Wood Splitters for Gardening – An Introduction to the concepts
Wood Splitters or Log Splitters are the machinery or equipment used for separating and cutting firewood from pre-cut softwood and hardwood pieces or logs. Comprising of a rod and piston or sometimes even hydraulics, these types of machinery are capable of generating and inflicting a great amount of force. The thickness, length and other dimensions of the woodcut, depends on the pressure generated by a Wood Splitter. All You Need To Know About Wood Splitters While professional hydraulics-operated Wood Splitters can exert around 25 tons of pressure (sometimes even more), Wood Splitters used for domestic purposes are capable of generating a pressure of 10 tons. The third kind of wood splitter is the manual wood splitter. It uses a leverage mechanism to push a log or wood through a series of blades and screws (corkscrews). The Wood Splitter is mounted on a tractor’s power take-off shaft. Wood Splitters can run either on gasoline or diesel. It can also run using a hydraulic pump that is driven by an electric motor. A hydraulic piston is used to push the log through a stationary blade or sometimes through a corkscrew blade. Wood Splitters come in all three variations and are generally mounted on 3-point linkages.