Well done Kevin! That is a fantastic bit of machinery you've made. There's another video of a wheel splitter on RUclips that is frightening to watch. Yours looks safe, with good operating distance between hands and maul. I'm very impressed with it, and would love to see more videos of it in action, especially hooked to a solar panel!
Hi Kevin I agree whole heartedly with sandykoot. Got some wood here in Aus which may not take kindly to the machine but man you made it yourself and it works a treat.
This looks like a really good and safe enough machine. Probably can't handle the really big ones but I'd get me one of those and use something else for the big ones.
This looks a lot safer than the other one I saw, thank you for taking their idea and really improving it. THIS i might consider haha, also the way you put the wood in looks so much safer as well!
It isnt the least complex or cheapest machine, but it sure seems efficient over say hydraulic. The best simple one is the expanding screw design. Good job on this one!
Thats really cool like the fact that its nice a quiet, When we split wood we work about 8 hrs at a time and after all the noise you just get tired of it
Nice job, man. The beautiful thing about RUclips is everyone is a critic. They all know just where ya went wrong, how to do it better, faster, cheaper, yada yada-but where are their videos? Nice fab job, right down to the color scheme on the paint job: kudos to you!
I like it -- even though I don't know if I'd want to use it. I'd have to be on my toes to avoid "trimming my fingernails" on that spinning wedge. Great work. Looks like a pro did it.
That is brilliant, but still, I don't like the though of what might happen if someone isn't careful! But that's log splitters for you,and that's one of the fastest I've seen,nice job!
thank goodness youve used a heavy flywheel and split logs lying down. i think youll keep all your fingers. i have seen light flywheel splitters that need speed to split and they place the log vertically.
I like the machine. Safety glass... well I guess they are only good when something is about to enter your eye. After being hit in the eye so hard I thought I wood never see with it again, I use the glasses/face guard. It is what it is.
If you know as much as you think you do with the negative comments you would know that this is a very well designed and made kinetic splitter...any power equipment has its caveats.....one always has to use common sense when using any tools...even a hammer or a screwdriver...that piece looks like it is built better than any hydraulic one I have seen...and if you look into the facts and theory of a kinetic splitter their shortcomings are recognized.....but they will go through stringy pepperidge, hard ash ...anything in manageable sizes faster than anything else...so if you are splitting that much you probably have a hydraulic one that can bring those big rounds down to size and then just go through them with one of these...nice job on that. There is a guy on youtube named Gary Gilmore..he is in Pennsylvania ...he has made a bunch of home made firewood processing equipment including a more typical kinetic splitter that he runs off smoke he produces by burning charcoal that he makes himself check it out ruclips.net/video/a4m7FrnudhE/видео.html
First, lets doff the cap for a superb mechanical and hand crafted effort.Pee on the dribbling dorks and their criticisms.Good Stuff Kevin!! By the way turn to UT and find the "Spaltgerat" german hand held wonders. Compare the principle of them and yours. Each amazing :big results,small power, quick results. Sure beats hell out of many efforts that wind up in limbo.
Guess it is 115VAC powered or perhaps 230VAC? I like seeing how far your hands are back compared to the other FW splitters I see where they stand the round on it's end. Also like seeing your extra half step back from the FW too.... Thanks for sharing....
Very nice machine, great workmanship. As for the safety patrol down below - my advice: if you can't handle machines [safely], stay outta the woods. I like the idea of having it waist height (saves on the back pains); electric(saves on the ears), you can use a generator with extension cord if needed. I'd love to build a twin, with an few modification. Maybe adding steel rollers on both side of the log tray to easily feed logs to the operator and to easily send split logs to a nearby wagon. Keep up the great work....sharing knowledge is growing the [surviving] forces. Thanks.
+David R I agree -- this isn't dangerous, assuming that no one does anything incredibly stupid. If you can use a chain saw safely, this one should be no problem. I might add a safety shield up above where the wood goes in, just in case.
This one is well built and has proper areas and shields - few are. I would suggest an emergency stop/clutch for the flywheel and a dead-mans switch for the motor but I would try it.
What's up with all the safety hounds on these videos? Do they think everyone is an idiot? I'm pretty sure it's common sense to keep your hands and "COMPLETE FACE" out of the way. Very nice machine, Kevin!
Yah totally awesome and safe enough the only thing I’d change is get some sound damping pad from the car stereo place and put a little patch under that tray so it aint so loud
Love it! I'd like to buy plans to give me a head start on adapting to whatever wheel I can find locally. How heavy do the frame and splitting anvil have to be? How did you build the wheel drive? It does look a bit dangerous but probably safer than swinging a maul or a hydraulic splitter. The danger zone is stationary, predictable and small. His hands never go into the splitting zone. For a hydraulic splitter your hands go through the splitting zone.
Theres a big advantage to the FLYWHEEL the power to operate this design can be very small and saves on gasoline,diesel or electric power compaired to a hydrolic system. although this effect has been used for many years on punch presses and stamping machines
Hi Kevin Congratulations about your machine to split logs ! Very nice.I woud like to build something similar. Do you have more close up pictures and some tips to build it well? Thank you very much. Trying to send you a pm but it says that i cannot regards Abel
One question. Here in CANADA we use only hardwood for winter wood. Is it possible to split hardwood on your splitter. Nice job on the build, looks very professional.
Nice n I just love the hight of the work area you chose and built into this device, but it scares me a tad knowing how un forgiving the revolving fly wheel wedge is.
Always like watching how a small amount of power added to mass/weight and some inertia can produce so much work. I'm betting that small electric doesn't eat a half dollar's worth of juice every day. Couldn't split by hand and eat for that!
This is very similar to one my father made 30 years ago out of an old commercial dryer wheel. Dangerous yes but you just have to be careful. For all of you that complain about him chopping pine please remember that not all parts of this world have hardwood. We for instance only have spruce, pine and poplar. Not our fault about that so stop the judgemental crap.
Yes but you don't even need a splitter for pine, etc. You can cut a ton of wood very quickly with a good ax. Watch Buckin' Billy Ray or others. Far faster than a splitter and you don't have to handle the wood until it is split.
Looks safe as he operated it, but if you stuck it in maybe just the tip but not fully seated as the thing was just coming around, I think it could make the wood fly up and who knows where, at rapid speed, could also affect your arms if you were holding the wood at the time, could be a dangerous uncontrolled movement.
nice build, I have only one suggestion for you and you may of already incorporated it, I'm not sure as the video ended before I could tell, but anyways, my suggestion: add hinges to the off-cut tables to lift/throw the work to earth instead of picking each one up and stacking of course, if you don't have a pile and stack all cut pieces then disregard. again, nice build..very clean. take care
That looks like a quality build, very professional looking. Kudos on your craftsmanship! Think I'll stick with my axe though, $2000.00 buys a lot of beer!
@kevincavedude This is an awesome job if this was you who built this. This is the best reiteration of the wheel based log splitter that I've ever seen and honestly you should go into business. I bet people would buy your stuff. You have a fucking gold mine here. PATENT THIS SHIT!
This is still the best wood splitter I’ve seen in terms of speed/power/noise combinations
Well done Kevin! That is a fantastic bit of machinery you've made.
There's another video of a wheel splitter on RUclips that is frightening to watch.
Yours looks safe, with good operating distance between hands and maul.
I'm very impressed with it, and would love to see more videos of it in action, especially hooked to a solar panel!
Excellent work! I thought it was a production machine before I read the description.
Hi Kevin I agree whole heartedly with sandykoot. Got some wood here in Aus which may not take kindly to the machine but man you made it yourself and it works a treat.
You are a genius, sir!
Fantastic job on the engineering, design and construction. I really like the wheels RPM. Great Job!!
Wow, You did an awesome job on this. From all the ones I've looked at, yours stands out as the best to me. Thanks for sharing the video with us.
I have never heard one so quiet. Looks high end and works the same. Great job.
I like the quality that you put into the making of the splitter. Very good job.
The cage is a great idea. Looks pretty effective and a lot safer than the last video I saw of this design!
Nice build job - I like the idea of these flywheel jobs too.
This looks like a really good and safe enough machine. Probably can't handle the really big ones but I'd get me one of those and use something else for the big ones.
This looks a lot safer than the other one I saw, thank you for taking their idea and really improving it. THIS i might consider haha, also the way you put the wood in looks so much safer as well!
It isnt the least complex or cheapest machine, but it sure seems efficient over say hydraulic. The best simple one is the expanding screw design. Good job on this one!
Neat piece of machinery. You're lucky to have straight grain timber. Most of what we use is elm or hackberry with a lot of knots and character.
Looks very tame. The way it should be. Well done
Thats really cool like the fact that its nice a quiet, When we split wood we work about 8 hrs at a time and after all the noise you just get tired of it
Brilliant piece of engineering, makes short work of a hard job.
Wow, this is one of the nicest ones I've seen on youtube. Looks like you've geared yours way down to a manageable speed, too.
Nice job, man. The beautiful thing about RUclips is everyone is a critic. They all know just where ya went wrong, how to do it better, faster, cheaper, yada yada-but where are their videos? Nice fab job, right down to the color scheme on the paint job: kudos to you!
great job on the splitter, looks very useful.
I like it -- even though I don't know if I'd want to use it. I'd have to be on my toes to avoid "trimming my fingernails" on that spinning wedge. Great work. Looks like a pro did it.
That is brilliant, but still, I don't like the though of what might happen if someone isn't careful! But that's log splitters for you,and that's one of the fastest I've seen,nice job!
The only way this could be any better is if you power it with an antique engine and a big-ass flatbelt. Love it!
Seems to work very well, well done!
Hi Nick. I used a splitting maul head, it's more slender than others I have, about 8 inches long.
thank goodness youve used a heavy flywheel and split logs lying down. i think youll keep all your fingers. i have seen light flywheel splitters that need speed to split and they place the log vertically.
I like yours a lot better than the rest even though I'm a hydraulic mn myself. GOOD job!
Looks like it works very well for certain types of wood, I'd imagine you'd have a lot of difficulty splitting the more fibrous varieties.
Definitely!
nice quality camera and good machine!
I like the machine. Safety glass... well I guess they are only good when something is about to enter your eye. After being hit in the eye so hard I thought I wood never see with it again, I use the glasses/face guard. It is what it is.
Dave R. How could you be so right? You betcha!
If you know as much as you think you do with the negative comments you would know that this is a very well designed and made kinetic splitter...any power equipment has its caveats.....one always has to use common sense when using any tools...even a hammer or a screwdriver...that piece looks like it is built better than any hydraulic one I have seen...and if you look into the facts and theory of a kinetic splitter their shortcomings are recognized.....but they will go through stringy pepperidge, hard ash ...anything in manageable sizes faster than anything else...so if you are splitting that much you probably have a hydraulic one that can bring those big rounds down to size and then just go through them with one of these...nice job on that.
There is a guy on youtube named Gary Gilmore..he is in Pennsylvania ...he has made a bunch of home made firewood processing equipment including a more typical kinetic splitter that he runs off smoke he produces by burning charcoal that he makes himself check it out
ruclips.net/video/a4m7FrnudhE/видео.html
great tool and wonderful design
Wow, really nice project!
First, lets doff the cap for a superb mechanical and hand crafted effort.Pee on the dribbling dorks and their criticisms.Good Stuff Kevin!! By the way turn to UT and find the "Spaltgerat" german hand held wonders. Compare the principle of them and yours. Each amazing :big results,small power, quick results. Sure beats hell out of many efforts that wind up in limbo.
Nicely made.
Best Hand-Splitter on Planet. One bad move in a wrong moment and -- CHACK!
Guess it is 115VAC powered or perhaps 230VAC? I like seeing how far your hands are back compared to the other FW splitters I see where they stand the round on it's end. Also like seeing your extra half step back from the FW too.... Thanks for sharing....
Very nice machine, great workmanship. As for the safety patrol down below - my advice: if you can't handle machines [safely], stay outta the woods. I like the idea of having it waist height (saves on the back pains); electric(saves on the ears), you can use a generator with extension cord if needed. I'd love to build a twin, with an few modification. Maybe adding steel rollers on both side of the log tray to easily feed logs to the operator and to easily send split logs to a nearby wagon. Keep up the great work....sharing knowledge is growing the [surviving] forces. Thanks.
+David R I agree -- this isn't dangerous, assuming that no one does anything incredibly stupid. If you can use a chain saw safely, this one should be no problem. I might add a safety shield up above where the wood goes in, just in case.
This one is well built and has proper areas and shields - few are. I would suggest an emergency stop/clutch for the flywheel and a dead-mans switch for the motor but I would try it.
It's so simple a child should use it!
What's up with all the safety hounds on these videos? Do they think everyone is an idiot? I'm pretty sure it's common sense to keep your hands and "COMPLETE FACE" out of the way. Very nice machine, Kevin!
best splitter I've ever seen
Best splitter I've ever seen. Would you sell me the plans to it?
Thank you
Works surprisingly well...
Yah totally awesome and safe enough the only thing I’d change is get some sound damping pad from the car stereo place and put a little patch under that tray so it aint so loud
Man that is slicker than owl snot on a winder!! LOL would like to see it up close and not moving!
I like the symbal crash every time it hits!
How could anyone dislike this video?
Excellent. would like a close up of the maul welded to the flywheel ...
Great job. Where's your safety glasses, Kevin?
this is so cool, I love it.
That's awesome. Nice job.
Nice bit of kit you've got there! Does it have a kill switch though should anything happen?
Love it!
I'd like to buy plans to give me a head start on adapting to whatever wheel I can find locally. How heavy do the frame and splitting anvil have to be? How did you build the wheel drive?
It does look a bit dangerous but probably safer than swinging a maul or a hydraulic splitter. The danger zone is stationary, predictable and small. His hands never go into the splitting zone. For a hydraulic splitter your hands go through the splitting zone.
great job!
Sure would like to know where you get something like that heavy wheel and splitting maul; that's the best wood splitter I've ever seen or heard!!
Theres a big advantage to the FLYWHEEL the power to operate this design can be very small and saves on gasoline,diesel or electric power compaired to a hydrolic system. although this effect has been used for many years on punch presses and stamping machines
Awesome machine
better than the other killingmachines on youtube, it looks very save and effective!
This is no more dangerous than most of the tools in the wood shop. Don't put your hand in the wrong place and you are ok.
Uh I think a splitting wedge is less dangerous bro
i like it, but what is the largest piece you've split with it? have you tried any hardwood like oak?
i like this one good job way to be unique
Hi Kevin
Congratulations about your machine to split logs ! Very nice.I woud like to build something similar. Do you have more close up pictures and some tips to build it well?
Thank you very much.
Trying to send you a pm but it says that i cannot
regards
Abel
what kind of heavy wheel is that and where can I get one???? that's one clean built piece of equipment
One question. Here in CANADA we use only hardwood for winter wood. Is it possible to split hardwood on your splitter. Nice job on the build, looks very professional.
Kevin could you possibly supply a pic or drawing of the wedge design your using it seems really efficient
Nice n I just love the hight of the work area you chose and built into this device, but it scares me a tad knowing how un forgiving the revolving fly wheel wedge is.
Always like watching how a small amount of power added to mass/weight and some inertia can produce so much work. I'm betting that small electric doesn't eat a half dollar's worth of juice every day. Couldn't split by hand and eat for that!
Very inventive.
Excellent Splitter, One of the best I have ever seen, Can you tell me
What size is the Engine?
What is the Diameter of the wheel ?
This is very similar to one my father made 30 years ago out of an old commercial dryer wheel. Dangerous yes but you just have to be careful. For all of you that complain about him chopping pine please remember that not all parts of this world have hardwood. We for instance only have spruce, pine and poplar. Not our fault about that so stop the judgemental crap.
Yes but you don't even need a splitter for pine, etc. You can cut a ton of wood very quickly with a good ax. Watch Buckin' Billy Ray or others. Far faster than a splitter and you don't have to handle the wood until it is split.
Super! Sehr gut umgesetzt!
Looks safe as he operated it, but if you stuck it in maybe just the tip but not fully seated as the thing was just coming around, I think it could make the wood fly up and who knows where, at rapid speed, could also affect your arms if you were holding the wood at the time, could be a dangerous uncontrolled movement.
works great on baby wood, how do you split large oak rounds you could hardly get up that high?
Looks good, is the Brand new? or is it refurbished? please can you upload more movies
Very effective, it still requires attention not to cut off your hand might I say.
This don't look too bad.
Just saw this .. nice job !
nice build, I have only one suggestion for you and you may of already incorporated it, I'm not sure as the video ended before I could tell, but anyways, my suggestion:
add hinges to the off-cut tables to lift/throw the work to earth instead of picking each one up and stacking
of course, if you don't have a pile and stack all cut pieces then disregard.
again, nice build..very clean. take care
I know just the video you gleened this idea from. Looks great!!! What hp engine is powering the machine?
That looks like a quality build, very professional looking. Kudos on your craftsmanship! Think I'll stick with my axe though, $2000.00 buys a lot of beer!
nice my man I like it what size motor runs it?
Nice.. I want to make one.. What size & weight is the wheel?
Spliiting like a boss
Great design. Publish those plans! :)
nice one
does it work on green wood too or only seasoned log rounds?
i like that one really nice
Good idea this !!!!
I would like to see this machine split some Australian hardwood !
Awesome!
this is by far the best splitter video yet. what kind of splitter are you using? is it an axe head ?
Very nice build. What's the approximate weight of your wheel and HP of your motor?
Thats cool!!!
@kevincavedude
This is an awesome job if this was you who built this. This is the best reiteration of the wheel based log splitter that I've ever seen and honestly you should go into business. I bet people would buy your stuff. You have a fucking gold mine here. PATENT THIS SHIT!
Does it work on green oak or other hardwoods?
wow nice ,real safe
Sweet I love it
Like the design, was it made by you? if so could you do a little explaining on how. Or where can I purchase one.