I've got a welder, know how to use it and have no desire to build one.
It was easier to buy a twice used 27T Troy-build/Husky/MTD one from the neighbor for less than 50% of the new price. Honda motor, thankfully. It can be used both vertically and horizontally, but I really DO have to make the log holding shelves larger and more robust. Much easier for one person to use it if the pieces aren't constantly dropping to the ground.
Although most of my pieces are large enough that they require picking up with a FEL on the tractor to place on the log splitter.....
