Sawzamatic!
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MJSully
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51 year old with Tnnitus here as well. Manage a golf course and try to pound it into the grounds crew every chance I get!
Thank you for your service to us and the country!
maple1
Minister of Fire
If you mount something like that right on your trailer, you can load up at the pile of long stuff right where you made it (or where the tree landed), then drive it to where you stack it, and cut to length right on the trailer right where you stack it. Big work saver - two touches from the tree to the stack. I have sideboards on my trailer I can pop off. I then put poles in the stakepockets & some short fat lengths crosswise, then stack long lengths just like you're stacking on your sawbuck. Works awesome.
Very nice. My father unfortunately just died a couple of days ago at 103, had hearing issues. I wear ear plugs all the time because of him. He really couldn't have much of a relationship with his grand kids because he couldn't carry on a conversation. I am going to try not to be in that boat.
Sorry for your loss. Losing our parents is one of the hardest things we do.
My hearing loss happened long ago when I was young and dumb, playing guitar in a heavy metal band. Ear plugs were not cool. Follow that with working in loud environments for years and before you know it, you're seeing people move their mouth and there's no sound.
I just got hearing aids and I can actually understand the grand kids now. It's much more enjoyable.
Jay106n
Minister of Fire
Nice set up, just be careful brother. Don't want to fall, slip, trip, forward and push the lever down throttling your arm off.
maple1
Minister of Fire
I had a really nice (for the time) Alpine stereo system in my car, back in my younger & foolisher days.
6 disc changer, that was cutting edge.
Might be paying for it these days, me thinks.
On topic: I still think nothing beats the sawbuck approach for cutting to length on anything you can stack/pile in long lengths.
6 disc changer, that was cutting edge.
Might be paying for it these days, me thinks.
On topic: I still think nothing beats the sawbuck approach for cutting to length on anything you can stack/pile in long lengths.
Yeah...I've noticed..
I am just sharing an idea that some others might find helpful.
If it looks unsafe, either A: Don't make one, or B: Make an improved safer model that you are comfortable with.
I was a little concerned about the overall safety of this rig at first, but once I started using it, I found it safer than the actual proper usage of a chain saw.
The lever was actually from the rear stabilizer bar off my old Subaru outback... Bit of hacking and welding... Voila! And to think it almost went to the dump... Hahaha
That is a pretty nice invention there
Doesn't take that long. I'm 28, and started experience in tinnitus when I was 18-19. Hasn't gotten worse in a good 8 years. I don't really know what it's from to be honest, other than perhaps I'm just predisposed such that much less noise caused damage for me that others can endure without issues.
As it stands a really quiet environment drives me bonkers. Hunting on a quiet day gives me a slight headache due to the ringing.
Doesn't take that long. I'm 28, and started experience in tinnitus when I was 18-19. Hasn't gotten worse in a good 8 years. I don't really know what it's from to be honest, other than perhaps I'm just predisposed such that much less noise caused damage for me that others can endure without issues.
As it stands a really quiet environment drives me bonkers. Hunting on a quiet day gives me a slight headache due to the ringing.
Seanm
Minister of Fire
Going to a few motorhead and overkill concerts will do that to!! Neat contraption!
osagebow
Minister of Fire
Thanks! I can think of many situations where normal use of chainsaw is inherently more dangerous.
But really...just imagine the first time a chainsaw idea was brought to life: Hey look what I made! Its a moving chain connected to a gas engine that you carry around to cut trees...no guards or nothing
General population response if posted these days: Dude...WTF!?!? I would never use that....it's a human limb severer just waiting to happen...
Thank god people were more brave years ago, or we would all be using axes and buck saws still...
Hahahaha...all in jest people.
NickDL
Burning Hunk
Oldman47
Minister of Fire
Nice setup. I was just thinking of the safety aspect and think I would add a barrier along much of the chain length to leave only about 6 inches of exposed chain. That way you might stand a chance if you slipped.
Yeah, a barrier of some sort would make things more safe for sure.
One thing about my set up is that it is mounted on top of the cart about 18 inches in and I usually stand around a foot behind the cart.
Soooo.... The chances of me tripping and falling toward and up over cart and in two feet on top the rig which four feet off the ground.... Well, I might get attacked by a bear, coyote, whatever too while I am concentrating on wood cutting also..
One thing about my set up is that it is mounted on top of the cart about 18 inches in and I usually stand around a foot behind the cart.
Soooo.... The chances of me tripping and falling toward and up over cart and in two feet on top the rig which four feet off the ground.... Well, I might get attacked by a bear, coyote, whatever too while I am concentrating on wood cutting also..
ADK_XJ
Feeling the Heat
Working over an open faced chainsaw blade - what could go wrong?!
Kidding aside, cool toy - not sure I'd want to be in the driver seat on that thing but obviously gets the job done.
Call me old fashioned but I kind of like stacking a sawbuck full of the limbs and cutting 'em all through and watching the pieces clatter to the ground...
scooby074
Feeling the Heat
Nice build. Sure saves time. You could argue that one of these is safer than trying to chase small wood around with a chainsaw, at least this way, your legs are clear and the wood is under control.
Ive seen videos of these things before, most from Europe. I almost cobbled one together last year after dealing with a batch of small wood but decided against it. I still keep the videos in my firewood equipment playlist on YT just incase I decide to do it.
Of all the designs, I think this one is the safest, at least from a "falling in" perspective. You have to move the lever to the right to engage the engine, as opposed to a simple vertical push down like you would do if you fell on the bar.
Another safety design, this one electric. Check out the wood that don't float at the end! How many years I wonder for that to be "burnable"
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Ive seen videos of these things before, most from Europe. I almost cobbled one together last year after dealing with a batch of small wood but decided against it. I still keep the videos in my firewood equipment playlist on YT just incase I decide to do it.
Of all the designs, I think this one is the safest, at least from a "falling in" perspective. You have to move the lever to the right to engage the engine, as opposed to a simple vertical push down like you would do if you fell on the bar.
Another safety design, this one electric. Check out the wood that don't float at the end! How many years I wonder for that to be "burnable"
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ADK_XJ
Feeling the Heat
I think OP's design actually does incorporate this feature...no?
I'm sure it works great. It's kind like a table saw in my mind - do you have to have anti kickback and a blade guard? Well, no. Are there reasons they've developed such a thing. Well, sure.
Now, take your table saw out of your nice level shop/garage that is (relatively) clean and clear and plunk it down in the midst of a bunch of roots and ruts and rocks and make it perpendicular to you and about 16-20" long and without the protection of the brake.
I'm mostly trying to be "that guy." I think it's a pretty cool setup. OP makes a great point - this is an inherently dangerous tool. I just know myself and my tendency to hurry when I think I need to work fast, so I always keep myself on the ass end of any saw and constantly tell myself there is no prize other than a nice stack of wood at the end.
Real takeaway, just be safe out there y'all. We got families and A LOT more firewood to cut!
scooby074
Feeling the Heat
It does. Its certainly better (safer) than many of the other ones out there, like this one, he still has the exposed cable running between the activation lever and the throttle which you could catch and inadvertently activate the saw. The ones I linked to above use a sheathed throttle cable that is tied up out of the way, making it a hair safer.
Of course this is a pretty inherently dangerous tool, much like a tablesaw, so you got to have your whits about you, regardless of what safety tricks are used. Still a pretty clever way to cut up small diameter wood.
The safest way of all would probably be one of the modern guarded versions of the old cordwood saw, the new ones with the interlocks to prevent the carriage from moving unless the persons hands were outside the wood tray. I dont know how somebody could get hurt with something as guarded as this.
Then again, science is always building a better idiot
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