The best and most fun to do way to spend time on the mountains during quarantine. Cutting logs, then turing them to fire wood and getting prepared for the winter

This video is part of a series of videos: kzread.info/head/PLkmF7FAZBzkVRPU6b-IeJVu91-frjF8v3 Check out my other videos on my channel page: kzread.info Welding equipment borrowed from Spetselektroodi AS, Estonia: Fronius TransSteel 2700 welder Optrel Crystal 2.0 Welding Helmet Hypertherm Powermax 45 XP plasma cutter

@mimiporsche

4 жыл бұрын

Ottima idea a costo zero!!!!. Buona Pasqua😃😃😃

@jonhy2x4

4 жыл бұрын

Did you pre heat the hardox before welding?

@mrjodoe

4 жыл бұрын

good work. with good equipment its a lot more pleasant

@user-ov4ms8ne7y

4 жыл бұрын

Привет . Каждый твой выпуск видео жду с нетерпением . Очень познавательно . По возможности я сам что то изобретаю , что бы облегчить свой труд , в той или иной ситуации . Спасибо за ответ ! Здоровья и успехов !

Dude! I love your channel! No fluff or added conversation! Just builds and keep going! Great job!!! Keep all these vids coming!!!!

We process the firewood manually the same way you showed in the first part of the video(well we have a logsplitter too). My father always says: "The wood will warm you at least 3 times - once when you lay it in the wood with a chainsaw, second when you chop it and the third time finally when you burn it." and I think it is a great workout haha!

New project. Yay. Plus the painted storage/toolbox on the Honda Foreman looks great.

Way to go Donn, what a great project build!! Glad to see Grandpa out there, he still has the gotta do it attitude. What a blessed family. Really picked up more ideas from your videos. Thanks for sharing with us. Fred.

@user-on6yr2xk1z

Жыл бұрын

🏆🥇

Love it! I need to remove a nut that holds on a plastic cap in a recessed area and figure will end up doing as you did with the bushing... somehow!

That’s a great idea. Can’t wait to see how it turns out

i have the almost exact same splitter. you are giving me ideas. back pain avoiding ideas. thank you

Thank you for the video. The world appreciates it during this time to stay at home.

@DonnDIY

4 жыл бұрын

I hope it serves people locked in their homes well. 💪

As always another great build. Can't wait for the next video.

Another masterpiece has begun!!

Your a very clever man great video so satisfying watching logs being split

Beside the fact that you always build things like (better than ???) a pro, I love the fact that you take us with you during the design... "the way is as important as the goal itself", so thank you for sharing these moments....

Interesting project. I do manual processing as well handle the wood many times. Up to 2 years ago I split by axe and finally got my first woodsplitter which runs off tractor hydraulics. My parents are near 70 years of age and they still split the old way and sell 50-60 cords of wood a year.

Hmm.. Converting junk into something useful. Always fun to watch. 👍😊

@DonnDIY

4 жыл бұрын

💪

After seeing the size of stove, I now understand why you cut/split them down so small. Yea, firewood has always equaled a lot of hard work. Cheers :)

Nice to see you aren't sitting by the fire with your feet up! Looking forward to seeing the rest of this build.

@DonnDIY

4 жыл бұрын

The rest of the build continues next week same time. 💪

EPIC part 1, hooked on this one Donn. Awesome project

Gott sei Dank, neues, geiles Projekt!!! Was würde ich drum geben, wenn ich auch so ein Talent hätte...Genial

Good to see you already got another project on the go. Will be following it closely. Thanks !

@DonnDIY

4 жыл бұрын

I have loads of projects in the very long "to-do" list. No worries of running out of projects. 😉

Dude! I'm impressed! Well, necessity is the mother of invention.

@user-gf7jt6md3j

3 жыл бұрын

Южне зґвалтування дiї

Thanks for this one!! I am sure I will follow this build to! Like your way of filming. I have been watching this one while burning wood in my home made garden fireplace, no better way to watch 🤣

I"m glad to see that your electric splitter works so well. I had one and returned it. It wasn't able to split basic logs.

@terrygrummert8891

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely not for Hardwoods

You have got to be the most creative builder around! You have good common sense too and obviously good practical experience. Thank you so much for sharing the ideas. I know it must take a lot of effort to create these videos. Thanks.

@DonnDIY

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to watch. It does take time both to film and edit these videos. So I really appreciate that someone actually watches too. 😀

Enjoy your efforts. Look forward to seeing more. Addicting as This Old Tony.

When you're finished with this log splitter, that bad boy will be able to grab'm, crack'm and stack pack'm all in one motion. AWESOME my friend! 👍👍 Jay.

I see you've been busier than a beaver! Hee, hee. Great project. Love wood burning heat. Oooohh that smell! Thanks for sharing and I'll be waiting by the fire! Cheers 👍👍

@DonnDIY

4 жыл бұрын

Love it too. Burning wood is the most old school thing I know. 😀

there was another great mechanic at work! best job! as always !!! 👍👍👍👋👋👋🤝🤝🤝🇩🇪

Ggreat job my friend, you inspire me to start my own channel

This looks like its going to be fun. Seeing labor intensive processes get automated! Right on. Thanks for the videos.

@DonnDIY

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! I really appreciate it!

Sie/Dich als Nachbarn und Freund und für jedes Problem fänden wir eine Lösung,schöner Gedanke.Schöne Ostern und Gesundheit

@DonnDIY

4 жыл бұрын

Danke!

Excellent work my friend!

I'm impressed! Try adding a short extension on the ram, with a vertical slot cut into it, so that it can push the log *past* the vertical cutter. This way the next log will contact the vertical cutter first instead of contacting the previous log first and being pulled to one side.

@DonnDIY

4 жыл бұрын

That's a good idea!

Hello Donn. I am really liking this design. Looking forward to more. Has always I Liked,shared. All my very best.

Que bueno otra serie! Saludos desde Miami.

You’re going to take all the fun out of getting your firewood. lol I’ve always enjoyed cutting, splitting my firewood.stay safe

amazing well planned build LOVE IT ! ..

You build awesome stuff. Good job!!!

Meko drvo ! Nije problem ! Tvrdo drvo... niste sekli i niste cepali ! Kada takvu secku nacinite i demonstrirate cepanje tvrdog drveta tada cu Vam reci " BRAVO MAJSTORE! Pozdrav

Muy ingenioso, te admiro amigo me gustan tus vídeos, saludo desde Chile..

Can't wait for next video

@DonnDIY

4 жыл бұрын

Next video next week! 💪

Well thought design. I like the way blades are stacked or offsetted, so that only one blade is cutting at a time to reduce the force on the ram.

@DonnDIY

4 жыл бұрын

Not my idea - stole it on the Internet. But the idea is really great. 😀

I had the 115v version of that splitter years ago (115v because Canada) it worked great for anything that wasn't hard wood, little slow for someone that grew up with a gas powered machine. Been messing with the idea of a firewood processor for my parents farm. I like the ATV size you are going for and defiantly has the gears turning in my head on building one again.

@DonnDIY

4 жыл бұрын

Wood we use for heating is mainly Alder. It splits really well (even when dry) and heats well. We don't really burn Oak or something of that nature. We do burn Birch which is also a great furniture material next to Oak.

@FullMetalFab

4 жыл бұрын

We have a lot of dead maple, cherry and Oak on are farm, nothing straight enough to mill unfortunately. Still plenty of dead standing elm to clean up from the Dutch elm disease back in the woods, it splits nice and has lots of heat.

Молодец. Всегда смотрю твои видео. Грамотно делаешь. Когда в Армии служил был у нас парень с Эстонии. Также всё аккуратно делал. Жалко что такую страну развалили, эти демократы. И сейчас стравливают народ. Нет плохой нации есть плохие люди. Успехов тебе парень незнаю как тебя зовут. 👍👍👍😊

New series how awesome!

Is so good to see you working , keep going brother you are the best 😉

Nice work !! From Québec, Canada !

In Sweden - and many other countries I'm sure - we have a saying along the lines of "Preparing firewood keeps you warm over and over again." ;)

@tomhogan264

2 жыл бұрын

Happy

Great build. Easy Splitting

this is going to be awesome. i have always pulled fire wood out of the woods in lengths and then saw it up near the wood shed , i dont know it works for me at least until i get to old to do it

Ive been watchin since you start and finish your 6x6 amphibious art. Your great 👍

@DonnDIY

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers man! Hopefully this project is also great to watch. 😉

@iggypornete3475

4 жыл бұрын

Of course i appreciate your ideas man. 😊👍

That’s a awesome trailer you built there Donn! I’m going to go back and look that video over 👍 I built a log arch years ago after building my bandsaw mill, the arch picks the log off the ground to keep it from dragging though the dirt, as you know dirt and bandsaw blades don’t mix well 😂 Thanks for posting Donn👍 Ps if you get time check out my articulating 4x4 dump truck build, I think you would like it 🙂

This is a great 👍 little gizmo you built out bro, I love it and that you give us where we can find the build plan's OMG 😲 Thank you SERIOUSLY! Keep the content coming, this is the kind of vid that you can lose yourself for 20 or 30 minutes and not feel like you're the one who ended up on the losing end. Aces buddy, fo sho!!😉👍

So excited to see this evolve. Been looking at doing this same thing.

@DonnDIY

4 жыл бұрын

Hopefully this machine will give you ideas for your own build so you can make a better version. 💪

Не перестаёшь удивлять своими задумками.

Man with the action plan !!

Another great project

Great work sir. Thank you very much. Looking forward to more.

@DonnDIY

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

I love your job! Thanks

You thought PRODUCTIVITY and went after it. Kudos all around!!

I was really looking forward to watching the trailer dump all the way. You really killed my dreams bro ☹️

This thing is gonna be nice its already 100x more effiecient !

From a young fulla in the early 70's all the way though my years till 10 years or so back mid 2000's, I did what you are doing without thinking about log splitters as they do today. Watching your innovations to make something of your little log splitter has showen me a better way to have done just that. Good NZ native fire wood back then was so plentiful and easy to get every one that needed it just went and got it. Not like that today with the pressures of life put on other peoples lives going out to gather any good firewood is in such demand now that some now make a living out of it regardless weather they are splitting up good heating wood or not as the punter or buyer don't know good wood from bad. Good wood would normal be NZ native, but so little of that around now that people are buying pine, a far less good wood for heat but wood all the same. Watching your video I wish I'd thought to use a splitter like yours that took a whole log cut it and split it loaded it on to a truck or trailer for removal saving ones back and time to do all the things this video and I presume your next shell show. I look forward to your next, thank you!

@DonnDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

see donn... this is why we love you. i literally have the same (different color) chinese made electric log splitter in my yard right now. didn't think it would take this. now will be doing it immediately!!! hell yes

@DonnDIY

4 жыл бұрын

It is small but really powerful splitter. We don't have Oak around here for firewood but a lot of Alder. This firewood processor will be used mainly for Alder. And I want to tow it around behind the ATV, that's why it will be sized small. I'm glad this video is an inspiration! 💪

@dillrepair

4 жыл бұрын

@@DonnDIY i have a lot of oak, and the little splitter is slower than most but with these extra wedges we can make up for slow speed with more pieces per stroke. excellent. keep up the great work man. the other thing about these little ones is they fall off stuff so easily... i actually dropped mine on the concrete by accident when it slipped off the back of a pickup while splitting. cracked the aluminum piece that connects the motor to cylinder and had to cut that part off and thread flexible hydraulic lines in. i think i must need a reservoir or larger return tube now down near the motor because i can hear it cavitating sometimes. anyway thx again. sometimes people wonder why i'm cheap with stuff like this but $2000 on a new larger splitter seems like too much when i could spend the money and time on tools and fabrication experience as you have.

I always enjoy your video they are interesting and unique!! They also give me some to do in quarantine, while also encouraging me to get out there and build something!

@DonnDIY

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! That's the point - to go out to the garage and build stuff! 💪

@titanstudioproductions335

4 жыл бұрын

@@DonnDIY hell yeah🤙🏼. I've started a fabrication project of making tube doors for my vehicle 🤙🏼

Nice new project! You need to design a log skidder and loader for your tracked vehicle next.

Neat project, will be a great labour saver I’m sure. Good to see you start a new video series. Hardox steel is well named, we just relined a dump truck box floor and sides with 20 & 10mm hardox plate.....gas axe to size then tidy up the cuts with the grinder for welding.

@DonnDIY

4 жыл бұрын

Must have been a hell of a work relining that dump truck box! 💪

@brucemitch928

4 жыл бұрын

Donn DIY Aye, I certainly slept at night, lost count of the flux-core reels used 😁

I have one word - Genius!

Donn I have no doubt you're going to get it working. Like how you repurpose materials. 🤔😎😎

OH YEAH....DONN's BUILDING AGAIN!!!!! It's gonna be good! Donn you need to build one of those exoskeleton mechanical thingies (the kind you wear) to help pick up all those logs for splitting into firewood.

i love these videos where you viberíš into the wood cut wood and make it and make it is cool more please such videos

донни, у тебя золотые руки

Very interesting & fun to watch home made log splitter.

Yep work smarter not harder Outstanding sir

LOL! Here we go again but "Awesome 👍👍👍Thanks for sharing"

@DonnDIY

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Neat idea! You’re always creative. Great video

Moving and stacking wood that many times is crazy.

@DonnDIY

4 жыл бұрын

That's what I thought when I was a child. I was told to shut up and stack wood silently. 😆

Thanks for sharing that, well done

@DonnDIY

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

You are great! good job!

That is great modification. This is something I can probably make quickly with my powerarc.

@DonnDIY

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely. But there will be more. This was just wedge and wood pan video. I will add a wood infeed conveyor system and a chainsaw blade for chopping the log on the splitter to correct length. So it really becomes a small firewood processor. I will show the progress this week on Saturday. Stay tuned!

I love your talent🇵🇹😉

For weaker rams, we found we had to stagger the cutting blades as well, helped a lot!

@DonnDIY

4 жыл бұрын

This one works pretty great at the moment. It is slow for some people taste but it does the job for me and it was free of charge. 😁

Wow nice rig!

Yessss so glad your doing another homemade logging project! The stuff we have to buy to do with logging is sooo expensive so it's great to see some ideas that we can all achieve at home! Keep up the great content! Secretly hoping for a homemade winch sometime 😂😂

@DonnDIY

4 жыл бұрын

Yup, I try to put this project together from the parts I have laying around. Rusty or not. Recycled anyway. Homemade hydraulic winch would be an awesome project. 😉

@x_tomthegamer_x7944

4 жыл бұрын

Or hydraulic crane for ATV trailer

Love ur video. Excellent!!! Change things to best serve your needs.

Hello Donn, I hope your memory is better than mine as I have followed you for some time and am very impressed with your skills as a provider of metal and wood products. I watched you build the bandsaw mill on baited breath for each installment as my heart lays close to milling as well although at your age I was a mechanic. I loved the amphibious build and hope that you have a jet drive for when in the water so it travels faster. I am interested in how your chop saw for firewood will come out, I have absolute confidence in the efforts and workmanship you do. I think a limit switch on the ram will keep it from hitting the splitter blades. I hope these comments don't goof you up as sometimes you do beat on yourself if you miscalculate something and that is my only complaint... don't do that. Engineers are still attempting to put man on mars and get him back before he is two hundred years old when he gets back/LOL. Everything is math and I see you do this easy. I have never went to school and never learned to read or write till I was 47. If my son hadn't been sick then I still probably wouldn't know how. Have confidence that even tho you don't have it yet but that you will have it and I know it .... and maybe Bill is your uncle/LOL

Obrigado por mais um excelente vídeo Donn!

Great show!

Voce e um jovem muito inteligente e criativo. Parabens !!

cool build :) you should try making the standing splitter with a point in middle. will ease up load on the hydraulics

I love love this video thank you so much . So smart!!!

Nice build👍🏼👍🏼

Really looking forward to this series! Infeed, outfeed and process optimization.. I can not imagine Donn standing there operating that log splitter manually so I expect the "two hand safety features" to get a good rework also :-) And I have a feeling there will be a hydraulic crane for the trailer, with winch, instead of lifting those logs by hand.

@DonnDIY

4 жыл бұрын

Yup, that is the plan. Although fully automating the whole process will probably not happen. I will try to keep it as simple as possible yet handle the wood as little as possible. Hydraulic winch is an idea I've had for a couple of years now. I have looked into hydraulic ATV trailer cranes too. Might be great to have it for loading and unloading too.

Genius idea! 👍🏻

Works really good !

Wow, very cool!

I had to watch this again!

Молодец парень, творческий человек, так и надо. Видит суть вещей. Удачи вам и здоровья. Ещё раз молодец. российский пенсионер.

I know all to well what it’s like gathering firewood. My family burns wood and back in the day we used to make maple syrup in our sugar house. During the summer we cut split and ranked wood.