[TheForge] wire tree cutter

[Bruce .]

Bill,
This thread got divided.  I commented on "why" in the other.
The idea here is to cut down a widowmaker (a limb or tree with potential to
kill the woodcutter) from a safe distance.  Imagine standing across the
yard -- 40 or more feet away -- while operating a device which does little
but pull a wire (the cutter) around the tree.  It should be pretty easy to
make that safe.  Now we just need to get the wire to  cut wood.  See other
thread for my comments on that.

Bruce
NJ

On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 8:52 AM, bilcol <bilcol at bohlfamily.com> wrote:

> Isn't a chainsaw a string saw with teeth?  Since wood can be cut with teeth
> trees can be cut very quickly (unlike rock).  I think that with abrasives
> cutting good sized tree would take quite a lot longer.  It would work but
> why do it that way?
>
> Bill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TheForge [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
> Vincent Nakovics
> Sent: Saturday, February 6, 2016 5:47 AM
> To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] wire tree cutter
>
> To: Bruce,
>     I know that in an outdoors survival kit I had a good while back they
> had
> a wire with teeth on it that was supposed to be for cutting branches for
> firewood. It was about 6 feet long but only about 3 ft of it had any
> teeth/grit on it. It cut okay as I remember, had to try it out. I don't
> have
> that kit anymore but I would imagine it might not work so well with full
> size trees due to the weight pressing on the wire once the wire is in deep
> enough, much like a saw you would need to wedge it, etc. Then of course you
> might not know exactly where the tree will fall and that is probably the
> biggest problem.
>     Anyway my 2 cents.Vince Nakovics
>
>
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