even as a person who thinks health and safety has gone too far, some of these machines gave me the shivers .

If your mind ever wonders why we need 10 fingers when 4 are enough... these machines may be for you.

The work safety inspector has left the chat.

some of these machines look like a good way to chop off your hand

the gas powered handheld spike screw thing has to be the most inefficient way to split wood ever concocted not to mention noisy, smelly, and a handful to operate, probably hard on the back as well

The kindling machine @:22 is actually pretty bad ass. Would be great for smoking woods, like cherry, apple, pecan, etc...

Some of these machines are terrifying

Some of them aren't too terrible - if there is a guard between you and the working edge, and it requires you to engage both hands away from the cutting edge and the wood before it splits, it's actually pretty safe. Some of them are stupid beyond belief and deserve Darwin Awards for operation.

8:10 Anybody who has split wood by hand weeps with bitter envy here.

"come over here on this side Jeffrey" And that was the last video Jeffrey ever made.

Those "auger" type splitters don't seem terribly efficient or useful. And they seem incredibly dangerous. If the guy at 2:55 got his pant leg caught in that thing he'd get wrapped around that thing like a strand of spaghetti.

A suggestion. Buy your self a 2265 splitfire log splitter. Trust me worth its weight and gold.. made in Canada. I work there

I had to count my finger after merely watching this. Don't try this at home, kids.

Man who load wood splitter right handed His nickname will be lefty

Exciting stuff! Watching these dangerous homemade firewood processing machines in action, especially the fastest wood splitting machines, is both thrilling and impressive.

Das Motorrad mit dem Kreissägenblatt als Hinterrad ist der Hammer 😅😅😅

7:20 That's the most terrifying one I'd say

The last machine is the only "manual" one I'd use. Nice and quiet with the electric motor too.

at 3:05 i was waiting for the log to catch and get shot out, ripping his leg off... i can't believe he stands there.

That's what I need a motorcycle chainsaw !

Ahh, the old Reduce-O-Limb 3000

*"There's an abundance of firewood processing machine videos online, showcasing various homemade devices for splitting or cutting straight-grain softwoods. However, I have yet to come across any of these devices taking on a robust oak or handling the challenges of a tree crotch.*

6:45 what's the dingus doing with the measuring stick?

My pick for the stupidest would go to the bloke with the circular saw on his motor bike.

DIY logging machines making work for amputation clinics for generations

Their are a plethora of firewood processing machines videos on the net all showing variety of home made device that split or cut straight grain soft woods I have let to see any of these of devices tackle a burley oak or any crotch of a tree

Man, two thoughts. 1. Some of this wood is so small I don't know why they're splitting it. 2. I wish we had wood that split so easy down here. Most of these machines would just bog or mangle the wood we use.

Motorbike saw was the best!!!

That last one was probably very efficient. Although it looked very dangerous and sure it can not handle every size and so on... But I like that one, similar to what my grandpa made a long time ago...

That last one is awesome. Silent and efficient

3:15 If that axle catches his pant leg, he's screwed.

Nice assortment of homemade and commercial equipment. But that thing at 2:48 looks to be an accident waiting to happen, unlike the other homemade ones which merely look dangerous.

Why some videos are "flowing"? They look like they were shot under water. Video stabilisation algorithm artifacts? If all those machines are home made, I would like to see industrial ones :D. Those solutions, even really homemade range from "someone is going to die", through "someone is gonna loose fingers" to "I wouldn't give it to a teenager, but capable adult with instructions will be fine". Some are just so easy to modify to make it safe. Some guards, safer feeding mechanism and would be pretty safe. Other are pointlessly dangerous. And drills seem stupid, or at least only good for specific purposes, like splitting long logs (but the car hack seems very dangerous, not sure if those drills can grab cloth or tissue, but it looks like it want's to chomp those ankles so bad).

Pls fix the title, 90% of the maschines were NOT Homemade!

Как быстро пилить и рубить на дрова придумали, а чтобы деревья так быстро восполнялись/росли придумать слабо !?

Once you loose one finger you will never loose another

Never had my hand chopped off before, but I swear I felt it a time or two watching this.

Love the bike one.

Can’t beat a wood chipper for body disposal 👍

Multe snt pe lume și n-au nume👏👏👍😃💯🙆🤔😲

Well the auger spiral bit on the actual auger isn't really home-made. That's it's intended function and implementation best I can tell. Also: this is the only video I have watched that has been consistently pure pucker-factor. There is nothing in this video that does not make me massively uncomfortable, only exceptions being the fully automated machines.

3:47 All you DON'T need is someone to trip, stumble, fall... not a great set up

...so I see John Kramer went into the logging business.

Insurance companies hate this guy

バイクできるやつ面白い

que peligro de algunas máquinas.....

I love the kindling machine

The last is the worst no barrier to prevent the cuts from falling at your feet possible tripping he was rushing a dozen times thought his hand or fingers would be crushed ya hafta pre cut everything total scary waste of time 20:24

Nothing about 2:18 is good. So many pinch points and a slow enough speed that you can truly savor the horror of this thing about to break your arm, twist it off, or shear it off.

Haha growing up in NM these machines look like they save u time🤘awesome vid!

Not the least bit impressed with these homemade death traps. I’ve cut and split firewood for over 50 years and know the dangers, mis haps and accidents that are there and can/will happen. Most of those contraptions can and will maim and kill you, just a matter of time before they get careless or distracted.

🤣motorbike with a saw blade, bugger me, what next?? 🤣

Daddy had a wood splitter that utilized a common axe, me. These people's kids have obviously moved away. I was also the lawn boy along with several other titles that only paid room and board. There was no failure to launch at my house. lol

Damn just buy a wood splitter, I didn't give much for my husky and it doesn't try to kill me

Sooo, how did ya get the nickname lefty?

Really?! Right in front of my OSHA manual?!

15:02 The “Welcome Tree” in HuangShen, China...The Most Viewed Tree In The World.

Привыкли руки к пневмоколунам, но к сожаленью, пальцев не хватает...

The boy at 7:19 is just begging to lose fingers, the way he keeps putting them on the ends of the wood.

safety first :)

Wood U believe it, I have the same machine at my house 😅

That first green machine was insanely close his fingers

What is the name of that thing sounding like hakking the wood 😃👍

Say what you want but most of these are still safer than a chainsaw and an axe.

Mimimi.... oOoo... so dangerous!😂

These machines never hit a knot!!??

The one at 6:05 seems pretty safe to me.

Trying to go fast is whats dangerous. People think everything has to be "fast" F that!

Not all dangerous, not all automatic and not all homemade, as for processing, it's mostly splitting and fastest not even close.

This looks relatively safe

0:16 what could possibly go wrong?

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my guess is a lot of the guys in this video are nicknamed "stubby" lol

What osha doesnt know about can still hurt lol. That red car one is just a nope.

OH MY GOD

at 3:15 using the screw on the wheel hub of the car was almost brushing his trouser lega screw grab whatever touches it and pulls it in. he would be safer wearing shorts.

5:49 makes no sense - why would you use a valuable chainsaw that wears, breaks and needs oiling, when a splitter will last for ever?

USA land of genius people!😊

If it will do that to a piece of wood just imagine what it will do with flesh and bone. Yikes.

If there is a will there is a way 😊😊😊

Как в 18 веке - дровами топят )

Seconds from disaster.😮

I like my fingers, thank you

danger!!!!!!!!

Everybody splitting wood to smithereens making it burn faster and more heat go out the chimney, meanwhile i use biggest wood i can find, up to foot in diameter that can fit in my furnace. Rarely have to split anything, like 2 halfs of the thickest logs that can fit in, with 1,5foot length will burn for 4-6 hours. And i can start a fire with those big logs, just a bit of diesel and charcoal from previous run and in half a hour its clean fire without needing much attention or setting. Granted its seasoned 3-5 years old dry firewood with low moisture, mostly Earl and Ash. Seasoning and drying your wood is the most important step, dry wood will produce more useful heat no matter the shape or size. The moist wood you need to split to little pieces, it have inconsistent burn, smoke like crazy, you need more of it and produce more light then heat. Carefully set up fireplace will after reaching its optimal temperature will burn even the smoke/wood gas. Only 2 potential dangers. As you burning wood in low oxygen environment it can produce carbon monoxide, but a chimney with good draft and air intake for fire negate this. Second danger if not careful the wood gas can explode, but you first smell something is wrong. This happened to me and my father but while burning saw dust and chips from cutting the wood. And it was mostly because we load too much, starve the fire below. Its smoking like hell and when the smoke catch fire, wooosh. I just make byt of smoke inside, my dad break the glass.

Om nom nom nom nom crunch crunch

Pretty sure either running propane or natural gas to you house......is cheaper than having your fingers sewed back on !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

3:05 better get my pants nice and close to the spinny thing literally ripping a log apart

一歩間違えると。。。😅っていう機械ばかりですね

I can't even know how you slice that.

1/53 Please does anyone Know what that Gearbox is from off

Всё это мы уже видели!

Those rotating wedges are totally sus

Неужели такая потребность в дровоколах? Довели до промышленных масштабов. Как-то не согласуется с цивилизацией.

17:38 trying to keep pace with a machine. Like the machine cares.

UKposts algorithm: you have too many fingers so here watch this Me: intrusive thoughts

A perfect representation of why we need the dislike counter back.

Some look cool until something jams or gets stuck and flies out and gets someone. And the wood is super dry. Do some of those with green knotty hardwood and id say theyd fail.

Some of that is just a waste of time and money Give me a maul...

Some of them need to learn how to hold the camera still.