There was a link posted a few weeks ago for a manual lever operated log
splitter. It used a moving (ratchet like) pivot point to allow slow
splitting of logs using leverage force rather than mass and momentum. I
looked but I can't find the original thread. Anybody remember the link?

On Thursday, May 1, 2014 12:42:05 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrote:
There was a link posted a few weeks ago for a manual lever operated log
splitter. It used a moving (ratchet like) pivot point to allow slow
splitting of logs using leverage force rather than mass and momentum. I
looked but I can't find the original thread. Anybody remember the link?

This is obviously not what you are looking for, but...
http://www.vipukirves.fi/english/tale_of_vipukirves.htm

George H.

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On Thursday, May 1, 2014 12:42:05 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrote:
There was a link posted a few weeks ago for a manual lever operated log
splitter. It used a moving (ratchet like) pivot point to allow slow
splitting of logs using leverage force rather than mass and momentum. I
looked but I can't find the original thread. Anybody remember the link?

This is obviously not what you are looking for, but...
http://www.vipukirves.fi/english/tale_of_vipukirves.htm

George H.

No, but a post about that item over in the woodworking group I read is what
reminded me of the one I was thinking of.

On Thu, 01 May 2014 09:42:05 -0700, Bob La Londe wrote:

There was a link posted a few weeks ago for a manual lever operated log
splitter. It used a moving (ratchet like) pivot point to allow slow
splitting of logs using leverage force rather than mass and momentum. I
looked but I can't find the original thread. Anybody remember the link?

I don't recall seeing a splitter with a moving pivot point in that
thread. There were links to splitters like the following.

http://www.thekindlingmaker.com/
http://modernfarmer.com/thingwelove/stikkan-wood-splitter/
http://www.mehr-als-werkzeug.de/product/708359.htm?lang=de

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jiw

The thread was "kindling maker" back on 4/2 here. One link was
http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/pag...32&cat=1,41131

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message ...

There was a link posted a few weeks ago for a manual lever operated log
splitter. It used a moving (ratchet like) pivot point to allow slow
splitting of logs using leverage force rather than mass and momentum. I
looked but I can't find the original thread. Anybody remember the link?