Thank you, Göran. That was a lot of fun to watch.
Didn’t sound like the diesel bogged down much even with those close to 2 inch branches.
I have to admit I felt a few rushes when your fingers came close to the screw. Please promise the next step is the shute.
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Goran proves that there is no room for lazy people among wood gas users, you have to use your time to prepare equipment for cutting wood, you have to have a place to dry the fuel, you have to make a gasifier and adapt it to the engine, vehicle, machine,… wood gas is not for lazy people and townspeople,…
Bravo Goran, I did not doubt your success, you made a good machine that will quickly cut a lot of branches, now you will be able to test “my type of fuel”. 
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Good job Goran!!! Motivates me to get my screw chunker done, after maple syrup season that is.
GC
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Thanks for all the kind words 
It seems to work as supposed, some covers and chute left to do, and maybe a belt conveyor for easy bagging/loading.
I started with a small cart to place it on, my problem now is to find better tires for it, but very hard to find cheap 5.00-19.
@ccweb1 yes, i will follow this up as i test it more, i need to feed it some thicker stuff to see what it’s able to chew.
Edit: oh, yes, i forgot, first priority is to re-direct the exhaust, probably up, instead of blowing directly on me when i feed the machine. I still smell diesel.
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Thanks Jan, a very good tips! Very good price too!
It’s a shame i’ve cut off the axle hubs yesterday (in rage), i got sick of searching tires and tubes, and decided to put on some modern stuff (which i haven’t found yet) 
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my congratulations on finished (well,almost) DIY project!
very smooth running machine, load seem to be well matched to the engine - right pulleys and gearbox.
are the belts used also as safety clutch?
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Thank you Andris, yes the first tests seem to prove it works as intended.
About how the belts work as a safety clutch, i have no idea, i haven’t fed it any heavier wood yet.
Mostly my philosophy with my builds are: “come along or break” (hard to translate a old Swedish saying, “med eller sönder”)
Edit: i built my belt tensioner with adjustable spring load, so, some kind of safety could be built-in (until i load it up more)
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Here is a simple clutch that allows the belt to slip on the driven pulley when is is not engaged, so that it does not make a burned spot on the belt.
Rindert
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very nice build, göran…when somwwhere people cut wood, often the twigs and smaller branches remain there…maybee you can get it for free or even payed for forest cleaning, go there with your engine, make fuel there without transporting twigs and branches to your home…would be a nice fuel source!
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Thanks Giorgio
Yes, exactly my thinking, bringing it to the brush-piles, and bring the chips/chunks home.
I have 3 places i got to pick thin wood now, so work on it’s way.
This evening i built it transportable.
This is the cart that come with the fire-pump i dragged home a while ago.
I put the chunker to the side, as i plan to install a belt conveyor besides it, the plan is to pull it after the truck, and load the chunks directly on the bed.
These nice old wheels had to go, it was cheaper to buy universal trailer stump-hubs than buying inner tubes for them, and tires was needed too.
The universal hubs fits VW wheels, and i have lot’s of them in my scrap-yard.
Looks kind of funny though, the fenders doesn’t fit…
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Hi GorenK.
And the power for your conveyor will be from where??
S.U.
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Hi SteveU, i haven’t decided yet, maybe from the big pulley on the gearbox, maybe from the engine pulley, i don’t think 4 belts are necessary, so there would be a “spare” groove.
I have also had the idea to let a small rubber wheel be driven from the back of the belts, on the big pulley.
There are endless options… or mostly a case of what i find in my scrap pile.
Well, i also played with the idea to use a old serpentine belt, on the engines flat starter rope pulley, but that would require a way to “slip” it on after engine is started.
And, ofcourse: i think i could make a “pto” from the gearbox, on the other side from the pulley, but that would be more work.
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Maybe some ideas you can use.
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Thank you Rindert, nice video, a scary contraption with the circular saw blade though.
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This just popped up in recommend to view after watching Rindert’s
find:
A collection of systems.
View on YouTube and his Ukrainian translates well into English.
May be finishing ideas for you GoranK.
S.U.
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Some updates, i ran the chunker some today, works great.
I got “carried away” some, and feed it every branch and twig i found in the garden… i had to sort out the thin stuff before i dumped it in the gasifier.
I took a trip on wood, and so long it worked great, even with about half of the chips raw (green) wood.
Later some improvements, a ammo box as a tool box, good to keep the starter rope in (which i usually throw over my shoulder when engine starts
)
Re-directing the exhaust up, instead of in my face.
Edit: yes, im going to build one of them rain protection flap-flap-flaps for the exhaust (only because i think they are cool…
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I’ll join Goran here, so I won’t open a new topic,…
I’ve gathered some metal pieces to make a wood chipper, the shaft will be from a 75mm hydraulic cylinder piston rod, which will be double-bearing in a bearing housing, at the end a smaller auxiliary bearing will be built into the piston rod. I’ll make the cutting screw housing from a car propane tank…
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Tone, as fast as you work, I expect to see a working video sometime late afternoon tomorrow.
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