"Worlds fastest firewood splitter"

Leif Raukleiv

What about this one? World's slowest, probably. Great mechanics, but mind the fingers! I prefer an axe.
http://www.youtube.com/user/hotbulbman#p/a/u/0/BI8Zwqu3oX0

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Apocalypsse

What era engine is that supposed to be?

Leif Raukleiv

As I understand it's an antique splitter, renovated by some Swedish enthusiasts. I have never seen anything like this before, but it would for sure be like candy for the local club "The oldtractor's friends". On Youtube there are one or two other videos showing old splitters with mainly the same construction, but the movement is vertically. According to what I see in the video, I don't think this splitter is very efficient. Obviously it can't cope with bigger logs. But I think those guys have had a lot of fun!

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corrupt

I like this one,would be almost as quick as the wheel but a little easer to transport

rogue60

haha that thing is a heap of crap, and it looks like soft wood .like to see it split some knotty ironbark or box any hard wood for that matter thay say its pre hydraulics and all they had, yeah in 1910 pretty sure its 2011...

rogue60

not bad but slow and looks like hard work rolling the blocks around in that way...ok then will have to get a vid of our wood splitter working we made it about 12 years ago have done thousands of tonnes of hard wood with it..if these are the fastest out there well we are in the running from memory cost about 4k to make.

Leif Raukleiv

Just found this one. Perhaps not the fastest in the world, but not bad.

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Rob Chace

simple,
cheap,
efficent
and
it WORKS!!!

love it.

rogue60

nice i like it ,i need one of them at home...

John Vander

Looks like a nifty machine, but it takes the hart out of it. If you're in a hurry, I guess it's good, but after using an axe for some years, I must say it has become quite a source of fun and exersize for me. There's alot more to using an axe than just swinging it, and any axe lover will tell you that. On an industrial scale, I'd say this machine is a good option, but on a personal level I prefer the feel of a hand axe and the satisfaction of using it.

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Rob Chace

well, further to that any axe lover (like me) will be pedantic and actually be using a MAUL not an axe.....

yes I do have a splitting axe, i use it for small quantity splitting. Large quantity or firewooding, i use my maul.

i still remember the "guy in the shop" telling me that a splitting axe is good for hammering wedges in........ i nearly choked :/

John Vander

Sorry about that, yes, maul is the correct wording. (English not being my first language, sorry!) Here in Japan, all axes, including mauls go under one name:axe. Interesting to notice that in Japan mauls and axes look the same, only difference is the length of the head itself. There are some other wood-splitting tools which go under other names, but they look like anything but an axe. (I only learned about using axes in Japan, so my vocabulary is limited to what I learned here.) Robstar, what make would you recommend as a good axe? American or European?

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