TBS wood splitter

[morkdach]

got sereral pieces of apple,hickory,oak & plum that need to be cut to size. since i'm a watt burner they need to be small and fit in a charcoal pan.
so i started digging thru the bone pile that mama wants me to clean up and look at this. an old powerpak i built years ago for a press a hunk of H beam and some misc hydraulic parts. this has just enough tonnage and a 14" ram.
works great for the little stuff. save me haven to buy chips cept for cherry havent found any of that yet.
took bout a month to build in spare time.

 

[fire it up]

Really nice, sure would love to borrow that sometime.
Beats my method any day, and axe, some sweat and then a sawzall to get them to appropriate size once seasoned.

With all those hoses it looks like something Michael Jackson would have slept in.

 

[morkdach]

oh yea thats the way i used to do it hammer & chisel and band saw

 

[beer-b-q]

Isn't technology great. Nice Find.

 

[fishawn]

WAY COOL! Nice work!

 

[alx]

Nice job.

I have a cord of seasoned cherry.If you are interested in something like a USPS Large Flat Rate box worth etc-let me Know...I threw a chunk on 500 degree grill yesterday cooking some porterhouses and i made a mental note of how good it smelled just burning away....


Chainsaw-then-sawzaw-then hatchet for me.Like that splitter though.....
Cherry i have is second row from bottom

 

[shooterrick]

Ok draw! If I am faster I get the splitter! LOL