If one where to pump hydraulics by hand it would be nice to have a pump that would pump at a low volume/low pressure to "take up the slack" and be able to switch to low volume/high pressure to actually split the wood. I wonder if anything like that exists as a stock item? Doug
----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Harbican" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 11:03 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Electric Yard Tools (was Trees and power companies) : I have been experimenting with something similar, although, using a 1 1/2 : ton hydraulic jack ( hand pumped ). : : I need to work on the frame, but, the hydraulic jack, just drives the wedge : right through the wood. : : Since my fireplace can only take about a 18 inch log in the back, this is : the max size I cut my wood to ( usually only about 12 to 16 inches - the : jack only has 12 inches of movement, so the last little bit, may still : hold, but, the log is still split and will easily pull apart. : : Greg H. : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Michael Fleetwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 19:43 : 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. : > : : : _______________________________________________ : 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/ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.779 / Virus Database: 526 - Release Date: 10/19/2004 _______________________________________________ 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/
