Almost 50k subs Andris! Honestly i don’t know why you don’t have 500k. I see channels that have 500k+ subs, and i wonder how your channel doesn’t have the same!
I bought a gas powered splitter, 25 ton last fall and it can switch from vertical to horizontal. Not the fastest Hydraulic cylinder movement but way better than swinging an axe. Hello Ants Pants from Nova Scotia Canada, I am a first generation Canadian Estonian, my parents came to Canada in the early 50's, Im almost 60 years old now and find your channel very interesting. Would like to respond to you in Esto but am so broken in my abilities to be able to. Did not talk a lot in Esto with parents when growing up but am going out on a limb to say hello in Estonian....tere! :)
Boys and their toys! Rock on, bro. Told ya a vertical log splitter was the best to get! All your upgrades are awesome! Make a ramp to roll any heavy logs up on the support plate. No lifting. Frozen wood will sometimes "explode" when split. Be careful. Until next time take care, keep warm and protect your balls!
Wow, that splitter is an animal. Nice new addition to the Ants Pants tool armoury. It wouldn't take much to make some additional adapters for the splitter head. Oil filter crusher & car suspension strut safety spring removal tool. 3 phase cable and premade leads are miles apart in price for some bizarre reason. I used to buy hundreds of meters of heavy duty H07BN4-F cable and make my own leads for commercial stage use for chain hoist winches and special effects equipment. Great video, Andris. Have a great weekend, mate
Another project completed! Can you put a remote so you don't have to bend over? That or you could leave it on the forks and raise it when in use. Good stuff buddy👍👍
Bro you should tap into the electrical system I know you have the knowledge for that. Add a remote control with an extension cord attached to it, a 3 meters cord should be enough. Stand behind the machine towards the motor side and that should be safer than anything else you do to it. save your self a leg, a foot, an arm, an eye or your entire face. Better to be safe than sorry! congrats on your new purchase seem fun!
Those wood splitters that attach to the skid steer are great. Make a mount to your skid steer, that will make the height adjustable, you can set it down for large logs then raise it for the smaller ones to a good work hight.
Hi ants, that is one monster machine. I think you will be safe enough when you use it. The way you work things out is really good, and then you get on and do it. Another enjoyable video.👍
What an upgrade. You must be one of the world's private biggest volume user of welding rods! Amazing power in the splitter but that is a beast now of bespoke equipment. Great job...
Hi! This new splitter looks a lot like the one I have only you have a 3 phase version! Some observations I made! 1. The bar on your right side is supposed to connect to that chain on top of the splitting ram and it is a log lift to lift heavy logs. 2. Almost no one have a 1 meter fireplace but what you do is you cut the log in one meter pieces with the chainsaw, split them and stack them. The stack is super stable due to the length. Then as the wood is dry, the 1 meter piece is cut using a electric wood saw into the correct length. It is actually less work when you count the steps and splitting is usually the slowest part. 3. I have only been hit once in the balls in many years of using my vertical splitter but I don’t need more children anyway so I think it is a risk that is worth it. I would not want to have those bars in front of the working area. 4. That base area is slippery on my machine too, I might have to do a similar upgrade. 5. The arms are supposed to hold the wood but I don’t get them to work great. 6. My splitter is a bit too low just like yours but i place it on a 45 mm wooden plank when I split, it saves my back. 7. 4 way splitter is great, I have one from the factory, great job you did on yours. 8. I wonder if I could get a 3 phase motor and electronics for mine and upgrade…… Best Regards Nils
cool thingy. I always cut my lumber in 1m peaces and split it upright with a 20t splitter attatched to a tractror. After stacking and drying for 1,5-2 jears i cut it in 33,3333 cm pieces. This way you can stack them easyer. 1m piles don fall down..
I think you should mount it to your Yanmar. Tie the hydraulics to bypass the electric motor when on the ho. And when using manually put a pin in the new safety bracket so it can't shake loose while driving around on the bobcat.
Wow,,, the upgrades to the log splitter is amazing,,take a picture and send them to the company that it's from .I think they can incorporate your ideas and make that beast even better. Nice job A.P.
That contraption on the right side looks like it is made to load logs. UnBolt it from the transport mode then hook than chain, to it with the head down, when it goes up the log will be lifted onto the table.
As much welding as you do you should buy a welding scaler to clean up your welds. The scaler runs off of air from a compresser and they work fantastic for removing the Flux and spatter from your welds. They only cost less then 50 dollars and a scaler works great. Using a scaler is not only a lot better then knocking the Flux and cleaning up the weld but it's a lot faster then trying to use a slag hammer .
@@Ants_Pants I've been a fabricator / welder for over 50 years and I've never found anything that will clean a weld faster or better then a scaler. They really work great in tight places a wire brush can't fit. I think if you ever try one you will be very happy with how easy and well it cleans slag off a weld.
Hi! This new splitter looks a lot like the one I have only you have a 3 phase version! Some observations I made! 1. The bar on your right side is supposed to connect to that chain on top of the splitting ram and it is a log lift to lift heavy logs. 2. Almost no one have a 1 meter fireplace but what you do is you cut the log in one meter pieces with the chainsaw, split them and stack them. The stack is super stable due to the length. Then as the wood is dry, the 1 meter piece is cut using a electric wood saw into the correct length. It is actually less work when you count the steps and splitting is usually the slowest part. 3. I have only been hit once in the balls in many years of using my vertical splitter but I don’t need more children anyway so I think it is a risk that is worth it. I would not want to have those bars in front of the working area. 4. That base area is slippery on my machine too, I might have to do a similar upgrade. 5. The arms are supposed to hold the wood but I don’t get them to work great. 6. My splitter is a bit too low just like yours but i place it on a 45 mm wooden plank when I split, it saves my back. 7. 4 way splitter is great, I have one from the factory, great job you did on yours. 8. I wonder if I could get a 3 phase motor and electronics for mine and upgrade…… Best Regards Nils
idea time ... Hi Mr pants .. idea for your new log splitter .. clip a chain with a log clamp on to the log splitter so when it raisers it will lift the heavy logs up .. no more bad back. let the machine do the work ..great video .. keep up the good work. Ian uk
The skid steer was the answer to the ergonomics too. Just scoop it up, drive to where the wood is, lift the splitter to the desired height..go to work. Of course, you'll need a long cable..OR..you ditch the 3-phase motor powering the hydraulics and connect to the AUX on the skid steer.
Those were wavy washers or wave washers. They are meant to accommodate shock or repeated dynamic tension in a joint. Love your channel and content, keep up the awesome work.
Howzit Andris. May i suggest you re-design that log splitter into a 4 edge splitter. That is a lot of power being used only to split a log in the middle once. To use that same force to split it twice at once would surely safe you time. And also maybe weld studs/spikes on the bottom plates to avoid the logs from slipping off the plate
Truly a great video! I have never seen such a machine as that, and I've been looking for a log splitter for about 2 years. I think that the company making that log splitter was infiltrated by a tree-hugger. If you look at the way the controls are set up, you are basically hugging the log as you make the machine split it. You did a fantastic job of making it safe. Those washers are a type of spring, called a "wave washer" in the US. Normally used to hold something that turns in the position you put it in, or to eliminate rattles. I have spent many hours analyzing log splitter operation and trying to be able to use the hydraulic pump on my Kubotska tractor to operate a log splitter, Sadly, the pump capacity is too little to operate a log splitter in a practical time. I have looked at it from many ways and still haven't made a decision. What makes many log splitters practical is having a special pump with an internal way to switch from higher volume when moving the cylinder to higher pressure after it begins contacting the log. The ones I have seen move from horizontal operation on smaller logs to vertical operation on larger ones. I rented a log splitter, but sadly, as I towed it home with the Chevroletska K-10 truck, something I ran over in the road damaged the log splitter and I had to pay for repair, as well as the rental. A car was coming in the other lane, so I could not swerve to miss the metal in the road.
@@Ants_Pants Seems like it was about $170. They had to replace one side of the engine case - the hole for the engine oil dipstick was crushed. I asked about buying it and repairing it for my own use, but it was practically new and the cost would be over $2000, if I remember correctly.
1) Make the blue base height adjustable with a 2 way push/pull hydraulic cylinder. 2) With 12 tons, you could set it up for creasing/bending flat steel as well. 3) Make the splitting blade removable for other attachments like a hydraulic bearing press, interference sleeve fitting, metal punch press etc.
Congratulations for another nice stream. I love hearing you cursing in estonian (along with kicking around the wheeled barrow, couple of weeks ago). 👍 ☺
Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you Andris,garantie gone but your upgrades made the machine much better and saver good work 👍😁 and you can bring it wherever you want.
Awesome upgrade man. By the way, you can tap thicker steel, just use the taps in the right sequence. Meaning, 1st 2nd and 3rd pass, takes a little longer but works realy good. 😊
I saw one guy had adapted log splitter -- turn upside down and mount on RSJ and attach to excavator-quick coupling-- drive hydrauics from excavator--- advantage that you move the splitter to log and saves man-handling
❤ this channel. Enjoy the humor. Didn’t you say you didn’t want to assemble anything? You took things apart and reassembled btw… let’s cross our fingers and hope it’s better than Ikea”e assemblies. 😂
I think you have one badass log splitter. I would of done pretty much the same upgrades too minus the Bobcat part. Its really important to protect those family jewels. Yep! See ya on the next one friend. Take care from Canada eh!
nice modifications, but if I saw correctly, the new 4-way wedge has now wider wedges and more blunt edges at the bottom where it drives into the wood which instead of 'cutting' into the wood and splitting it is now crushing the wood fibers before it creates enough pressure to jam into the wood. I feel the cutting edges should be 'sharper' to drive into the wood and cut and split it slowly and more easily instead of crushing and then suddenly 'popping' the stumps.
Was that you Andris in the beginning? You look suave n sophisticated…smooth dressings….hehehehe Your wood splitter looks awesome, protect your manhood all the time…good design on your blade…. Beautiful neices you got…must got it from super mom!
Those are known as wave washers. They usually use to provide shock absorption in a system but can also be used as a type of lock washer though they don't work very well for that.
Hehe, that thing works pretty good... On the back usually is a threaded rod to set the end height of the return, so it doesn't go always to the top. Washers are elastic, you fing those on the bearings of electric motors. 😉 When you cut logs, it's wise to cut the notches out pretty parallel, otherwise it's a pain to make them stay as you split.. You're right, the cross wedge is optimal for productivity and keep in mind, the progressive type is the best, which is the one you made. I don't like the triangle under the side wedges though, as it will be pushing side pieces away. It's better to leave them lean outside so they grab with no mercy! Don't forget the back clearance as the side ones will wedge wood to the main pillar. Oh by the way, you voided the warranty with the upgrade... 🤭 That ultimate strength plate, brownish color, is very likely to be hardox 400 or 500.. With no adeguate tools is a nightmare to work it.. but it will be a great wedge.. Excelent work, Ants, it looks cool! Cheers!
If it has a save stand or is attached to your Skidsteer, you could try and weld a hook or something to the top of the boom. With that you can lift the logs up without backpain… Just an idea
I think the black bars on the right are for lifting the logs up take the blue bar off the back that's stopping it moving then it will drop to the floor then when the splitter goes up it will lift it connected by that chain
I love to see the kids playing just like you're playing😂😂😂❤
Almost 50k subs Andris! Honestly i don’t know why you don’t have 500k. I see channels that have 500k+ subs, and i wonder how your channel doesn’t have the same!
You tube is holding it low wail they are urning trillions of dollars on sales and pester us with there shit trying to sell you shitty stuff.
No problem. At least your here
I bought a gas powered splitter, 25 ton last fall and it can switch from vertical to horizontal. Not the fastest Hydraulic cylinder movement but way better than swinging an axe. Hello Ants Pants from Nova Scotia Canada, I am a first generation Canadian Estonian, my parents came to Canada in the early 50's, Im almost 60 years old now and find your channel very interesting. Would like to respond to you in Esto but am so broken in my abilities to be able to. Did not talk a lot in Esto with parents when growing up but am going out on a limb to say hello in Estonian....tere! :)
Tere 😇
Dude, thanks man! Enjoying every single day videos and Fridays happy days!
Glad you like them!
Boys and their toys! Rock on, bro. Told ya a vertical log splitter was the best to get! All your upgrades are awesome! Make a ramp to roll any heavy logs up on the support plate. No lifting. Frozen wood will sometimes "explode" when split. Be careful. Until next time take care, keep warm and protect your balls!
Thanks for the tips!
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That new 4 way blade is the Mona Lisa of log splitting accessories
😂
Wow, that splitter is an animal. Nice new addition to the Ants Pants tool armoury. It wouldn't take much to make some additional adapters for the splitter head. Oil filter crusher & car suspension strut safety spring removal tool.
3 phase cable and premade leads are miles apart in price for some bizarre reason.
I used to buy hundreds of meters of heavy duty H07BN4-F cable and make my own leads for commercial stage use for chain hoist winches and special effects equipment.
Great video, Andris. Have a great weekend, mate
Yeh so odd
Another project completed! Can you put a remote so you don't have to bend over? That or you could leave it on the forks and raise it when in use. Good stuff buddy👍👍
Hmm. Maybe
You the man, know it's a wrap when the paint brush comes out.
Bro you should tap into the electrical system I know you have the knowledge for that. Add a remote control with an extension cord attached to it, a 3 meters cord should be enough. Stand behind the machine towards the motor side and that should be safer than anything else you do to it. save your self a leg, a foot, an arm, an eye or your entire face. Better to be safe than sorry! congrats on your new purchase seem fun!
😜
New movie. Yeah. Greeting Andris
Those wood splitters that attach to the skid steer are great. Make a mount to your skid steer, that will make the height adjustable, you can set it down for large logs then raise it for the smaller ones to a good work hight.
I have bigger plans 😅👍
Hi ants, that is one monster machine. I think you will be safe enough when you use it. The way you work things out is really good, and then you get on and do it. Another enjoyable video.👍
Thanks 👍
What an upgrade. You must be one of the world's private biggest volume user of welding rods! Amazing power in the splitter but that is a beast now of bespoke equipment. Great job...
😅
Great job using your own ideas to make the splitter better.
Thanks 👍
love this old style channel, ty mr andris
Hehe nice bobcat attachment, 4 blades came out pretty good, nice to see you progress in metal fabrication along with your workshop, cheers mate
Thanks 👍
Awesome monster! Those washers may be a type of spring washers. So funny those two teletubbies😊
Haha
all that power at your fingertips, I expect to see future videos where you make a bearing press attachment, potato dicer, and paper cutter.
Hi! This new splitter looks a lot like the one I have only you have a 3 phase version! Some observations I made!
1. The bar on your right side is supposed to connect to that chain on top of the splitting ram and it is a log lift to lift heavy logs.
2. Almost no one have a 1 meter fireplace but what you do is you cut the log in one meter pieces with the chainsaw, split them and stack them. The stack is super stable due to the length. Then as the wood is dry, the 1 meter piece is cut using a electric wood saw into the correct length. It is actually less work when you count the steps and splitting is usually the slowest part.
3. I have only been hit once in the balls in many years of using my vertical splitter but I don’t need more children anyway so I think it is a risk that is worth it. I would not want to have those bars in front of the working area.
4. That base area is slippery on my machine too, I might have to do a similar upgrade.
5. The arms are supposed to hold the wood but I don’t get them to work great.
6. My splitter is a bit too low just like yours but i place it on a 45 mm wooden plank when I split, it saves my back.
7. 4 way splitter is great, I have one from the factory, great job you did on yours.
8. I wonder if I could get a 3 phase motor and electronics for mine and upgrade……
Best Regards Nils
Always enjoy watching your videos
Hello ain't pants really enjoy all you share i watch you some times over and over
I appreciate that
I like the final product. Should be a tank of a splitter.
Brilliant , an Andris video
cool thingy. I always cut my lumber in 1m peaces and split it upright with a 20t splitter attatched to a tractror. After stacking and drying for 1,5-2 jears i cut it in 33,3333 cm pieces. This way you can stack them easyer. 1m piles don fall down..
I think you should mount it to your Yanmar. Tie the hydraulics to bypass the electric motor when on the ho. And when using manually put a pin in the new safety bracket so it can't shake loose while driving around on the bobcat.
Great tip!
Things a beast now They should have been built like yours send a patent request in before the company does ! Great video stay warm
That would be cool
Super duper excited for cutting season. You will be KING WOOD SPLITTER.
Let's hope
Excellent upgrades. I like the safety guard and nonslip platform best.
Agreed!
New video from ants pants and Andrew camarata in the same time 😍
Lol 😅
The voiceover during the time lapse was awesome 🤌🏼🤌🏼
The upgrades greatly helped out, especially the catch fence safety 😱
You just doubled the efficiency of the splitter! Fantastic work 👍 !
Thanks 👍
Wow,,, the upgrades to the log splitter is amazing,,take a picture and send them to the company that it's from .I think they can incorporate your ideas and make that beast even better. Nice job A.P.
Maybe i will
I would recommend large spikes for your platform plate, it’s going to get filled with tree bark, dirt, etc. Another cool video Andris.
Ants, epic modification…. But it’s still not user friendly…. Leg protection is a must…. watching that log explode… nearly pissed myself 😂
I did
I like the upgrades. Especially if you pick it up from the other direction. Leave it on skid steer until you are done for the day.
You really beefed up that wood splitter. Nice.
That contraption on the right side looks like it is made to load logs. UnBolt it from the transport mode then hook than chain, to it with the head down, when it goes up the log will be lifted onto the table.
Oj
Wow! That seems like some unnecessarily complex wood splitter. Definitely better after your upgrades! Cheers Laddie.
You bet!
As per usual, great Ant's Pants modifications...
Thanks again!
Nice modifications. Reinforcement, with added safety. Excellent result, well done Ant.
Thanks 👍
I look forward to your videos more than new episodes of my favorite tv shows
What's your fav tv shows?
@@Ants_Pants Yellowstone, Rookie, Equalizer
GudNord would definitely be impressed with your upgrades!
I hope so!
As much welding as you do you should buy a welding scaler to clean up your welds. The scaler runs off of air from a compresser and they work fantastic for removing the Flux and spatter from your welds. They only cost less then 50 dollars and a scaler works great. Using a scaler is not only a lot better then knocking the Flux and cleaning up the weld but it's a lot faster then trying to use a slag hammer .
Wire brush on a angle grinder works great also
@@Ants_Pants I've been a fabricator / welder for over 50 years and I've never found anything that will clean a weld faster or better then a scaler. They really work great in tight places a wire brush can't fit. I think if you ever try one you will be very happy with how easy and well it cleans slag off a weld.
Hi! This new splitter looks a lot like the one I have only you have a 3 phase version! Some observations I made!
1. The bar on your right side is supposed to connect to that chain on top of the splitting ram and it is a log lift to lift heavy logs.
2. Almost no one have a 1 meter fireplace but what you do is you cut the log in one meter pieces with the chainsaw, split them and stack them. The stack is super stable due to the length. Then as the wood is dry, the 1 meter piece is cut using a electric wood saw into the correct length. It is actually less work when you count the steps and splitting is usually the slowest part.
3. I have only been hit once in the balls in many years of using my vertical splitter but I don’t need more children anyway so I think it is a risk that is worth it. I would not want to have those bars in front of the working area.
4. That base area is slippery on my machine too, I might have to do a similar upgrade.
5. The arms are supposed to hold the wood but I don’t get them to work great.
6. My splitter is a bit too low just like yours but i place it on a 45 mm wooden plank when I split, it saves my back.
7. 4 way splitter is great, I have one from the factory, great job you did on yours.
8. I wonder if I could get a 3 phase motor and electronics for mine and upgrade……
Best Regards Nils
Thanka for the info Nils
I watch for the list making. I do love a good Andris list.
Always
idea time ... Hi Mr pants .. idea for your new log splitter .. clip a chain with a log clamp on to the log splitter so when it raisers it will lift the heavy logs up .. no more bad back. let the machine do the work ..great video .. keep up the good work. Ian uk
It has that feature on the right lol. But i may wanna upgrade it
Definitely worth the buy and the upgrades were kick-ass! You can split a galaxy with that
Let's hope
Ants I like the upgrades. For my own splitter I made some adapters to press out bearings and bend thick steel.
Cool m8
you could mount and face it the other way on your fork-lift; choose your own working height and have it mobile-- cool vid!
i like watching new stuff upgrades
The skid steer was the answer to the ergonomics too. Just scoop it up, drive to where the wood is, lift the splitter to the desired height..go to work. Of course, you'll need a long cable..OR..you ditch the 3-phase motor powering the hydraulics and connect to the AUX on the skid steer.
I just wanted to thank you for being as you are. With your channel you are hitting a sweet spot in my villageheart. 🎉
Wow, thank you!
The upgrades turned out great Andris, so glad to get to see you 2 times this week! Have a fantastic weekend and take care
Thanks 👍
@@Ants_Pants
You’re welcome 👍 You can put out a surprise video anytime you want to!
Good improvements ALL..!
Safe , sac proof and sooo satisfying ..-splitting WOOD..
YEAH , THATS THE TICKET
Nice workshop you made bro!!!👍🏻
Thanks 👍
Those were wavy washers or wave washers. They are meant to accommodate shock or repeated dynamic tension in a joint. Love your channel and content, keep up the awesome work.
Thanks for the info!
loved watching you make the uploads, please some some sponsor him a horizontal bandsaw, he deserves it, ill buy the brand too
Cool m8
Howzit Andris. May i suggest you re-design that log splitter into a 4 edge splitter. That is a lot of power being used only to split a log in the middle once. To use that same force to split it twice at once would surely safe you time. And also maybe weld studs/spikes on the bottom plates to avoid the logs from slipping off the plate
Brilliant upgrades, so much berrer than the factory option. 👍
Truly a great video! I have never seen such a machine as that, and I've been looking for a log splitter for about 2 years. I think that the company making that log splitter was infiltrated by a tree-hugger. If you look at the way the controls are set up, you are basically hugging the log as you make the machine split it. You did a fantastic job of making it safe. Those washers are a type of spring, called a "wave washer" in the US. Normally used to hold something that turns in the position you put it in, or to eliminate rattles. I have spent many hours analyzing log splitter operation and trying to be able to use the hydraulic pump on my Kubotska tractor to operate a log splitter, Sadly, the pump capacity is too little to operate a log splitter in a practical time. I have looked at it from many ways and still haven't made a decision. What makes many log splitters practical is having a special pump with an internal way to switch from higher volume when moving the cylinder to higher pressure after it begins contacting the log. The ones I have seen move from horizontal operation on smaller logs to vertical operation on larger ones. I rented a log splitter, but sadly, as I towed it home with the Chevroletska K-10 truck, something I ran over in the road damaged the log splitter and I had to pay for repair, as well as the rental. A car was coming in the other lane, so I could not swerve to miss the metal in the road.
Oh snap that's unlucky. Did you have to pay a lot?
@@Ants_Pants Seems like it was about $170. They had to replace one side of the engine case - the hole for the engine oil dipstick was crushed. I asked about buying it and repairing it for my own use, but it was practically new and the cost would be over $2000, if I remember correctly.
@@dustcommander100 ouch
1) Make the blue base height adjustable with a 2 way push/pull hydraulic cylinder.
2) With 12 tons, you could set it up for creasing/bending flat steel as well.
3) Make the splitting blade removable for other attachments like a hydraulic bearing press, interference sleeve fitting, metal punch press etc.
Thanks for the ideas
Totally awesome watching you go at it and seeing the genius going on inside you.. All your attachments were kick ass!
Thanks
Thanks for the show Andris 🍻 🇦🇺
My pleasure!
Congratulations for another nice stream. I love hearing you cursing in estonian (along with kicking around the wheeled barrow, couple of weeks ago). 👍 ☺
😁
Awesome additions to modify your splitter into a robo-splitter. Looks great and happy weekend.
Robo splitter 😅
Nice bit of fabrication Ants, well done 👍👏👏👏
Kudos
Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love and bless you Andris,garantie gone but your upgrades made the machine much better and saver good work 👍😁 and you can bring it wherever you want.
You are so welcome
It’s a work of mechanical ART! Genius!
Nice work Mr Pants. Seems like a must have for the amount of wood you burn. Well done on the upgrades.
Thanks 👍
Mag drill is about the coolest invention ever
Agree
wow nice press . 12 tons and you can make anything cool tool!
Create a grapple to grab the log and Center it, then split the log. All this attached to the Bobcat with hydraulic feed from the cab.
Brilliant upgrades Ants you are so talented loved the video. Love to see some beefy wheels on it too..
Thanks 👍
Nice Upgrades, worth it for sure👍😌
I think so too!
It's cool to watch A mastermind at work.
That's one fancy log splitter. Should do well with very hard and pesky wood types.
There's an loglift on the right. I did not show it in video
You can weld a lifting eye on to the top piece of the wedge and use a chain and log tongs to pick up the wood to split
Awesome upgrade man. By the way, you can tap thicker steel, just use the taps in the right sequence.
Meaning, 1st 2nd and 3rd pass, takes a little longer but works realy good. 😊
Cool, thanks
Awesome invention, you could patent it . Seriously. I’ll buy the first one . If I can afford it. lol great video !!! Thanks for sharing. Craig. Pa.
😅👍
I saw one guy had adapted log splitter -- turn upside down and mount on RSJ and attach to excavator-quick coupling-- drive hydrauics from excavator--- advantage that you move the splitter to log and saves man-handling
Yes farmcraft
No matter what you do you always make it entertaining
I will breather for 1 hour and still make it worthy
Well done Ant, excellent job mate. One thing, get yourself some Cobalt drill bits. Bob
I have em
That splitter blade looks like something the Vikings would have made.
😅
Well done! Very ingenious, practical mods. You're the man!
❤ this channel. Enjoy the humor. Didn’t you say you didn’t want to assemble anything? You took things apart and reassembled btw… let’s cross our fingers and hope it’s better than Ikea”e assemblies. 😂
Pretty much!
Awesome, another week end who start very well with you and your project, again thank you for sharing and have a nice week end 👍👍👍👍
Thank you! You too!
I am from newfoundland Canada love your Videos keep it up
Cool m8
Cool content Ant. BTW in the UK them weird washers are called crinkle or wave washers.
Cool m8 thanks
Wave washers are actually a kind of lock washer.
I think you have one badass log splitter. I would of done pretty much the same upgrades too minus the Bobcat part. Its really important to protect those family jewels. Yep! See ya on the next one friend. Take care from Canada eh!
Right on
Great bit of kit Andris and your mods were awesome, much more practical and safer now. Well done as always old chap
Thanks 👍
Getting close to the 50k bro
Well deserved love the content and your sense of humour is brilliant.
Legend!
Another great video , and now a mousy splitter to a Schwarzenegger log splitter , thanks Ants !!!
Lol
nice modifications, but if I saw correctly, the new 4-way wedge has now wider wedges and more blunt edges at the bottom where it drives into the wood which instead of 'cutting' into the wood and splitting it is now crushing the wood fibers before it creates enough pressure to jam into the wood. I feel the cutting edges should be 'sharper' to drive into the wood and cut and split it slowly and more easily instead of crushing and then suddenly 'popping' the stumps.
Depends on the wood i think. Will see once i start using it more
Was that you Andris in the beginning? You look suave n sophisticated…smooth dressings….hehehehe
Your wood splitter looks awesome, protect your manhood all the time…good design on your blade….
Beautiful neices you got…must got it from super mom!
Yes, thanks
Those are known as wave washers. They usually use to provide shock absorption in a system but can also be used as a type of lock washer though they don't work very well for that.
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Hehe, that thing works pretty good... On the back usually is a threaded rod to set the end height of the return, so it doesn't go always to the top. Washers are elastic, you fing those on the bearings of electric motors. 😉 When you cut logs, it's wise to cut the notches out pretty parallel, otherwise it's a pain to make them stay as you split.. You're right, the cross wedge is optimal for productivity and keep in mind, the progressive type is the best, which is the one you made. I don't like the triangle under the side wedges though, as it will be pushing side pieces away. It's better to leave them lean outside so they grab with no mercy! Don't forget the back clearance as the side ones will wedge wood to the main pillar. Oh by the way, you voided the warranty with the upgrade... 🤭 That ultimate strength plate, brownish color, is very likely to be hardox 400 or 500.. With no adeguate tools is a nightmare to work it.. but it will be a great wedge.. Excelent work, Ants, it looks cool! Cheers!
Maybe😅 lucky these things hardly fail
Money well spent young man. Thank you for sharing this with me. It looks alot better now after the upgrades.
No problem 👍
Well..... this is awkward🤔
That's what she said. Then I opened a new can of "starting fluid".
If it has a save stand or is attached to your Skidsteer, you could try and weld a hook or something to the top of the boom. With that you can lift the logs up without backpain…
Just an idea
Check out Neil Koch: Dig Drives DIY excuator wood splitter. easy, fast and cheap to make and splits big logs. He built it about a year ago..
I think the black bars on the right are for lifting the logs up take the blue bar off the back that's stopping it moving then it will drop to the floor then when the splitter goes up it will lift it connected by that chain
@@antb3885 good eye. I didn't even realize this
Great upgrades love watching your channel. You have a lot of good ideas.
Thanks so much!