Homemade
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I finally got enough material to do a box wedge. I’ve looked and looked at a simple design with no hydraulic adjustment. Just a top plate and 4 bottom knives to produce pieces roughly 5x6 and 5x4. I got the pieces cut today and then it was family time. I’ll do some light tacking and take some picks this week.
Material for the flat plate is a skid shoe from a loader. 1/2” at the thinnest growing to 1”. The leading edge will be on the 1/2” side with a 30* taper on the edge.
The “knives” are 5/8” thick snow plow cutting edge. There are approximately 4” x 5”. I pitched the upper plate up in the back and all the knives outward to hopefully reduce or eliminate the split pieces from wedging.
Material for the flat plate is a skid shoe from a loader. 1/2” at the thinnest growing to 1”. The leading edge will be on the 1/2” side with a 30* taper on the edge.
The “knives” are 5/8” thick snow plow cutting edge. There are approximately 4” x 5”. I pitched the upper plate up in the back and all the knives outward to hopefully reduce or eliminate the split pieces from wedging.