Diy Wood Splitter

You can use our plans and bill of materials or substitute materials you have around your own shop and yard to save some cash on your home made firewood splitter.

Diy wood splitter. Add Tip Ask Question Comment Download Step 4. Personally I think a splitting maul is a superior choice for splitting wood. See more ideas about log splitter firewood wood splitter.

In fact if you can build a splitter up from scratch modifying an old one is no big deal. Jul 9 2015 - Home made firewood log splitters. If you have some basic woodworking tools you are all set.

Before anything else you must build the frame for the log splitter. Horizontal log splitters better for commercial use. To build one all you need is some plywood we used 1532nds thickness some plastic garden lawn edging pieces a couple of pieces of flat steel some rivets and a few hours to kill.

Ligher than 18 aluminium plate. While its easy to roll logs onto the plate for splitting the split pieces have to be manually picked and placed aside so that you can continue splitting wood. While new splitters may be expensive old ones are thrown away or cheap.

Attach a hydraulic valve to the hydraulic cylinder and oil tank. Why make a DIY splitter from birch plywood. So logs are first placed standing upright onto the footplate after which a wedge is placed and forced into the log to be split.

You can modify the old ones easily to make them more effective than ever. A 4x8 piece is 35-40 from home depot racing. The Old Wood Splitter Plans.