More splits require more force though, which means larger cylinders and bigger engines. Some folks have a need for more speed. The hydraulics used in log splitters aren’t exactly fast devices.

Of course, a log splitter needs a sufficiently powerful engine hooked up to generate enough power to force a thick log into the splitting edge. Without one, a log splitter becomes more of a log ...

Fitting the adjustable blade. Early on it seemed like [Workshop From Scratch] was putting together a fairly simple log splitter, which in the most basic form is nothing more complex than a ...