Steve's bucking jig build (pic heavy)

I've threatened to build one of these since I started getting wood from work to cut to length. This afternoon, I spent about 5 hours way out of my element, building wooden things. I like metal much better, do that for a living. I just never got the woodworking bug, but I had fun building my new wood trailer deck last year, and today was fun as well. Maybe it's an acquired taste...

Anyway, I drew up one quick side view to figure out where everything needed to go, the rest was just in my head or made up as I went along. The only purchased parts I used were 2 8' 2x8, 2 8' 2x4, and about half a 5# box of #10x3 3/4" deck screws. The rest was scrounged. (I could have used 1 12' of each size, but that would have meant a trip around back to pick em up, so I went with 8' pieces grabbed from in the store.)

Although I built this for processing the 3-6' 4x4s I get from work, a stretched version would work good for 8' pulpwood if the diameters were small enough to load without too much work.

Before I get going, I gotta burn some brush and junk while I'm around to tend the fire, so let's get one fired up:



Next, I cut the bought lumber down to 6', and screwed em to 4' 4x4s.



Like I said, I'm no woodworker. My little circle saw with a 7" blade won't cut 4x4s, so I put the 420 to work cutting the support blocks. I cut 2 pieces 21 1/2" for the ends, they go between the 4x4s of the main frame and set the width. The rest I just hacked in half. I used 21 1/2 since my 24" bar has 22" useable beyond the dogs.



The end 4x4s added and the two halves joined:



Here they are all installed. There's 2" either side of each 16" cut for those times the operator ain't paying attention.



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Heavy duty. And you said you can't do woodwork. Ron

Next we need some uprights to hold the wood in place after it's cut. I had a bunch of 2x3s 4' long that were nailed together at each end. It was some super cheap stuff (likely why it became dunnage), I went through about 40 of em to find 8 pieces I liked enough to use. The rest went in the fire. They were put together with ring shank nails. If I ever give up on screws and go to using nails, they'll be ring shank. Those *&^^*#@ were stuck like two dogs! I cut them down to 42", and screwed them on. These are strategically placed. It's roughly 6" from the bar to the oil cap on my 7300 Dolmar, so they are at 6" left of the intended cut line. I can just line the saw up and nail it. No muss, no fuss, no measure. Here we have front and back sides installed:



Time to add some stability, and a stop to line all the wood up the same. Some 1/2 OSB left over from re doing the roof should work:



Another view, leftover piece of OSB on the other end to keep it all together:



Pretty much done at this point, time to feed the fire some more:



Still a little more coming your way---

rwoods said:

Heavy duty. And you said you can't do woodwork. Ron

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Did I ever mention the first ice fishing shack I built? Dang thing weighed 1300# when I was done - an 8x12 shack!

Back to it...

Successful test (except for hitting my 2x8 on the first try! I might add some sacrifical OSB above em to make it last a bit longer):



After that, it was time to drink beer. Sometimes when I drink beer, I get wild ideas. First person to tell me why there's a "mailbox" on my bucking stand wins an attaboy!



All in all, it was pretty straightforward and easy. I've got $30 cash and about 5 hours into this rig. The time it saves me down the road will pay that back in no time. If anyone wants detailed plans, or any more information I might have forgot, give me a shout and I'll be happy to provide it. It's definitely not patent pending - just redneck ingenuity.

Hope this helps somebody besides me. I had fun making something, but if I see copies out there, I'll be a bit more proud of it.

For those of ya that think wood is only for burning - it ain't that bad except them circle saws make an awful screech that ain't nothing like a 6 cube saw makes!:msp_w00t:

Good idea, i think that should work great... well built too except for the ####ty OSB ha ha, but that should be easily changes when it swells.

Get a video of it working so we can see it

Its funny how an idea on the net gets the cogs turning for the viewers

The shelf is for holding beer and the hole in the shelf is for holding instructions on how to use a chainsaw?? am I right, am i right??

Gavman said:

The shelf is for holding beer and the hole in the shelf is for holding instructions on how to use a chainsaw?? am I right, am i right??

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No, not even close...

Video tomorrow night if I can find my camera stand.

Is that box a place to syick the chainsaw bar so the saw is held in the air?

Scott

Looks great. Now put your metal work skills together and put a roller on the infeed end for the bigger logs.

STLfirewood said:

Is that box a place to syick the chainsaw bar so the saw is held in the air?

Scott

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No, but a saw holder is a good idea. Might work on that today.

triptester said:

Looks great. Now put your metal work skills together and put a roller on the infeed end for the bigger logs.

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Not needed on this one. One for doing cordwood, might need a roller, but this won't see anything but 4x's

Is the box to hold your beer on or your saw on when your taking a break ? You could also put a bar scrench in it too.

opcorn:

It's for cutting a single 4X4. Possibly squaring up an end.

opcorn:opcorn:

manyhobies said:

It's for cutting a single 4X4. Possibly squaring up an end.

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Ding! We have a winner. It holds a 4x4 for a little down-up-down racing practice, or to sink a bigger saw in noodling for tuning purposes.

I'll work on a video later in the week. I'm not as far behind on projects as I was on Friday, but I'm still behind, and working 10hr days at work doesn't help with catching up much.

Hmm, Must see a video or something. This is starting to confuse me :msp_scared:

I hope you have a longer bar or bigger saw for when you load it full of logs. So you can cut across them all at once. Darn CAD.

sam-tip said:

I hope you have a longer bar or bigger saw for when you load it full of logs. So you can cut across them all at once. Darn CAD.

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Covered. There's room for 21 1/2" of wood between the uprights, 24" bar on the 7300 reaches 22" past the dogs.

No promises, but I'll try to get a video up tomorrow. More likely it will be Wed, since I have some other stuff to get done before I have to go to work.

Steve NW WI said:

Covered. There's room for 21 1/2" of wood between the uprights, 24" bar on the 7300 reaches 22" past the dogs.

No promises, but I'll try to get a video up tomorrow. More likely it will be Wed, since I have some other stuff to get done before I have to go to work.

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Ok. Sounds great.

For those of you clamoring for video - here goes. I ain't never gonna be a movie star or voiceover guy on Ax Men (thank gawd!), but you get the point.

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Here's the end result. I was off just a little bit, the shortest piece is just under 15 1/2", the longest, just over 16 3/4". I consider that to be an acceptable tolerance.



I need to stop at the hardware store for some handles for dragging/carrying, add some sacrificial wood in the cut areas, then maybe slap some cheap paint on it and call it done.