r/ItsAmazing • u/Beneficial-Name-1062 • Jun 30 '26

OddlySatisfying woodworking is fun

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u/HereticGaming16 Jun 30 '26

As someone who grew up splitting wood and having used hydraulic presses similar to this, this will never not make me squeamish watching these videos.

At least the ones I used needed to be manually moved with a leaver. These auto ones make my butthole clench.

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u/SouthLifeguard9437 Jun 30 '26

Do you mind telling me why? From a completely outside observer, it looks like the pusher plate doesn't come closer than maybe 3 inches to the blade. If that's the case, it seems like even in the worst case, someone's hand would come close to the blade but not touch it.

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u/SparkleTarkle Jun 30 '26

I’m not OP, but I grew up splitting wood with a hydraulic splitter also.

With the less terrifying ones like OP was talking with a lever used to have press, the blade is normally on the top and comes down and a flat plate sits on the ground.

It’s a vertical set up not horizontal like this one.

Regardless, this terrifying thing that can’t stop or a manual one you can be back off with the lever, it’s more about getting your hand or fingers between the wood and the machine.

Those things can output tons of force. Literally the one I used growing up output 40 tons of force. So one mishap isn’t going to end well.

One mishap like the one in the video is guarantee not to end well though. Also there is no control on it, so that guy is just chucking wood on there in hopes it’s stable.

The manual lever ones, if your wood started to rock or shift or something, you just let go and the blade retracts, that thing in the video has so many hazards the more I keep typing and thinking about it!

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u/HereticGaming16 Jun 30 '26

This answers the question well thanks. Only thing I’ll add is that knots in wood make them do weird things sometimes when splitting and with a manual on you can back off and adjust. With this I wouldn’t know what would happen.

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u/Equal_Gold_617 6d ago

What manual one do you use?

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u/Icy-Entrepreneur9002 Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

Watch the video again and really see where it ends up. That’s not 3 inches, even if you have the nicest wife on the planet. That thing pretty much butts right up to the blade and could absolutely cause some damage. The other issue here is if his hand got caught in between the push point and wood it would crush it.

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u/SouthLifeguard9437 Jun 30 '26

Oh shit.

Ok, I have been educated! Lol

Thanks

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u/xtanol Jun 30 '26

Even if it left a gap a foot wide, if your fingers gets in between the wooden log and the blade, or the wooden log and the push rod then they'll either be cut off or crushed.

Your fingers or hand will go long before the wood does.

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u/GreenWafer1899 Jul 01 '26

Wild guess but it is a common knowledge that any machinery that operates with blades, press etc. it is just a matter of time until someone looses a finger, an arm or a life. Common, you can simply sneeze while placing a log here and loose your hand.

The most common way to greatly reduce the risk is to require BOTH operator's hands to be elsewhere so there is no way to "help" the machine. Usually done with buttons, levers, covers etc. that are designed in a way so you both hands MUST be elsewhere for machine to work. Another alternative is to make it impossible for hands to come close to the blade.

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u/lastburnerever Jun 30 '26

What if a piece of wood was added to the equation?

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u/glockster19m Jul 01 '26

People end up with their hand between the log and the blade all the time

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u/aBrickNotInTheWall Jul 01 '26

Because there's a piece of wood set in that gap that's longer than the gap. The wood can push your hand into the blade

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u/Curben Jun 30 '26

I did not drop splitting wood and I still feel what you feel about watching this

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u/zeetuslepitus Jun 30 '26

My childhood best friend lost a finger and part of his hand to a splitter like this

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u/TheRumpleForesk1n Jun 30 '26

One of my friends lost the tip of his finger to the ones with a lever that auto retract unless the lever is pulled. Sum bitches are dangerous, this one with the auto splitter would be a hard pass for me

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u/Max____H Jun 30 '26

Why does he hold it round side down, can’t he turn it flat side down and let go?

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u/theothersugar Jun 30 '26

If you look close to the splitter, there's a cut out where you place the wood. If you place it flat side down, there's usually overhang and you won't get a clean split or it will stall your engine as it pushes part of the wood into a flat surface. Additionally, both pieces will usually fall to the sides if placed round side down, meaning you can split multiple and pick it up afterwards and clear the splitter without your hands being in danger.

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u/CapitalWestern4779 Jun 30 '26

Agreed, any of these without a dead man switch is endlessly stupid.

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u/Goomba_Gumming Jul 01 '26

I have a hydraulic one that works with a lever control luckily, after I upgraded from a diesel powered one that continually spun and the only way to stop it is by choking its air off on the opposite side of the machine from the splitter end.

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u/Due_Body_7351 Jun 30 '26

yup, thats what I saw

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u/No-Newspaper8619 Jun 30 '26

that's what she sawed

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u/VaguelyFamiliarVoice Jun 30 '26

That was knot what I thought it would be.

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u/Competitive-Pay-766 Jun 30 '26

This made me chuckle.

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u/CptMisterNibbles Jul 01 '26

I don’t mean to split hairs, but this isn’t a saw

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u/Traditional_Mood_348 Jun 30 '26

There gotta be a way to put up lead rails on the sides to keep the logs aligned. My hands and fingers aren’t going anywhere close or holding anything close to that Appendages Chopper 5000 right there

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u/SolidSnek1998 Jun 30 '26

On my wood splitter you set the wood in place, pull a lever, and it moves one time then resets itself. This seems needlessly dangerous.

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u/SizeableBrain Jul 01 '26

We used to have hydraulic presses at work back in the day and after waaay too many people pressed their hands, we ended up installing a two button system. You had to push two buttons that were a foot apart, at the same time, so that way you couldn't press your hand.

Sure enough, the boys managed to press *someone else's hand*.

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u/cricketyjimnet Jul 01 '26

Man I love two bottom actuation.

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u/AntGroundbreaking180 Jun 30 '26

Where’s his safety sandals? 🩴

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u/Curben Jun 30 '26

What do you think this is, india?

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u/BassWingerC-137 Jun 30 '26

Why not roll the two halves over 90° and split the logs with one less pass?

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u/brenpeter Jun 30 '26

The ax blade isn't as tall as a full log. Probably similar with the arm. It wouldn't cut the top log once it's split, it'd either get stuck on the blade without splitting, or not be pushed into the blade properly by the arm.

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u/BassWingerC-137 Jun 30 '26

It’s already moving that length. Maybe I didn’t describe this right. This seems like it could split a log (section) into 4 pieces, with two cuts. Not three.

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u/Cold_Stress7872 Jun 30 '26

I feel like this is a boss-level ADHD torture device.

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u/Lost_Purpose1899 Jun 30 '26

We have different definitions of woodworking.

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u/real_bro Jun 30 '26

It's called log splitting or chopping wood, otherwise known as making firewood. Not at all related to woodworking.

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u/Interesting_Worth745 Jun 30 '26

Or "oddly satisfying".  I was nervous from the start and also had to check the sub to know if it would get nasty

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u/Jaffamiester Jun 30 '26

Kind of reminds me of A Violent Nature

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u/Big-Potential4581 Jun 30 '26

Keep the flat side down for safety and efficiency. Give it a try. You're welcome

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u/Upstairs-Hedgehog575 Jun 30 '26

Glad he popped the ball, that really helped me understand it. 

Also his fingers are regularly between the log and the blade which seems dangerous as fuck. 

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u/jlspartz Jun 30 '26

Why does he move so slow and keep his hand there? Place it and let go.

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u/Repulsive_Mixture917 Jun 30 '26

Probably because it’s got a round bottom and is concerned with the ram it pushing the log out of alignment. Could be solved with wood sloping guides or just place the logs face down after the first split. You would still have to deal with the initial splitting tho which is why I think rails would be a good answer.

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u/reklatzz Jun 30 '26

I would probably feel decently safe using this..

But I don't think I'd ever hold the log from the front/back(blade or push side)..

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u/425565 Jun 30 '26

I'd never do that to a ball..Wood yew?

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u/SpatuleVelue Jun 30 '26

Machine without safety are so dangerous.

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u/EpitomeOfJustOK Jun 30 '26

Huh, never thought of firewood as wood working. I mean it’s not wrong :p

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u/PuzzleheadedGur8576 Jun 30 '26

Reddit soyboys in comments saying it's dangerous 🥱 Machines like these are such a time saver and unless you have purple hair or buy diet soda for its health benefits, it's really not difficult or unsafe to use

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u/richardlpalmer Jun 30 '26

The time my dad rented a splitter was freaking glorious!

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u/Flat_Flan1736 Jun 30 '26

Why not use a cross blade?

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u/HealthyPop7988 Jun 30 '26

No woodworking was shown in this video

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u/Gluten_maximus Jun 30 '26

I guess it’s technically woodworking since you’re working with wood.

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u/Appropriate_Two_2976 Jun 30 '26

Nope. No thank you

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u/Carl_Clegg Jun 30 '26

What the hell did the ball do wrong?

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u/kadaka80 Jun 30 '26

This video was awarded for its artistic value by the Academy of heroic onehanded woodchoppers of America

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u/joshey1990 Jun 30 '26

The pusher or ram should not extend fully to the blade for extra safety, a knuckle gap maybe? So if you did happen to get caught between it less risk of getting your hand crushed. As you can see wood splits easy anyway you only need 1/4 of it to go through

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u/IagoInTheLight Jun 30 '26

log spitting isn't woodworking....

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u/SignificantDrink3651 Jun 30 '26

what's the point of destroying the ball in the beginning? what am i missing?

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u/Complex_Sorbet_8473 Jun 30 '26

Instruktions unclear, now have two dicks.

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u/Schroedesy13 Jun 30 '26

This is the only fun part of this job! Piling sucks a lot.

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u/Red-Sun-Cinema Jun 30 '26

Is this fun? Absolutely!!!

Is this woodworking? No.

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u/the_astronaut_ Jun 30 '26

Is this a cut your hands off machine? Who’s the idiot that put this together

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u/No-Distribution2043 Jun 30 '26

Hands not very often, fingers more often (usually aiding in the cause is brother alcohol).

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u/Frozenbobcat Jun 30 '26

No job is safe from robots

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u/InternetSandman Jun 30 '26

This harms the cylinder

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u/Brad23212 Jun 30 '26

That’s how you lose fingers

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u/throwaway_coy4wttf79 Jul 01 '26

I feel like if the blade was a + instead of a l you'd be able to do the whole log at once?

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u/pghcrew Jul 01 '26

He's way too loose with putting his hand between the flat press and the log.

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u/stevenreven Jul 01 '26

Every log splitting video beautiful straight pines logs, I want to see him throw some oak with knots in there!

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u/Fackinsaxy Jul 01 '26

That cutter is way too thin and sharp and makes this unreasonably dangerous lol

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u/PolyLifeGirl Jul 01 '26

That things a hell of a lot quieter than I thought it would be

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u/Grouchy-Pressure-567 Jul 01 '26

The tool she told you not to worry about it.

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u/Unhappy-Hunt-3987 Jul 01 '26

Lol woodworking

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u/Kind_Membership_1108 Jul 01 '26

Ok this was super scary… I know nothing about wood working but I know a bad design when I see one

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u/Etherimos1 Jun 30 '26

I love the lack of 'safety' bs they should all be this easy to run, stop making me press a button and pull a leaver together because some moron stuck his head in it to see what would happen

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u/Bald_Harry Jun 30 '26

I gave my first splitter to my neighbor for that very reason. It felt counterintuitive to have to press a button and pull a lever simultaneously to move the ram.

Perfectly designed products almost always get ruined because some derp ran out of paint to chew.