[Gasification] [Stoves] Chip Guillotine

[ajheggie at gmail.com]

[Default] On Mon, 6 Jan 2014 20:32:39 -0800,"Doug"
<Doug.Williams at orcon.net.nz> wrote:

>I reduced the blade diameter to 200mm (8")  and this opens the cutting
>surfaces to allow a stick size of about 1.25" diameter to be cut on the
>diagonal, the easiest way to slice through wood fibres. I used green
>coppiced poplar sticks 1.25" at their butt end, and was surprised at how
>little effort it took to chop the whole stick. 

Brilliant!

Would it be possible to apply the effort via a spring balance and see
how the force necessary varied with the angle the stick is presented
at?

AJH