Widow Maker wood splitter

This is a home built wood splitter made with a large flywheel with a sharp splitting wedge welded on the wheel. as you can see the wheel turns quite fast and splits anything with lightning speed. Helmets should be worn.

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[celesteraez]

what kinda engine? Briggs?

[lamichaud]

@celesteraez Briggs & Stratton 12 HP

[lamichaud]

it works great, fastest splitter in the West!

[lamichaud]

it is turning the right way, how would you split wood otherwise?

[ForgeValleys]

@SheaWolf16

The wedge is falling down onto the wood. Watch the video again and you can see the cuts on the top side. The frame rate / stroboscopic effect of the filming makes it appear that the wheel is turning in the wrong direction.

[dicbyrd]

OSHA would shit in there pants..

[rockarolla3200]

white trash should sleep

[TheCurls1]

helmets wont help

[Rovahead]

I knew a guy once that had a (home made) direct-drive PTO table saw, with a 5'6" disc, he hand rolled logs onto it, with no guard or engine cut for 11yrs with no problems.

He did a Cambridge bungee from a barn beam eventually but my point is, the most dangerous part of these machines is the nut that holds the log!

[R2RRO1982]

Very dangerous !!!!

[MrJbkendell]

Mind you they are splitting soft woods, I would be terrified to see this beast in operation splitting some of the stringy hard red elm I get into a lot. 

[MrJbkendell]

Pretty bleeping wild, but not as bad a one I saw done with an old punch press.

[ilovealaska]

this is what HORROR movies are made for.

[ambientdweller]

@lamichaud ...my life is complete!!!

[lizardfirefighter110]

I was hopping for a close up of the wedge, showing just how it works.