Hey, how about an old fashion Ax,thats how i doe it in Canada! Fritz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Fleetwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 9:43 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Electric Yard Tools (was Trees and power companies)
> Hi. > I built one using a long pneumatic cylinder - tried using a jack but found > it hard to get enough speed and momentum to the wedge to make it effective > in splitting the log. The whole project turned out to be a lot more > expensive and difficult than first thought although it does work well - > runs off a 20 cfm compressor. > > Mike > Canberra, Australia. > > At 04:46 PM 22/10/2004 -0400, you wrote: > >Steve, I would like to hear what you think of the electric chain saw and log > >splitter when your evaluation is done. > > > >I have an old 14-inch, 110-volt AC chain saw. It doesn't get much work, > >but I'm > >always pleased with it when I do use it. Not for professional > >lumberjacks, but > >quite adequate for yardwork. > > > >I'm thinking about building a log splitter, probably based on a motor and > >screw > >jack rather than hydraulics, but I have not done enough investigation yet > >to be > >sure which way to go. Spent about six hours near a gas-powered unit a > >couple of > >weekends ago - really want to avoid doing that again. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
