Flywheels

[fabricator]

They don't look 24" dia or heavy enough but look at them beautiful flywheels!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpmuZwdlPrc

[Quinnf]

But isn't that a great application for flywheels? Think of the size of hydraulic system and engine that would be required to move a ram that fast with that much force. The power is stored in the flywheels and available for use when needed without all the complication of dealing with hydraulics. Elegant in its simplicity.

The vid' displayed in bold text "Stores 28 HP of Force!"    The mismatch of units makes the former science teacher in me cringe.  

[AdeV]

No log splitter thread is complete without showing the ULTIMATE splitting device:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40sCGb678sQ[/youtube]

[Tom]

That's a little bitty wedge, good luck getting big oak rounds split with that. And what's going to happen to those gears when you hit a big knot.

[RJ]

My father has the original version of that unit, http://www.supersplit.com/principle.htm , it probably 50 years old and runs off a 1/2 hp electric motor.  He uses for Sunday wood splitting as it's nice and quiet. It really does very well and splits much faster then a hyd splitter. Sometimes the really knotty stuff take two "wacks" but not usually.