[TheForge] now for something completely different

[xlch58 at swbell.net]

terry l. ridder wrote:
> hello;
>
> last fall the township cut down all the trees in the hedgerow/fenceline
> on the country road i live on. i asked for the wood from from the huge
> maple tree that was right across from our house. well the township gave
> me all the wood. i have close to 125 logs sitting on the west end of
> the property. most are 10 ft long and relatively straight.
>
> my original plan was to cut up the smaller logs for firewood and
> the larger logs for lumber or square them off for landscape timber
> use.
>
> would anyone know of a simple way to make a reasonably safe device
> to guide a chainsaw in squaring the smaller logs?
>
> the logs and wood from the huge maple tree i would like to take to the 
> kingston saw mill for sawing. that will have to wait for now.
>
>
Take a look at:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=32376

You attach an ordinary 2x12 to the top of the log and use that to guide 
your first cut.  Thereafter you use the previously cut surface.  I have 
seen a video of a similar unit in action, but have not operated one 
myself.  It is on my Fabrication to do list.   The higher end version I 
have seen has a modified cutting bar that allows for a tbar handle to be 
attached there and a guard for the tip of the blade.  No stab or plunge 
cuts are needed for this, so it doesn't get in the way, but allows a 
second person to help guide the cut and provide leverage.  I think it 
would be  worthwhile addition.

Charles