Compound Miter saw = smaller length splits

[chad101]

Just wondering if anyone else does this, I bought some hard maple at a good price. But the splits are huge (almost 25” long).

Instead of spending the entire day cutting splits in half with a chainsaw; I put two saw horses together w/ a piece of 3/4” plywood on top. I placed my miter saw on this makeshift table and it’s ripping right through these splits with no problem.

I just grab a few arm fulls of wood for the day, take them to the garage and saw them in half. Seems to work really well.

 

[LLigetfa]

A Sawzall with a long blade works better on larger pieces.

 

[ikessky]

A Sawzall with a long blade works better on larger pieces.

+1. I've used my Milwaukee sawzall more for firewood than other projects!

 

[smokinj]

Compound Miter saw work just fine.

 

[ikessky]

Compound Miter saw work just fine.

I would imagine it might be a little faster also. I should really try it out, but then I'd have to take it off the stand and bring it to the basement. Then again, it would be cleaner since I can hook the shop vac up to the dust port.

 

[Gunks]

I use my 10" electric pole saw for small diameter logs.

 

[d.n.f.]

I use mine to cut free slab wood from the local mill. Easier to rip up 15' slabs on the chopsaw than the chainsaw.

 

[firefighterjake]

Most of the time I use my chainsaw . . . but occasionally I'll get a piece that looks a bit too long and rather than fire up the saw for that one piece if it's small enough I'll use the miter saw . . . but I wouldn't want to cut up a lot of wood this way.

 

[jcjohnston]

last year I had to recut every piece of over a cord with my chop saw, first year with the stove and I can take a 22" log so I was cutting them to 21" thinking I was way smart. Only to find out at loading that even the slightest angle of my chain saw I would be beyond the 22" and it would not load in. Ahhhh, I was such a rookie, now from reading on this forum am I smarter now.

 

[firefighterjake]

last year I had to recut every piece of over a cord with my chop saw, first year with the stove and I can take a 22" log so I was cutting them to 21" thinking I was way smart. Only to find out at loading that even the slightest angle of my chain saw I would be beyond the 22" and it would not load in. Ahhhh, I was such a rookie, now from reading on this forum am I smarter now.

HehHeh . . . I always try to cut my wood 3-4 inches shorter . . . your post reminded me of a lady in town however who was putting in a new stove. When I asked her about the size of the wood she said she was all set since the stove took 18 inch wood and it was all 18 inches long. I suggested that in the future she might want to get wood a bit smaller as wood doesn't always fit in nice and neat.