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Version 1-2011
Note! Placing logs directly on the input table with a loader is strictly prohibited.
5.3
Feeding and sawing wood
The input conveyor feeds the wood that is to be processed into the splitter. To drive a log into the
machine, use the lever A in Figure 19 of Section 4.0. To reverse the feed, use the reverse pedal E.
In the Easy model, wood can be fed with the control lever B (in Figure 20) by pushing the lever to the
up/right position. To reverse the feed, move the lever to the up/left position.
When feeding wood, ensure that the log does not present a risk of getting caught between the log and
the machine, for example due to the shape of the wood. Do not use your hand to guide the log into the
cutting section. Adjust the mechanical measurement device to the desired measurement (and start the
output conveyor if the splitter is equipped with a pivoting conveyor).
1.
Choose the log to process. Note that the maximum log diameter is 37 cm. The knottiness and
shape of the wood increase the diameter.
2.
Close the splitter guards and place the log, butt end first, on the input conveyor under the wood
press.
3.
Lift the lever A to start feeding the log into the machine. Continue until the log hits the
measurement plate, at which point the input motion must be stopped.
Figure 33. Figure 34.
4.
Cut the log by lightly pressing down the lever A (do not strike the lever down).
Once the log has been cut and the cut wood has fallen into the splitting groove, hold the cutting
lever down and check the position of the fallen wood in the groove. If the piece is straight, lift the
cutting lever to the middle position, which automatically activates the splitting process.
When using the Easy model, perform steps 3 and 4 with the control lever B in Figure 20.
Note! If the wood piece is not straight in the splitting groove and it is likely that it will jam the splitting
blade, do the following:
Raise the cutting blade. Move the splitter's operating lever C to the Stop position before the splitting
beam pushes the wood against the splitting blade. Return the splitting beam to the initial position by
moving the splitter's operating lever C to position Split return (far right).
When the splitter's operating lever is in the Stop position, lift the guard of the splitting groove and
straighten the misaligned wood piece.
Lever in the
raised position
=> log moving
forwards
Lever in
middle
position
