Better hope your gloved hand doesn't come in contact with that cone!

I’d bet Supply Center in NE would have a gear reduction box to slow it down speed wise just the torque alone would be dangerous but add uncontrolled speed and that could kill pretty easy. You can control the feed part with a no spin bar but a loose shirt/coat or like said a simple glove could do you in.

My brother had a cone type driven by a 5 hp gas engine with gear reduction. It would split the nasty knotty stuff that would laugh at an axe or mall. It had a heavy metal frame with a 3" or 4" metal tube that the round rested on, The rpm of the cone was pretty slow and I do not remember choking the system down but a time or two. When that happened, I had to get the chainsaw to relieve the pressure and get the wood off the cone. There was no reverse.

It was a pretty slow process so I only used it on pieces that were near impossible to split with an axe or maul.

Lol, yes I did! No thank you, about all I burn is hedge, I could see alot of things getting tore up!

Father in law has a standard wood splitter that he let's me use if needed, nothing fancy and I only really use it on the really big stuff otherwise either my boys or I just split by hand, helps burn a few calories

Before I bought a hydraulic splitter, I split wood by hand with a Monster Maul. It's an awesome hand splitter. I don't know if they even make them anymore. But, if you're splitting by hand and can find one, buy it. You won't be sorry.

I have one. All steel (head and handle). Not sure what it weighs but it's heavy. it's about the best tool for stubborn pieces.