Homemade Firewood Processor

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10 жыл бұрын

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I recorded and uploaded this video for my Dad in the fall of 2013. Any questions or comments can be seen by him at rjallen@seasidehighspeed.com
Wood Processor made in Nova Scotia

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@ronaldj1781 9 жыл бұрын

Without a doubt, I think this is one of the most simple/effective wood processors I've seen! Like many, I've been harvesting KZfaq for ideas and fixes and as far as I'm concerned I just hit paydirt! And as a bonus, you reaffirm my faith in the down east getter done attitude. Thanks for sharing!

@RickJames-xy6io 6 жыл бұрын

Ronald J when you say down east where are you referring to?

@garywilson-2e0apg93 10 жыл бұрын

you should make the splitter wedge adjustable in height determined by the position of the hold down clamp

@hbap433 8 жыл бұрын

a great example of working smarter not harder. awesome!

@johnnyboypdq 10 жыл бұрын

Really easy to use and portable too! This is what freedom is about. Making your own stuff without government or state telling you you can't do something! Nice Job!

@Alan_Hans__ 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant idea repurposing the old chainsaw. I'm thinking of doing the same thing but using direct (pulley) drive off a motor with an airconditioner clutch providing the on/off control. If the processor is still in use then using an old bike wheel/cassette as a "non-return valve" could make for a simple method of stopping the logs from being dragged back to the left. Just have the wheel spring loaded against the logs and allow them to freewheel when the log is going forward but "lock" via some spikes or something when the ram is retracting.

@DEVUNK88 10 жыл бұрын

yeah really impressed by your abilty to use items you already had, I am looking to build one a bit more refined, but honestly many of the same ideas have crossed my mind also! I was glad to see you did it and it works! Cheers!

@fsjeep1 9 жыл бұрын

Good job! I cut firewood all the time and this beats the hell out of cutting and splitting by hand in big volumes anyday!

@Mrtermite11 10 жыл бұрын

Best home made wood splitter I have seen. Efficient, saves a lot of time and labor. Great Job!

@johnenglish146 10 жыл бұрын

Great job. I like the saw set up way to think out of the box.

@hogheadv2 8 жыл бұрын

Your design has many good working features for Low buck home made! She's a 8 out of 10 for sure. So many work at turtle speed or only have one log on at a time. [Hydraulic saw is a huge plus]

@VOLKSMAN28T 8 жыл бұрын

Ingenious. Love the hydraulic saw.

@CraigArndt 10 жыл бұрын

I love the ingenuity and making it from stuff that cost little to nothing. Great job.

@generatorblue 10 жыл бұрын

A chainsaw driven by an hydraulic motor is very original. Once you start one engine, the whole thing works. Thanks for the video!

@stevemacca786 10 жыл бұрын

That's gold mate.Well done.

@dswnewengland9570 9 жыл бұрын

This is one of the best thought out of its type on KZfaq. That saw flies through the wood...

@stephensfulks3432 10 жыл бұрын

That is great! I'm 66 and can't put Lego's together. Amazing job!

@conpump 9 жыл бұрын

Cool set up. Very well thought out. Probably could put some heavy gauge expanded metal over the log lifter to be able to lift all lengths without adjusting to fall on two cross pieces but other wise a really awesome deal.

@Chevyman27705 9 жыл бұрын

Tip of the hat to this guy for good old fashioned ingenuity

@CosmicStargoat 6 жыл бұрын

Great job, especially with the saw.

@rspringii 10 жыл бұрын

For what it is .....it's awesome! Good job

@Squarerig 10 жыл бұрын

Most ingenious!

@22657dodgeman 9 жыл бұрын

Awesome job!

@jimbentley9084 10 жыл бұрын

nice and simple tool. I like it.

@LostCaper 9 жыл бұрын

You are a brilliant man.

@Grizzydan 10 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love this setup. I've been searching craigslist for a while now for used riding mowers. Thank you for the inspiration. Keep up the good work!

@Hillkleigh 10 жыл бұрын

I recorded and uploaded this video for my Dad in the fall of 2013. Any questions or comments can be seen by him at rjallen@seasidehighspeed.com. He thanks you for the positive comment and wishes you good luck in your setup. He will gladly share any ideas that you may want to use. Just shoot him an email.

@Grizzydan 9 жыл бұрын

Kristin H 11 months later and this is still one of my favorite firewood processors on youtube. It's also that time when us procrastinating wood burners are scrambling for dead trees and dry wood. So here I am again with wood on the brain planing for winter welding projects. I'm using an old $600 diesel tractor that barely uses fuel right now to power a home made log splitter. It's more of an unfinished processor with the basic frame and I have shipping rollers on top that I can stack round after round on and roll them onto the splitter. It's what will eventually be the log deck. Lack of materials, extra funding for hydraulics, and traction on this project is what has it as a stand still. I'm glad I have these video's to fall back on for motivation.

@jd60s 9 жыл бұрын

Totally awesome guy.. Wish I had your machine when I split wood after school and on weekends, back in the day. I had a splitting maul, didn't work as good as your machine does though. Busted many of handles. However, I think it was a wee bit easier to move back to the tool shed. LOL

@mikewillfindgold 8 жыл бұрын

Just needs a beer holder. Very nice!!

@madcunt5121 10 жыл бұрын

Nice bit of kit welldone mate

@NJAllen-xl5qi 10 жыл бұрын

Best home built machine I have seen.

@boyceful 9 жыл бұрын

I like it, have seen similiar with chainsaws , and most of them didnt seem to cut as well as your's. You sure know how to sharpen that baby ! good see chuck's flying instead of actual dust ! Well made video all round.....

@ushillbillies 10 жыл бұрын

Very smart ...ingenious,,,I will probably copy some of it...

@MrRidgedog 7 жыл бұрын

I dig that hydraulic saw set up.

@ttraderjim 8 жыл бұрын

Cool engineering!

@superscaryeti 9 жыл бұрын

great job, I want one

@firewoodcorangamiteevan2916 7 жыл бұрын

great processor!

@ToddDWebb 8 жыл бұрын

Very nice!

@johnny22470 10 жыл бұрын

That's sweet!

@stevesedgwick5789 3 жыл бұрын

Good job

@_P0tat07_ 8 жыл бұрын

Lol I love the hydraulic chainsaw!

@julioburgos4979 9 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!!

@blixtkrig 2 жыл бұрын

Nice.how dou you lubricate the crankbearings in the saw?

@imchris5000 10 жыл бұрын

you just need a piston to move the saw up and down also if you put your pump on a belt you could add an alternator and power a small winch if you modify the spool to be bigger and with teeth and put it in the bottom of the log run with a pull up past it can pull logs onto the processor get close to the saw then unhook the cable and keep using the winch to feed it in

@bobbyv125 8 жыл бұрын

great job my friend , i am trying to build my own also , Happy 2016 !!

@bluefalcon1952 8 жыл бұрын

Nice! Get-er-done!

@falfield 7 жыл бұрын

Great inventiveness - especially the saw......but blimey, no ear defenders! I wince just listening to the video.

@timmywilhelm7427 2 жыл бұрын

How well does it work with bigger stuff like 22 in diameter stuff

@kleetus92 9 жыл бұрын

Well Done Sir!

@milric77 10 жыл бұрын

thats a nice rig bud!

@trevorcain7956 10 жыл бұрын

that is aaawesome

@finpainter1 10 жыл бұрын

nice job

@rfnelsen 10 жыл бұрын

I was wondering about the Hydraulic motor you used for the chainsaw could you tell me what it is an model # ?

@richardfederico1672 9 жыл бұрын

Well, you certainly thought of just about everything here! My only wish is that it were more quiet. I know that's just the nature of the beast, but I like hearing the wood cracking as it is splitting. Great Job! Btw, beautiful piece of countryside you have there!

@Yardoun 9 жыл бұрын

***** Just needs a bigger muffler for the motor.

@hogheadv2 8 жыл бұрын

+Anthony Lamanna Maybe route it though a second auto muffler away from the operator may do the trick..

@davidsargood3228 9 жыл бұрын

What hydraulic motor are you using for the saw? Nice set up by the way. Have you made any changes/improvements?

@ronwc64 8 жыл бұрын

I live in Mira. Am I close enough to see this machine other than what's in this video?

@michalkotulak4948 7 жыл бұрын

what speed you run cutting chain? Thank you

@MOtherNature790 5 жыл бұрын

How often do you have to sharpen the chain?

@licensetochill79 8 жыл бұрын

now that backwoods engineering

@jarlove 9 жыл бұрын

awsome

@Guywithcrazyideas 10 жыл бұрын

Do you make housecalls?

@chappy726 10 жыл бұрын

I've been checking out a few firewood processors. This one comes surprisingly close to competing with the pro rig from Finland in many ways. Remember those pro models cost $20 to $30k or more!!!. Impressive. I like the Husky adaptation. Probably the best use for a Canadian Tire tractor I've seen yet ;) For some improvements: I'd move the log hold-down dog/arm a bit further back from the saw to keep the log from teetering up and maybe a plate or extention on that dog arm to help in that regard as well. On the hydraulic ram, I'd maybe put a small toothed dog to pull the log up to the prescribed length a bit better. If the log was dogged solid a bit better, and things did not start binding, I don't see why you couldn't start cutting while the ram was retracting provided you didn't cut thru the log and hit the ram. Could probably safety that issue away. That would almost double your rate of processing. Thanks for posting.

@Grizzydan 10 жыл бұрын

More time at the controls would smooth out a lot of those kinks. Most people do things more fluidly when they don't have camera's pointed at them lol good points though. I definitely have a mind to build something along these lines, although a bit lower in proportion to height, I'd run my 046 with an extended handle and modified remote trigger for better leverage and plan on getting a larger saw. I'm determined to push a cord an hour and pull full trees like the hud-son badger and there's a few more out there like it, twitch-n-split but that guy is carrying his saw. My business plan would be to contract with logging companies to come in after their trash decks are finished and skid logs off the pile one after another. Last fall I ran two trucks and one 20k trailer parbuckling logs 6-8 feet high and filling the back of both trucks with 8' logs we only had a week free to the public before they closed it off to be burnt that winter we worked until we dropped.. yet it could have been that much easier if it all went into a dump trailer cut split ready to deliver was premium dry sun baked beautiful cedar and fir. Sometimes you just gotta get it home and take your time with it. Logging companies in the north west waste so much.