# @jasonkhoodd on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DVZ63E4Atfi
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61727499-jasonkhoodd-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/6d46096d8e.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-03-03T02:09:32.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Jason Hood (@jasonkhoodd) — https://gondola.cc/jasonkhoodd

## Caption

A kinetic log splitter stores energy in a massive spinning flywheel — like a mechanical battery charging up in real time. Instead of slowly squeezing wood apart with fluid pressure, it releases all that stored momentum in a single explosive burst.

When the lever engages, a rack-and-pinion system converts rotation into instant linear force. The result? A split in under a second. Not a press… a strike.

It doesn’t crush the wood.
It shocks the fibers apart.

Speed + mass + momentum = devastating efficiency.

This is what stored energy looks like when it’s weaponized by engineering.

#Engineering #Physics #MechanicalDesign #Satisfying #KineticEnergy

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## Tags

mechanicaldesign, engineering, physics, satisfying, kineticenergy

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