I was wondering about that too (as well as Julia?). As you may remember my much simpler "processor"-choke, gag, uses rollers where your angle irons are but then, I don't have the nifty chain conveyor, I use a winch to pull the logs on and then pull them off as I cut them into 16" junks.
Crooked logs or ones with branch/limb protrusions tend to "hang up" but I'm controlling the winch with the hand pendant and can usually manually coax the hang ups through.
I'll be enviously watching your progress Greg (and keeping an eye open for "Julia")
Steve
Im hoping the lined chute with the chain drive works out Steve. Am concerned about crooked ones bridging the sides and staying above the chain.
As for Julia
Is that jaw supposed to bite the log to cut it or just hold it to cut it?
Tell Jules I said HI and give her a big hug from me.
put a cylinder in the side with a dog on it so you can roll the log.
Roughed out some of the parts for the splitter today. Went with a 3 inch bore cylinder with a 30 inch stroke.
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Just another one of those do as I say not as I do senerios Dave.
This style of cylinder has a full width bushing across the end rather than the clevis that yours uses. Anyway I lost my 25mm bar I was going to use. lol
(04-11-2015, 07:55 PM)f350ca Wrote: [ -> ]Just another one of those do as I say not as I do senerios Dave.
This style of cylinder has a full width bushing across the end rather than the clevis that yours uses. Anyway I lost my 25mm bar I was going to use. lol
I'm just pulling your leg, Greg
My cylinder is wider than the flange so I can't do it that way.
How on earth can you lose 25mm thick bar, not as if it can float away. Must be a brain thing
DaveH
In their infinite wisdom the rod end bushing is made narrower than the cylinder on this one. Have to make 3/4 thick bushings and weld them to the inside of the gussets to centre the cylinder and carry the load on the pin.