius 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Бро ты лучший!!! Я просто на балансирах прицеп три дня делал ,а ты просто космический корабль сотворил!
Excellent Donn. Seems you get more snow up there than us here is Poland. Cur M wrote a nice little out-of-the-box idea below, recommend reading it. Will save you time, trouble and probably, know you, release a flood of further design improvements to the overall wood-collecting-cutting-storing operation. You are inspiring, keep it up.
Along with the slide walls and motor upgrades I would also add a table to the opposite side you're operating from. That way when you have the larger pieces you can place them on that "table" out of the way and they wont be clogging the slide either. The alternative from adding in such a table is to operate the splitter from the opposite side as the lift table and then keep it in the up position to use a extra space to keep the bigger chunks out of the way so you can split the smaller sections.
Also not sure how this would work or if it could with your design but maybe add a simple conveyor belt driven by the cycles of the splitting ram. Some sort of like bicycle sprocket chain driven lift simialiar to that of a roller coaster (just not as complex) Every 16" have a angle iron attached to the chain to catch on the split logs and pull them up the ramp.
Awesome 👍😎
Красавчик!!!!!
Bardzo dobra robota.
CONPLIMENTI PER IL LAVORO, GUARDARRE LE PERSONE CHE SANNO LAVORARE C'E' SEMPRE DA IMPARARE UN, SALUTO DALL'ITALIA
I remember you having some sort of conveyor belt on another build... maybe add it to this one? Keep up the good work and keep the videos coming!
I started with a piece of H beam so i would have a stable piece for my splitter knife to run up and down so it wouldn't run off side to side and ruin the seals in the hydralic cylinder. Also I used a Vicker return to center control so I wouldn't have to do that movement with each return. For those who want a portable splitter , there is a Company in the USA called Northern Hydralics that has a horse power to cylinder to control , as some people think they need a huge motor to power it.
Ottimo lavoro ottimo video al prossimo un saluto Gek.
Adding rollers to the shoot will ease the flow going up into the firewood bin
Now all ya need is a set of pallet forks on the sxs to move the containers around. 😎
Hmm maybe made as a dolly you can pull behind....
Здорово что снимаешь такие интересные вещи!
The first unit that sawed the logs auto fed logs into splitter onto the conveyor belt into the cribs was brilliant. This simpler unit is nearly as efficient with more manual labor. But I get the feeling that you're not done with this unit as you haven't painted it yet either. 😀
Merry Christmas from London uk what happen to the first log spiltter
Very BIG thumb.. 👍
좋아유~~~~~~~~~~~
I'm sure you could figure out a cable actuated conveyor to the splitting ram to get rid of the split wood on the ramp. That would allow you to just keep splitting until your basket is full. Great job on the log splitter.
Nice job, that should save you a bunch of back breaking labor 👍.
What happened to the old wood splitter ????
Génial 👍👍👍👍👍
Félicitations !
Hi, Donn!!! 😁😀
Well done Donnie! Looking forward to seeing that bigger cylinder and paint job! Jealous of you having that lift, every year the logs keep getting heavier. ;-)
Name this creation "The Dragonfly Splitter".
I feel so useless after watching your videos but I can’t stop.
Looks great! What about some kind of bicycle chain-driven conveyor connected to the hydraulic ram which could push the cut logs up the outfeed either on the cutting or return strokes of the machine.
There is this guy in a youtube channel called made in Poland who does similar things to you, he made a log cutter using a 240v electric motor with a chainsaw blade attached where he pulls a lever for the blade to slice the long logs into manageable pieces so that he can then put them through the log splitter, perhaps you could redesign something using a 1/2 HP 1400 rpm 12v motor that hooks up to your vehicles battery with a chainsaw attached behind the log splitter so that you can do all in one hit instead of doing all the bending out in the cold. You could also put one of those 12v 600w hot air fans blowing hot air from underneath vertically at 5 or 10 degrees where you stand so you can keep warm while standing in one spot.
Poltergeist quietly comes in to watch the progress at 14:45.👻 😂
Maybe a conveyor belt type of thing on the ramp.