Impressive. I thought I had a SS fetish. Did you weld the tanks? TIG? . Also the punched support for the fuel tank looks good. Typically seen only on aircraft and race cars. Where did you find the pump mount for your engine?? Doesn't appear to but does it have a clutch in there? Very well if not over kill, goes for the whole splitter. Like the lights as well. I am thinking of adding some so just maybe the citidiots won't hit me. (Been hit three times already on a tractor but that was in the county to the east of here).
See a little bit of the log lift pivot peaking out.
My idea for work flow is slightly different. Since the rounds will be vertical small bits will be on the table itself and the log lift would be set off to the side for such work(probably use the Fiskars however). So the lift would have 1 piece at a time but it maybe a 16" long by 40" white oak at maximum.
Well I just calculated the weight of above round and was quite shocked!!! 763 pounds!!! I am going to have to engineer the lift better and think about noodleing those large ones.
yup, i welded both tanks, the hydraulic tank is 30 gal. stainless, the gas tank is about 3 1/2 gallon aluminum, both tig welded.
gas tank/control panel support are actually fabricated stainless I beams, the webs were cut on a water jet, and i welded the flanges on, the hydraulic tank is supported by the same beams just cut shorter. they were left over from a job at my work...
pump mount i also made. that Wisconsin's output shaft is only about 1 1/2" long and no one makes a mount short enough to be able to mate the drive components, its a piece of 6" sch 40 pipe , i trued up each end on a lathe, pressed into a 3/4" flange on engine side, 1/2" on pump side, and welded, then theres a 1/4" plate the pump actually mounts to and that plate bolts to the 1/2" flange, i can "clock" my pump every 22.5 degrees which makes for easier suction hose routing. the whole mount is self centering, it centers it self on the engine using a counter bore on the mounting flange over the main bearing end plate, and basically the same on the pump side. total runout is .003 which makes for long coupling life.
also theres not a clutch in there, just a #50 chain coupling, im not a fan of "lovejoy" couplings, as the spider can dry/wear out, or fall apart, and doesnt allow for much misalignment.
a chain coupling allows for upto 2 degrees of misalignment and lasts ALOT longer with basically no maintenance...
heres a pic of the lift mount i found, this was before the cylinder mounts were made...
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