Steve Firth wrote:

I'd like to make a log splitter myself,


Take a piece of steel, shape it into a wedge. Make at least two of them.
Buy a sledgehammer. Hammer wedges into log.

Or get a "grenade":

http://www.toolstation.com/search.ht...rchstr=grenade

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Cheers,

John.

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