Sounds like a slightly modified bearing press. there must be thousands of these around and still sold. They are used to push bearings off shafts and such. All you need is the wedge end to set in there. The base is adjustable from ground level to about six inches from the ram. The hydraulic ram is powered by a hand pump. Works great on bearing so should work on splitting. Sometimes I think they call them a arbor press also. You might have to buy a couple of wood splitting wedges and weld them together with a piece of steel across the top for the ram to work against or buy a wedge for a powered splitter. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Baldwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 9:32 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Manual wood splitter?
> > Joe, > What you are talking about, does exist. My dad has one. The main frame is > probably a 4-6 inch wide I beam. It stands about 4 1/2 to 5 feet tall. The > I bean was welded on to a peace of steel, and the hydraulic ram welded in > parallel with the I beam. The wedge which actually splits the wood looks > like a peace of heavy steel bent at a 90 degree angle. It is welded to the > I bean so the point is directly above the hydraulic ram. > > The hydraulic ram is parallel with the narrow side of the I beam. > I am not sure if some one did make it, but he picked it up at a yard sell > for not much money at all $15-$20 bucks or so. > Works pretty good, better than a splitting maul. > > Hope that helps, > Mike > www.blindmarketing.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Joe > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 08:23 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Manual wood splitter? > > > > I really am looking for a manual wood splitter, something powered by > a hand pumped hydraulic pump or perhaps a screw turned by a bar. > > These things probably don't exist, but it would seem to make sense to > me that they did. As a kid we had a couple of house jacks that had > 20 T stamped into the castings. I was told this ment the jacks were > rated at 20 tons, and they were turned with a real long peice of > steel shafting. They were heavy, very heavy, and a lot of blocking > was needed even for the smallest jobs. We used them for squaring up > old barns and other buildings. > > Seems to me one of those screws must have been adapted to splitting > wood. Could be used inside, would be quiet enough so I wouldn't > become totally disoriented, and would be slow enough so I should be > able to keep both my hands intact, and attached. > > Just dreaming. > > Once upon a time, I came across a wood splitter that was reported to > use a hydraulic jack on a wev page. But that was back in the days of > DOS and Net Tamer and I can not find the page now. The pages I do > find, that may have just what I am looking forr, relie on > graphics. Text description is really lacking. > > Recently found something called "Charlie's Wood Splitter" or > something like that. It is apparently a large, conical bit that > attaches to an impact wrench. (Requires a 3/4 or 1" impact wrench, > and might be just the ticket. But $200 to find out is a bit > daunting, and my impact wrench is only a 1/2" drive, anyway. I think > adding a 3/a4 impact wrench to my tools might be pretty expensive, > although I haven't actually checked at Harbour Freight or > Northern. The idea is intrigueing, > though. Makes so much sense. > > Will keep looking > > Joe > > At 04:50 PM 8/27/06, you wrote: > >What kind of splitter are you looking for Joe? The only manual ones I > >know about have a sledge or maul involved. > >The splitters that use a hydraulic ram can be pretty pricey. I've had > >one that was basically a Briggs & Stratton engine driving a geared down > >augor. You jammed the log onto the end of the augor, brased it against > >a pipe that was mounted on the frame and let it rip. 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