Kinetic Log Splitter - Build | 0.7 sec Cycle

Wood splitting can be very tedious and tiring, so I decided to make a kinetic wood splitter. I tried to use the materials I had in the workshop, which made it an inexpensive project. The log splitter is very fast and surprisingly powerful. While doing this project, I didn’t think it would be such a powerful machine. The main frame is 100x100x3mm square tube. The legs are made of a 40x40x3 square tube The flywheel is 300mm in diameter and the pulley for the motors is 60mm. With 2800 rpm of the engine, it gives us the rotation of the shaft driving the rail of 560 rpm. The flywheel weighs 20 kg. The toothed racks (not hardened) are module 3 and have a length of 500mm 60mm with a welded piece of steel. The gears (only teeth hardened) are also module 3 and have 12 teeth each. The whole thing weighs less than 100 kg.