Print font size without ax and effort: try a wood splitter

The first wood log splitters existed at the end of the nineteenth century, but they did not get a greater expansion only in the second half of the last.Their advantage is obvious - we do not have to buy more expensive processed firewood, but we only need it cheaper directly from the saw, or (if we decide to self -production) even from the forest.Due to ever better fuel boilers technique, wood heating is an environmentally friendly way of heating.

In addition, we often use stoves and fireplaces, not only for occasional flooding.When we compare the rising energy prices with the possibility to get quite easily fuel timber especially in the countryside, the choice is clear.The disadvantage is actually only one.If we really want to save, we have to put our hand to the work both when cutting and splitting.We will leave the cutting for this time and we will be interested in the splitting.

Security care and splitter

Wood log splitters can be in principle horizontal or vertical (or thorns that we write in another place) and with an electric or combustion engine that drive the hydraulic circuit.Tractor owners can use the device for the drive to drive the outlet to their cardan shaft.Thus saves on the drive and at the same time weight.The device generally consists of a robust frame that must not be deformed at work, an electric motor or an internal combustion engine, a hydraulic pump, a piston and a splitting wedge.We place the wood on a splitting bench serving as a support, and it moves the splitting wedge smoothly after the hydraulics are triggered.

Equipment manufacturers put great weight on operator safety.For horizontal splitters it is necessary to control the slide with both hands using the control levers on the side of the machine.Once we let one release the wedge automatically returns.The same happens at the vertical splitter that we control by pressing the handle on both sides of the device.When you release any from the trigger buttons, the wedge goes back up.There are also collets that have the task of preventing the chipped wood to flew uncontrollably part of the block.We should work ourselves, without onlookers in the vicinity, with gloves, glasses and in adjacent clothing.

O The machine must also be able to take care of, for example, before use ventraulic system to prevent the air to damage the seal.Hydraulic oil should be replaced from time to time, the term determines in the manufacturer's instructions.It is up to one hundred and fifty working hours.Do not use the electrical equipment in a humid environment.

Horizontal or vertical?

Horizontal splitters are compact and compact but have generally lower performance and we use them for occasional work.Their weight is about fifty kilograms and mostly can be able to divide logs into a length of approximately half a meter with a diameter of twenty -five centimeters - of course it will also depend on the power of the engine and the model.

Let's take the log diameter as indicative, because it will also depend on the quality of the wood, which we can then pinch nanekolikrom after turning.Vertical wood splitter takes precedence in higher power, but is more material (over 100 kg) and also more expensive.Can also handle logs that we would definitely not let with an ax.The device should handle a meter log with a diameter larger than thirty centimeters.

The processing of different log lengths facilitates the lower bench that is adjustable so we don't need to bend unnecessarily.Higher power also means more powerful engine, the electric one will be three -phase and we should count on this when purchasing.Greater performance for us will also mean that we will not have work with the stuck wedge in the log, which is, for example.When we mentioned wedges - they are part of the equipment and can be in the shape of a cross or even six -arm for more powerful splitters, so there is no need to turn the chipped log.

The drive matters

We will also choose to drive the splitter according to where we want to use it.The electrical splitters will of course be dependent on the source, so they are already intended for use near the house in the backyard, in the garage or in the garden, those with a petrol engine can be used as highly mobile at the wood mining site.The advantage is obvious.The timber is of course more compact and we can take it more at once.

These splitters will be useful even where we need great power and we do not have a three -phase current.The tractor shaft outlet is another way of drive that tractor owners can use.The absence of the engine increases the mobility of the splitter as well.This at the same time reduces its price.We will use it especially for self -production of firewood on site.In general, the initial investment in the splitter is not exactly low, but over time it is worthwhile because we can buy cheaper wood, and make it easier to appreciate the work at an older age.

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Let's try it with a thorn

On the website there are offers for sale so -called thorn (or conical) splitters.This is the vast majority of skillful handy products and basically it is actually the cheapest device with which we can chop logs of large dimensions.In principle, it is that the thorn (cone) is equipped with a screw thread that is drilled into the wood perpendicular to the fibers (forbids on the fibers of the safety regulations), which then does not actually shout but tears.It can be processed in this way by any wood, soft, hard as well as raw or dry.Logs or logs with a larger diameter (perhaps over half a meter) stings spirally around the perimeter like when we peel the apple.

According to the instructions we can construct it ourselves if we have the appropriate tools.The most important part is a splitting thorn (cone) that is available in the corresponding diameters according to the size of the logs we want to pinch in the future.Is made of stainless steel weighing according to size between three and four kilograms.In addition, a 3-4 kW electric motor, a speed between 1000 and 1500 per minute and a reverse switch is required.The cone can also be mounted on the circular shaft (some are sold as accessories - for example, to the TROTT HVP60A), and a device that can be used for the cardan shaft tractors can be used.

When we assemble the whole device ourselves, the basis is a sturdy metal table that must keep the electric motor and chipped logs.The cone is attached to the electric motor shaft and the wedge of the corresponding dimensions is cooked below it.This prevents the pending of wood chips under the cone or the movement of the chipped log if we put it too high and could not keep it.In any case, we should comply with the safety regulations that resemble those when working with a circular saw.

The article was published in the magazine of housing, buildings, reality.