Operator's Manual
5-Ton Electric Log Splitter W1200
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oil drain plug
dipstick
bleed screw
Figure 2
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MATERIAL
TOLERANCE UNLESS
OTHERWISE NOTED:
0.0 ±.100 INCH ± 2.54 MM
0.00 ±.030 INCH ± 0.76 MM
0.000 ±.010 INCH ± 0.25 MM
ANGLES:
0 ± 2°
0.0 ± 1.0°
THREADS CLASS 2
PRIMARY DIMENSIONS ARE IN INCHES
SECONDARY DIMEMSION ARE IN MM
ALL ANGLES ARE DECIMAL DEGREES
UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED
NAME
TREATMENT
DR BY
APPD
PRT NO
W1200
PT WEIGHT
SURFACE AREA
DATE
REVISION
THIRD ANGLE PROJECTION
SEE BILL OF MATERIALS
NONE
32121.68 3451644.89
W1200 5 TON ELECTRIC
LOG SPLITTER
1
MATT OLSEN
MDO 9/17/2010
09/17/2010
SHEET: 6 OF 8
SET-Up AND pRE-OpERATION
Before attempting to use, familiarize yourself with all the
operating features and safety requirements of your log splitter.
(SEE FIGURE 1)
1. Wedge
8. 2-hand operating
2. Oil tank
hydraulic control lever
3. Carrying handle
9.. Safety guard for 2-hand
4. Supporting leg
operating hydraulic
5. Motor w/push switch
control lever
& circuit breaker
10. Log pusher
6. Rubber feet
11. Log cradle
7. Rolling wheel
wARNING
FOR YOUR OwN SAFETY, DO NOT CONNECT THE LOG
SpLITTER TO THE pOwER SOURCE UNTIL THE MACHINE
IS COMpLETELY ASSEMbLED AND YOU READ AND
UNDERSTAND THE ENTIRE INSTRUCTION MANUAL.
FOR YOUR OwN SAFETY, NEVER FORGET TO bOLT THE
wHEEL bRACkET TO THE LOG SpLITTER, LIFT THE LOG
SpLITTER bY THE HANDLES AT bOTH ENDS AND pLACE
IT ON A 60-75CM HIGH, STAbLE, FLAT AND LEVEL wORk
SURFACE.
NEVER USE THE LOG SpLITTER IF IT IS NOT IN pERFECT
ORDER OR IF IT NEEDS SERVICING. bEFORE STARTING
wORk, CHECk CORRECT FUNCTIONING OF ALL THE
CONTROLS (HYDRAULIC LEVER, pUSH bUTTON).
IMpORTANT
bEFORE OpERATING THE LOG SpLITTER, THE bLEED
SCREw SHOULD bE LOOSENED bY 3-4 ROTATIONS SO
AIR CAN GO IN AND OUT OF THE OIL TANk SMOOTH-
LY. AIR FLOw THRU THE bLEED SCREw HOLE SHOULD
bE DETECTAbLE DURING LOG SpLITTER OpERATION.
bEFORE MOVING THE LOG SpLITTER, MAkE SURE
THE bLEED SCREw IS TIGHTENED TO AVOID OIL
LEAkAGE FROM THIS pOINT. (
See Figure 2)
CAUTION
FAILURE TO LOOSEN THE bLEED SCREw wILL RESULT IN
AIR bEING COMpRESSED AND DECOMpRESSED IN THE
HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. CONTINUOUS AIR COMpRESSION
AND DECOMpRESSION wILL bLOw OUT THE SEALS OF
THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM AND CAUSE pERMANENT
DAMAGE TO THE LOG SpLITTER.
CAUTION
DO NOT ADJUST THE MAxIMUM pRESSURE LIMITING
SCREw. THE pRESSURE LIMITING SCREw HAS bEEN
SEALED AT THE FACTORY TO pREVENT UNAUTHORIZED
ADJUSTING. RESETTING THE SCREw wILL CAUSE
THE HYDRAULIC pUMp TO FAIL TO OUTpUT ENOUGH
SpLITTING pRESSURE OR CAUSE TOO MUCH pRESSURE,
wHICH MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY, AS wELL AS
DAMAGE TO THE MACHINE.
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Figure 1
