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Good Morning!
Building a log splitter with/for my brother, he has a gasification wood boiler that takes 40" long pieces of wood and he wants to be able to split wood to use the full length.
He also wants it to be electric so it's quieter.
Started with a 12' long ibeam, 14" tall, 8" wide, 1/2" flanges and a 3/8" web and welded a tongue onto it:
And a GM 6.5" 4 lug axle that has been under at least 2 other trailers:
Axle got a new pinion seal so it stopped making a mess on my shop floor, pretty sure the differential bearings are shot because if I tighten the caps beyond finger tight, the wheels stop turning.
Don't particularly care as long as they keep moving.
Laid out the cylinder, wedge, etc to see how it will all fit:
Welded the axle under the beam so I can roll it out of the shop:
The original plan was a 1760 RPM 10hp 3 phase motor to a jackshaft and a 2 stage pump powered by a DIY RPC.
However, a 7.5HP single phase 3600 RPM motor came up for sale and we picked it up, so the pump will be direct driven off of that.
Those will sit on the right side of the axle in the picture with a tank sitting in front of that.
Aaron Z
He also wants it to be electric so it's quieter.
Started with a 12' long ibeam, 14" tall, 8" wide, 1/2" flanges and a 3/8" web and welded a tongue onto it:
And a GM 6.5" 4 lug axle that has been under at least 2 other trailers:
Axle got a new pinion seal so it stopped making a mess on my shop floor, pretty sure the differential bearings are shot because if I tighten the caps beyond finger tight, the wheels stop turning.
Don't particularly care as long as they keep moving.
Laid out the cylinder, wedge, etc to see how it will all fit:
Welded the axle under the beam so I can roll it out of the shop:
The original plan was a 1760 RPM 10hp 3 phase motor to a jackshaft and a 2 stage pump powered by a DIY RPC.
However, a 7.5HP single phase 3600 RPM motor came up for sale and we picked it up, so the pump will be direct driven off of that.
Those will sit on the right side of the axle in the picture with a tank sitting in front of that.
Aaron Z