Posted by Texasmark1 on November 04, 2014 at 08:36:18 from (172.243.93.14):
In Reply to: The homemade splitter posted by merlynr on November 03, 2014 at 15:41:30:
Nice Job. What I particularly like is your wedge which is just like the one I built as I was learning what you need when you have a short stroke small diameter cylinder.
Unlike the store bought ones via trial and error, I as apparently you, found that you have to get some steel into the wood before you start to push it open. The straight piece of sharpened steel gets in there but could do better in getting it to split open before you run out of ram...course if you can afford a 5" x 2 1/2' or so ram and have time to wait for it to run it's course you don't need the flare.
The flare alone has a problem getting started. Add the two together and you have the poor man's wedge.
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