[TheForge] Re: cone spliter, was magic tumblers

Thu Oct 24 10:28:01 2002

At 11:25 PM 10/24/2002 +0930, you wrote:
>How do you hold the log? in your hands??? seems it will take a lota strength
>to hold the log??

At the following URL is a movie showing the splitter in action.

http://www.thestickler.com/media.cfm?type=movie&name=stickler.mov

Aaron

> >
> > 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.
>
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