Really cool old wood splitter on CL

tinknal · #1 03/30/13, 11:49 AM

Of course it also looks like it would work quite well as an unintentional amputation devise....

http://stcloud.craigslist.org/grd/3712506664.html

Wanda · #2 03/30/13, 01:48 PM

I wonder if this was used to split wood shingles? I don't think it is heavy enough to split firewood.

haypoint · #3 03/30/13, 02:40 PM

These are a hoot to watch. along the same idea as the one on Craigslist.

tinknal · #4 03/30/13, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Wanda

I wonder if this was used to split wood shingles? I don't think it is heavy enough to split firewood.

It would need a wider blade for shingles. I think the impetus of the motor would provide the necessary power.

Bret4207 · #5 03/31/13, 07:18 AM

Looks ho'made to me. That wheel isn't near strong enough to split any real wood. Any of those I've seen has a very heavy, flywheel type wheel.

Ozarks Tom · #6 03/31/13, 06:56 PM

OSHA approved?

Chief Cook · #7 03/31/13, 07:12 PM

DH got a kick out of this! Thanks for the information. We decided that we like our log splitter best. Hydraulics might be slower in cold weather, but we have never lost any body parts with it. We have split some mulberry wood and it sometimes flys off the splitter like it was shot out of a cannon! That would be horrible if it was backed by one of those critters!!! Whew...

nc_mtn · #8 04/03/13, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Ozarks Tom

OSHA approved?

Just depends, does the plug in have a ground on it? Are you wearing an orange vest??

My concern would be the wedge isn't painted safety orange

wannabechef · #9 04/03/13, 07:26 PM

It's a coconut splitter...

chestnut · #10 04/03/13, 08:12 PM

The sellers name is Three fingers

uncle Will in In. · #11 04/04/13, 02:20 AM

Didn't really mater if it worked.. By the time you got that old motor running, Ma and the kids would already have the wood split with an ax.