Another Dumb splitter idea running through my head.

[Racerboy832]

I was watching how fast the big processors split wood when they have a 12 way splitter. I then saw one that looked like it was pushing wood through a grate. My dumb idea was , could you use a legally purchased storm grate and sharpen edges to split wood through it. You could remove some of cross bars if you want larger splits. They are usually pretty heavy steal ( not the cast ones). The trick would be attaching it to crush wood through it.

 

[Patrick62]

Me thinks, strength limitations

Might work tho... They are capable of large trucks stopping on them!

I am a fan of building wedges outta road grader blade.

Problem with shoving wood thru a square grid is that the wood has to be squeezed thru there due to the displacement of the blades.

 

[Tazfreak]

Am a fan of cutting edges for wedge making,But a storm drain grate would fold, splitting any thing except soft cheese Build a purpose built wedge or buy one,Too much pressure to be playing with junk.:chainsawguy: My 2 cents :msp_biggrin:

 

[haveawoody]

I bet it works but i bet it's real tough on the splitter and the hydrolic lines or ram show it real fast.
Trouble with splitting wood through a grate is the pressure needed to push each bit past the 12 openings.
A french fry cutter vs a knife is a pretty good scenario for pressure differences.

Why not create 2 sets of 4 way splitters?
One 4 way at right angles the next at 45 from them.
Bet you could buy both and just a bit of welding to make a custom cut head.

Open end heads also avoid the pressure buiding up like a grate would have.
At some point though it all comes down to ram/hydrolic vs split #, no free ride for sure.

 

[cafo1.618]

you would have to cute out some supports to even get the wood to through and when you did that it would probably just bend the metal:msp_wink:

 

[cantoo]

bbbbbbbbbzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz watch up racerboy it's time to get up and go to work and stop dreaming.
:msp_biggrin: I have those same types of dreams, lucky I'm getting older and forget about them after a day or two. Now that I'm 50 I've decided that it's time to stop trying to reinvent the wheel and just work smarter and not harder.

 

[Racerboy832]

I agree I have too many thoughts in my head and not enough time or money. I work part time at the local dump. Now every time I looking in the scrap metal container i'm always trying to figure out if I can build anything with it.

 

[cantoo]

Racer, our local dump used to be a mile from my house. When I grew up I spent so much time there I got hired to work ther parttime. I used to haul more home than I took there. If you've seen any of my threads you will see that I always have a 100 projects going on, luckily this means I don't have time for the really wacky ones. Right now I'm converting an indooor swimming pool room into a 3 bay garage. Then I can work on the wacky stuff.

 

[Racerboy832]

i'm lucky i'm only there part time when needed. I really hate seeing people throw out good stuff. I swear that people must buy those BBQ tanks and use them once and throw them out. I've only been there in the fall season, I can only imagine what comes in all summer. The scrap yard is a whole other world. The amount of equipment that is scrapped would make you puke. Plus for only 7-10c a lb.