flushcut
TreeHouser
1 inch. Maybe go 1 1/8” and sand it down to an inch. How are you cutting it? Bandsaw?
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davidwyby
Desert Beaver
Yes, a big one. Unless I go to make a mess of them, then I might waterjet them.
flushcut
TreeHouser
Only reason I ask is because of the surface finish after cutting might be rough and make driving them difficult. But water jet would be cool.
Marc-Antoine
TreeHouser
Nice chunck of metal
. What thickness it has?
You can make the usual 0-1" (or more like 1/8-1") and a heavy lifter 7/8-2" (same length/slope) to avoid the first stacking. But I have no clue about the convenient slope in a different material than plastic.
. What thickness it has?You can make the usual 0-1" (or more like 1/8-1") and a heavy lifter 7/8-2" (same length/slope) to avoid the first stacking. But I have no clue about the convenient slope in a different material than plastic.
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
Interesting...my reason for going to metal is to make anti-pop-out spikes on them. Friends on another forum said to prevent pop-out, sprinkle dirt on them. I suspect that will make them harder to drive as well as more resistant to pop out. I wonder if single thicker/steeper wedges would be more resistant to pop out than stacked. I suspect yes, especially if both sides have one way "shark skin" surface. It would be interesting to compare surfaces between water jet, saw cut longitudinally, and saw cut crosswise to the driven direction.
I may end up going steel. I was thinking last night and put a couple things together...the problem with old long steel wedges according to @gf beranek 's book is hitting them with the saw, and they may pass clear thru a smaller tree. Putting that together with @stig 's gutting of the hinge (I am forcing hard side leaners over) and my idea of open/block face for more hinge time...well, just let the steel wedge pass thru! If I have to cut any more, it will be on the fat hinge side, and theoretically not adjacent to the wedge.
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
Great minds think alike on the secondary thicker wedge....that would keep the wedge further from the saw action area too.Nice chunck of metal
You can make the usual 0-1" (or more like 1/8-1") and a heavy lifter 7/8-2" (same length/slope) to avoid the first stacking. But I have no clue about the convenient slope in a different material than plastic.
It is 3" thick, around 75mm.
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
I should note that the steel (and alum) would be for special occasions where serious force is needed. Rest for the time I think I will be using hard heads once I finish trashing my regular plastic ones.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Al Smith
Mac Daddy
This is an old thread and since I do have a collection of plastic wedges .Inexpensive from Baileys .Unlike many I don't try to drive them with an axe .I use a 52 ounce dead blow hammer .I can really screw them up with an axe .
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
We have a big dead blow sledge at work, I will have to try it.
flushcut
TreeHouser
It sounds like good experiment comparing surface finishes.
Wood Collector
TreeHouser
Fiskar splitting axe or the maul are my choice of wedge drivers
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
It’s kind of hard to tell, but the little spikes are kind of “one way”.
Marc-Antoine
TreeHouser
Like a wood rasp. Good thinking.
flushcut
TreeHouser
Nice!
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Interesting.
What is your motivation for it?
What is your motivation for it?
flushcut
TreeHouser
“Because it’s there”
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
The intent was to prevent wedges popping back out. Worked well this morning forcing a side leaner over to the left. Well, closer to 180° with messed up limb weight too. The thicker ones in place of stacking are a winner. I nicked one and didn’t hurt the chain…sliced my thumb with the wedge though.
@SeanKroll Now that I know my wedges work I’m going to start using to winch to pull and swing things, at least in the summer! It was pretty miserable fun this morning. The axe tears the wedges up pretty bad but the sledge doesn’t as much.
@SeanKroll Now that I know my wedges work I’m going to start using to winch to pull and swing things, at least in the summer! It was pretty miserable fun this morning. The axe tears the wedges up pretty bad but the sledge doesn’t as much.
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
Hm. I s’pose I could figure out a way to put hard heads on them…
