Re: (ET) Electric Log Splitter

["Don Cohen" <bond007d netsync net>]

Sorry for taking so long to reply to this. I know of a source for a
currently produced 110v electric log splitter - 3 or 5 ton. If interested 
in
the info, let me know and I will pass it along.

Don Cohen


----- Original Message -----
From: <JeffT softlanding com>
To: <elec-trak cosmos5 phy tufts edu>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 10:25 AM
Subject: (ET) Electric Log Splitter


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> Anybody familiar with the FlowTron Electric Log Splitter (110V)? They 
> made
> them back in the early 80s and I worked at a hardware store that used to
> sell them but just serviced them when I worked there. Used a threaded
shaft
> with a 2 sided ram that was threaded also and traveled back and forth,
like
> the shaft drive garage door openers. Best feature was it was auto 
> reverse,
> it automatically reversed the motor direction when the ram reached either
> end so it was twice as fast as a hydraulic splitter (unless there are two
> way hydraulic splitters out there). I'd love to find one.
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