I'm in the middle of rebuilding the pusher and slide for my log splitter. Currently, I have 1/16" washers between the sandwich piece and the pusher base to give me enough clearance to slide the pusher free on the top plate. This is only a mock up, because I have some .030 (about 1/32") sheet metal cut to the dimensions of the sandwich (2X10") which I plan to drill and use for a spacer instead of the washers, but is .030 enough? How much clearance should I shoot for here? She slides real nice now at 1/16" clearance, and one school of thought would be keep it on the free side to avoid binds, but it also seems to me that the closer you run on the low side of tolerance then the pusher plate will sit flatter if it tries to tilt back under load and the pressure will be more evenly distributed. Thanks in advance for your input.
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