Keep in mind guys that unless you use a bi-directional hydraulic cylinder like those found in "PortaPower" kits you will need to mount your traditional hydraulic jack vertically.
At 10:24 AM 8/28/2006 -0500, William Stephan wrote: >Interesting Joe. We used to call > the screw jacks you mention "house jacks". The ends of the ones I know > about though sfin so as not to damage the surface their under. If you > could get a large wedge mounted on a sturdy piece of I beam or something, > and something to keep a jack in place at the other end, you might be able > to make a manual splitter. If you use a wedge rather than a screw, you > could use a screw or hydraulic jack. >Bill Stephan >Kansas City, MO >(816)803-2469 >William Stephan > > >-----Original Message----- >From: "Joe"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: 8/28/06 8:23:16 AM >To: "[email protected]"<[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. 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