iowa
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Ok. I've been using this splitter for a while now. I'm having some issues with it. Mostly the verticle beam and the slide-wedge. Today I split some dead white oak that was HARD! It did pretty good, but after the run today it had some war wounds.
What is happening is that the vertical beam is actually bent! This is a piece of 4"x6" 1/4" wall tubing. Initially the slide-wedge was binding on the beam. I took care of that by making more clearance between the slide and beam. I then had a 1/8" gap. I split a lot of wood that way and it was doing great. No more galling. Until today! Started seeing more and more. Then finally stepped back to look and noticed the shaft of the cylinder was bent about 3" from the wedge!
Anyways. It needs some re-engineering.
Is the vertical beam too soft? Do I need to find a different material? Or weld on some wear plates to the sides of the beam? Was hoping to get a lot of wood put up this winter, but can't do that if I'm broke down with a log splitter!
Thanks
What is happening is that the vertical beam is actually bent! This is a piece of 4"x6" 1/4" wall tubing. Initially the slide-wedge was binding on the beam. I took care of that by making more clearance between the slide and beam. I then had a 1/8" gap. I split a lot of wood that way and it was doing great. No more galling. Until today! Started seeing more and more. Then finally stepped back to look and noticed the shaft of the cylinder was bent about 3" from the wedge!
Anyways. It needs some re-engineering.
Is the vertical beam too soft? Do I need to find a different material? Or weld on some wear plates to the sides of the beam? Was hoping to get a lot of wood put up this winter, but can't do that if I'm broke down with a log splitter!
Thanks