| If you have a lot of wood that needs chopping, put | | | | Hydraulic Log Splitter Safety Tips |
| down the axe and get yourself a log splitter. Log | | | | Like all power tools, log splitters can be dangerous |
| splitters can help you with everything from cutting | | | | when used by someone who is not sure what they |
| firewood or to building wood furniture. Log splitters | | | | are doing or who doesn't take their power seriously. |
| can be found at lumber stores and hardware stores, | | | | These safety tips will keep the accidents at bay |
| but they can cost a pretty penny. Used log splitters | | | | when log splitting: |
| can help you save money, or alternatively, if you are | | | | - Kids and log splitters don't mix |
| especially handy, download plans for building log | | | | - Dress for the work - cover your arms and legs and |
| splitters from the internet and get building. | | | | save the shorts and flip-flops for the beach. |
| Hydraulic Log Splitters - The Benefits | | | | - Never split lumber without eye gear |
| There is not much to a hydraulic log splitter - just an | | | | - Read the directions before you use the splitter. |
| engine and an oil pump, but those simple features | | | | Practice the motions for awhile before turning it on. |
| make splitting logs so much easier. What's more, the | | | | Let is run in your hands for awhile before you put |
| simplicity of the machine means it is easy to maintain. | | | | everything together. Know your machine. |
| All you have to do is keep the engine filled and | | | | - Don't get too close, unless you want to take a |
| change the oil every now and then, and you're in | | | | flying log to the head |
| business. | | | | - If you need to adjust the machine, turn it off |
| What to Look for in Hydraulic Splitters | | | | - Log splitters are for daytime use only. |
| With hydraulic splitters, it is all about horsepower. | | | | - Log splitting does not make a good party trick, no |
| Splitters range from fairly weak to super powerful | | | | matter what you think after a few beers. Alcohol |
| (with increasing prices to boot). For occasional use at | | | | and log splitters are like kids and log splitters - don't |
| home, such as splitting firewood for the winter, going | | | | mix them. |
| for something on the lower end of the horsepower | | | | - Don't try to cut other things with the splitter - |
| scale is not only acceptable, but it is desirable from a | | | | wood only. |
| safety point of view. For professionally logging, go | | | | - No one is ever so well versed in log splitting that |
| for the big bang motors. | | | | they can take the safety guards off the machine. |