indiansprings
Firewood Purveyor
Started a new project, THUMPER, the hay baler transitioning into a wood splitter, after viewing Clarence's Wood Splitter on You Tube, we couldn't help ourselves, a neighbor donated his old IH baler to the cause and we started tear down. Ever had a 4 1/2" cutting wheel explode? My son was cutting off bolt heads when I walked out the shop door about 10' away, I heard a pop and was knocked down by something hitting me in the adam's apple. A 4 1/2 cutting wheel had just exploded, I had just put it on not three minutes before, no visible cracks and brand new, it was a grizzly brand I was trying for the first time. I guess you can't be to careful, will post updates as we get THUMPER up and running, we're going to incorporate a sliding shield on the plunger so you can't get your hands in it while operating, just an experiment to augment the Troy Bilt 27 ton. Good father son time if nothing else.