Firewood Processor

[f350ca]

I'd forgotten I'd made this tooling plate for another project, then never used it. Worked like a charm, sort of a sine plate with the machinist jack at the one end to adjust the angle.



The finished product.



Greg

 

[mattthemuppet2]

sweet! As I like to say of myself, even a blind squirrel finds a nut every so often Cool clamps and jacks too, I'll remember that for when I need it.

 

[FOMOGO]

Great score on the Kabota Greg, even if you have to tear it down to free it up, and a nice solution on the keyway. That good karma does come back around. Mike

 

[f350ca]

You may have heard the sigh of relief I made when a test assembly showed the shafts were the correct length and the couplings fit in the pump mounts.





A very relieved Greg

 

[f350ca]

made the chain tensioner today. Had a piece of ultra high density polyethylene, there's a 3/8 bolt behind it to adjust the tension.



Greg

 

[extropic]

Just bumped into this thread and caught up.
Add me to your list of admirers.
Great project and thanks for keeping us posted.
Can't wait to see it in action.

 

[f350ca]

Built the cradle mount for the gearbox, crossmember and engine beds.



Greg

 

[f350ca]

Been a while since I posted any updates, things progress slowly at this stage.
Made up the drive shaft.


Started on the log stop and framing for the area that will handle the cut blocks and split wood.



Greg

 

[f350ca]

Started on the stop that set the length of blocks I cut. The actual stop will be attached to this sliding bar. When the advancing log contacts, it will slide along and open a valve to dump the hydraulic fluid feeding the motor on the conveyor and in theory stop the log at the length I want.
This was the longest keyway I've ever cut, the collar that the arm will be mounted to will have set screws that can slide in the keyway as you adjust the length of block but keep it indexed. As the saw comes down a cam will rotate the shaft and lift the arm out of the way.



Just finished cutting the keyway in this collar on the shaper. And it even fit.



Greg

 

[Deerslayer]

Great looking work.
I have built a few splitters but never a processor. I believe I read a 3" cylinder with 10.5 tons of force for splitting? I can't see that being effective particularly if your gonna run a 6 or 8 way wedge? We run a 4" cylinder at 3000 psi and it struggled occasionally with the four way on difficult wood. Just my thoughts, you have obviously thought this out its evident by your nice work.