September 17, 20178 yr I pulled this out of an old shed figuring that the upright pipe was solid and I could use it later for something. The pipe stands about 2 ft. tall, hollow with a welded flat cap on the top. The collar on the bottom is welded tight and has a non sharpened wedge sticking out. The other collar can slide up and down on the pipe and has a similar wedge or tab sticking out. I have been trying to figure out what this was used for, for a long time. Any ideas ?? Its homemade
September 17, 20178 yr Definitely looks homemade because you can see threads at the bottom of the pipe. To me it looks like random piece's of scrap welded up for a purpose only known to the maker.
September 18, 20178 yr Log splitter gets my vote too and I've never seen one like it. Frosty The Lucky.
September 18, 20178 yr Author Yep, I think you guys nailed it. It just doesn't seem like a high enough drop to split big wood. Maybe kindling. Or he may have used a 3 or 4 way wedge welded on to the slider and smacked it with a sledge. Anyway, I think you guys hit it with something to do with wood splitting.
September 18, 20178 yr They are used with a sledge, So you don't have to hold the wedge and start it with the sledge one handed. it also helps keep the log upright as you split it.
September 19, 20178 yr Smoke man, most of us burn 16" splits. They fit n 18-24" fire box and a good general purpose chainsaw has a 16" bar. Makes measuring easy. The wedge is missing and as pointed out, it isn't a gravity powers tool
October 30, 20178 yr On 9/17/2017 at 6:35 PM, ThomasPowers said: Log splitter with the wedge broken off. here's another variation on it: Now that is cool, wile e coyote "super genius", but cool!
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