If I wanted to scale these up and make a pair that was able to cut 3-5" diameter pieces of hardwood what would be the limiting factors besides leverage? If I could just lop my firewood instead of having to use a saw I would save a good amount of money
wood fiber is stronger under compression. just use a saw, it's been the tool of choice for thousands of years for a reason.
>>2953333That would take foreverI just wanna slicey slice a bunch of 18" pieces really fast
>>2953327Should probably just get a saw
>>2953327https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQNyewf34vI
>>2953342Yes, surely dumping 5 grand in a hydraulic shear will save me money
>>2953327The problem with all static cutters is more cutting force requires thicker material which means more to push through the cut which means even more force needed. That and the blade dulls too much before the cut is finished It’s probably possible but the device would be huge and unwieldy
>>2953347do you own a welder and a hacksaw?if so turn off the puter and go touch metal
>>29533363-5" isn't really that thick though, I can tear through that with a bow saw in seconds. it doesn't get much easier without power tools.
>>2953405I use loppers like in OP to make my pieces for charcoal, usually oak like 1" thick and I can cut 40-50 pieces a minute
>>2953433How long to do 5" oak like OP is asking?
>>2953342>copper pipe and alican that baby cut real metal or is it purely for light work
>>2953327tree shear?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE1WXo0r414
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9TCzF9-mxoproceed cautiously
>>2953481crap vid but some were at least interestingI didn't see many proper widowmakers
>>2953471You couldn't cut a piece of 5" diameter oak with the cutters in OP. That's what OP is asking
Make a ratcheting version and jump up and down on the handleTwo miniute captcha on this website is insane. How is this supposed to stop botting? It seems like the only people willing to wait that long would be bots. I havent posted here in years
>>2953327I have a set of fiskars loppersandi can quite comfortably cut through 3-4 inch diameter hardwood, 5 more difficult but manageable. What do you bench?
>>2954012>Doubt
>>2953327>besides leverage?At one point your running into material problems.There's only so much force you can put on piece of metal before it deforms. The handles are going to bend. You are going to sheer your fulcrum bolt. Your cutting edges are going to want to move sideways instead of towards each other.
>>2953342If the op was really clever he could run a shunt off a big hydraulic block splitter and mount a small shear off the same pressure system
>>2953333guillotine, lifting the heavy blade increases potential, dropping it changes the largest variable in the kinetic energy equation. mass/2 * v^2.
>>2955241I've found I can cut significantly larger pieces by putting them in the vice, cinching the loppers around them and applying increasing pressure as I continually make a circle around the wood with no damage or excessive force to the tool
>>2955266And this is faster then a saw?
>>2955443A handsaw yes, and far less exhausting
>>2955445Get a better saw?
>>2955451The actual cutting takes maybe 3 seconds once you get the clippers on the piece of wood. You would have to do the setup either way
how much is 3-5" in non retard unit ?>>2953327if you dont require a clean cut, maybe you can score the wood with a saw, and then monkey smash it with a sledgehammer to break itless work overall and very satisfying
>>2957029Oh I'm sorry, let me translate for our European friendsإنه بحجم علبة الصودا تقريبًا
>>2953327Corona makes one for 3" the SL650o works great.
Just get a piano wire and spin it at 450,000 rpm. It should slice right through the wood
>>2957082well time to dig out the weed wacker i got some stupid stuff to do.
>>2957032stfu пидopac
>>2953327just karate chop that shit you pussy
