"Roger" wrote in message news:HsfUc.22841$mD.4605@attbi_s02...
"Bubba" wrote in message
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Does anyone remember (from about a gazillion years ago) the old wood
splitters that looked kinda like a large, stubby corkscrew. We would jack
up the rear end of a model T, take off a wheel, attach the splitter to the
hub over the lugnuts and then put the car in gear and let it run. A hunk
of
wood would be slammed onto the turning screw and it would do a pretty good
job of splitting it.

Do they still make these things? Would they work on a modern automobile?


They make a more compact and easier to use hand splitter, using a
hydraulic jack. Look on Google for hand operated hydraulic wood splitter. I
would think it easier to use, and set up, than the wheel powered screw, and
much more compact than a gas operated hydraulic, which some tool companies
rent out by the day.

Only someone who has not spit much wood or used one of those toys
would even suggest using it. Anything one of those will split will
split easier and a lot faster using an ax or maul. Just watch one of
the video demonstrations.

Harry K