Wedges

There was a limited run of them and they were numbered. I don’t know if he would make anymore of them or not. If he see’s this maybe he will chime in.
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Yes, they were numbered and I have serial number 501. And no, I'm not selling them. Those puppies work absolutely perfectly.
 
That seems like a lot of work for something that a couple of pieces of wood will do.
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They were made for a reason. My observations at several CubFests was that many times those "couple of pieces of wood" were working loose. On more than one occasion I hammered those "couple of pieces of wood" back in to tighten them. Once I had to do it a couple of times on the same tractor. Those pieces of wood were straight surfaces wedging between two curved surfaces, not a real strong arrangement. There had to be a better way.

I shared my concept with Rick Prentice, the "exceptionally skilled machinist" Don referred to, he then developed (wooden, as I recall) patterns that he shared with Phil Lenke, another one of those "extremely skilled machinists" that made a set of wedges made from one of those hard plastics. Those wedges I took to a Deep South CubFest to try them out. During the CubFest we had to tweak them a bit and after those slight modifications they worked very well. I returned the wedges to Rick who improved the design and melted aluminum beverage containers to make the wedges.

The "couple of pieces of wood" wedges will work but they can't be ignored. Once installed and fastened in place, the aluminum wedges will stay put without further attention.
 
I agree, they are beautifully made and are superior to wood but in my case, for the couple of times that I would have a need for them, wood will work. For someone that splits Cubs on a regular basis, I'm sure that they are awesome.
 
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