A homemade log splitter will save you time, energy, and money when it comes to cutting wood for use in a fireplace or wood heater. The biggest drawback to heating (or cooking) with wood is the amount of work needed to prepare a tree for use as heating fuel.
Wood splitting tools makes the job easier, but when purchased from the store, they can be expensive. Check out these ideas and plans for homemade firewood processors so you can build your own homemade wood splitter and save yourself a lot of time and money.
Hydraulic Wood Splitter
Keep your wood box full without a lot of effort with this DIY hydraulic system that will split wood with ease and help keep your home warm all winter.
Small and Portable
A homemade log splitter can be both powerful and small. Also, the portability of this log splitter plan makes this one a winner for anyone wishing to heat their home with wood.
No Lifting Wood Splitter
Here’s a wood splitter that will lift the wood for you and put it into place on the machine. Follow these detailed instructions for a DIY machine that will split your wood and save your back.
Unicorn Wood Splitter
This DIY wood splitter takes a different approach to the task by using a sharp-ended auger style splitter instead of a blunt edge.
Homemade Portability
Sometimes it’s easier to take the log splitter to the wood instead of bringing the wood to the splitter. These DIY plans will enable you to build a strong and portable wood splitter inexpensively.
Foot Power Design
This DIY log splitter does its work with foot power. Easy to build and easy to to use, just step down on the pedal to split the log.
