[TheForge] Re: cone spliter, was magic tumblers

[Bob Ehrenberger]

Terry,

My dad had one of these and we split a lot of wood with it. The one problem
was that you had to put a kill switch in the ignition for saftey, but after
running the car at a fast idle it would usually descel (sp?) for a while
when the switch was cut.

I have the cone now, with plans of hooking it up to the PTO on my tractor.
(some day)

I'm thinking now it might be easier to hook it up to the same gear system
that drives my tumbler. Which was designed to cold twist rail balisters.

Mine is a Stickler brand. We got it in the early 70's.

Bob Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo

From: "Terry L. Ridder" <terrylr@blauedonau.com>
To: theforge@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [TheForge] magic tumblers
Reply-To: theforge@mailman.qth.net

hello;

i remember a simple device for splitting wood.
it was a cone that had a flange which fit the bolt
pattern for the rear wheel of cars. the cone had
a minimal screw thread. you could just bearly feel
the screw thread but it was there. jack the car up
take off the rear wheel and mount the cone. than you
put the car in low and let the cone turn at a low engine
rpm. you would feed log into the cone point the they would
screw right unto the cone being split in the process.
the cones were not entirely hollow but nearly.
split a good deal of wood for many years with one
several decades ago.