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Bibbyman

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gspren

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WH_Conley

I was wondering if they were gonna show him loosing fingers.
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Al_Smith

Oh my that thing scares me and I'm fearless .That thing could lop off an arm and never crack the governer on that old Allis .

Dean186

Just crazy, and that homemade splitter doesn't look any faster overall than a standard splitter.

Bibbyman

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beenthere

I see the last vid of splitter to be much safer than the baler variety. But wouldn't operate either one.
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tomsteve

scared the bejeebers outta me just watchin.

sawguy21

 :o Timing is everything with both machines. The operators need to be very alert. I would not use them or even watch, don't want to practice first aid on a severed hand.
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Magicman

Down below the last one are videos of a "screw" splitter.  My Son and came by a location where a family was using one that was PTO driven.  The next week their late Son became entangled in the screw.   :-\
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Logjam

I like the way you think , but not for me i still need my arm's and hand's .

Al_Smith

Well actually my dad built a screw splitter about 35 years ago and it worked pretty good .It however ran through a gear reduction and had a kill switch safety on it .

That said though there were a lot of accidents from people hanging them on a tractor power take off .I never heard of anyone getting wound up in one but they broke a lot of arms .

Taylortractornut

I made an adapter to put a  scrw splitter on  a  skid steer loaders   phd  power head.  you could drive around and bust  rounds. 
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toolman18

I think is very good idea and very fast (split cycle ), oh yeah a little dangerous to :D.  However it could be made very safe by adding a hopper on top with a timed escapement to drop the logs into the splitter.

4speed

Those videos made my hands hurt. I think I'll stick with my 8 pound maul.

Randy88

Some inventions in life should not be filmed, those are two of them, scared me to death and I was sitting in my chair watching on my computer at the time.     The first one left me speachless to say the least, imagine what he could do with one of these big square balers used today, with a 200 hp tractor on the pto shaft.

Ford_man

Ya Just back the truck up to it and dump it, the wood comes out all split.
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Piston

That's just crazy! 

I've always been interested in the Super Split style log splitter, but always a little nervous about the safety aspect of the fast cycle time.  Those 2 vids make the Super Split look like child's play  :D
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Ironwood

Super Splits are VERY nice indeed.

Ironwood
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mizzou

They are effective though.  There are videos of some others around.  Saw one that didn't require your hands to be near the ram, you just dropped the log in.

Lambee10

Never seen a hay baler-log spitter.  I think it works better as a baler...no need to get the timing right for making a bale.

I must admit it cracked me up though when it stalled it and then things started flying off.
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Hilltop366

Poor bugger got several warnings from that thing but does not seem to be catching on, I figure breaking the angle iron off was better than getting the block of wood in the face. Perhaps one of those pto slip clutches would help a bit but I would hate to encourage him.

Tor Arne

I grow up using one simular to the first one, never got hurt. You just have to be sober when operating. Btw ouers was made of a Bedford truc gearbox and a axle that was modified. A lot safer than the screw type splitter that has been illegall to use by the Norwegian Labour Inspection

MapleNut

I wouldn't have enough courage to try that splitter if I WAS sober!!! ;)
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r.man

Basic prototypes without guards tend to be dangerous. If that machine had a set of fingers that held the block out of the splitting chamber until the head was in the back position and a bit of guarding it would be safer than a table saw for most people. The way it is now is almost suicidal.
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