Look what I drug home

[Quartlow]

The things you get at a family picnic. Nephew has an Amish neighbor who was at his 4th of July picnic. HE brought this over and was surprised I knew what it was.

Now I just need some Black powder and fuse  :D
I even got the instructions. I don't think it has ever been fired. From the looks of it it's just beat up  from banging around in the box with the other ones he bought

[WildDog]

What is it Quartlow?

[farmerdoug]

An original power(powder) spliter. :D :D :D :D

A great find, Quartlow.

[TexasTimbers]

I didn't know what it was either. I'd like to see it go bang.

Make a youtube and post it! 8)

[Quartlow]

TT heres one in action, I think from what I can see it is one styled like mine
You will have to copy and paste it, I watched it last night and can't remember if all the language was safe or not

There is no profanity and the music is so loud that you couldn't hear it if someone uttered an explitive anyway.
Tom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UngMpN35SX4&feature=related

[Warbird]

Heh.  Seems like it took them a few tries to figure out they needed more powder.  Looks like fun but I think I'll stick with the hydraulic splitter.  ;)

[WildDog]

I've actually got one,



I had it attached to a rope closing my chicken coop years ago when I was on a cattle station, an old fellow that worked on the place told me what it was but not how to use it, we used to split a lot of posts with wedges back then. Could anyone let me know how it works please, my wife has me selling all my "What she calls useless stuff" in the shed and I would like to let the buyer know.

[mike_van]

Thats pretty slick - Wish I'd had one back when I used to split elm by hand -  8)