Our plans include complete build instructions, a bill-of-materials list for all steel, hydraulics and miscellaneous hardware, schematics for hydraulics, and a list of online hydraulic suppliers where you can comparison shop for reasonably priced parts.

My design goals were to create something I didn’t have to bend over all day to use, or waste a lot of steps picking up off the ground what I just split. The table stores quite a few logs for splitting and I can load up the log lift as well. The table height is waist-high for easy split and load operation. I also wanted to protect the engine and pump from those stray logs that end up breaking things. The controls are all below table height for the same reason, and the log-lift control is out front for access from either side.

You will find that the two-way horizontal wedge, moving at a safe speed, will split more wood per hour than a faster moving one-way splitter.