Best Method for reducing long fireewood

[ReggieT]

Just picked up a load of hundreds of seasoned hickory rounds mostly between 4-5 inches in circumference, but they're about 3 inch longer than my fireplace capacity.
Any way, other than stuffing them to capacity in a old tire and sawing through them or hand-sawing them individually to quickly cut em to length?

I've used a few shorter pieces for start up and they are excellent.

Thanks

 

[svk]

In that diameter a band saw might work?

 

[Wrenchbender16]

Just picked up a load of hundreds of seasoned hickory rounds mostly between 4-5 inches in circumference, but they're about 3 inch longer than my fireplace capacity.
Any way, other than stuffing them to capacity in a old tire and sawing through them or hand-sawing them individually to quickly cut em to length?

I've used a few shorter pieces for start up and they are excellent.

Thanks

I use a 12" miter box I picked up at a pawn shop for cheap .

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[zogger]

Pound in 4 t posts, carefully measured to suit your needs, stack up the wood inside, : :, so you can cut the ends off. Just don't hit the steel, ha!

 

[LoveStihlQuality]

Uh, yeah, found a fencepost in a tree.

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[ChoppyChoppy]

I had a customer usin a chop saw. They never even thought to ask me to cut the wood shorter!

I just happened to see a big pile of short ends and I asked what it came from.

 

[ReggieT]

I use a 12" miter box I picked up at a pawn shop for cheap .

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Hmm...really like this idea...there a plenty of decent miter saws to be had on the cheap on the local Craigslist.

 

[ReggieT]

I had a customer usin a chop saw. They never even thought to ask me to cut the wood shorter!

I just happened to see a big pile of short ends and I asked what it came from.

Ye Old Chop Saw!
LOL

 

[trophyhunter]

Reg make a sawbuck out of some scrap framing lumber with an extra brace close to the end to support those, much faster than handling it on a chop saw and if you build it high enough those small end cuts can fall right into a wheel barrow under it. Load it clear to the top and use a strap around the pile to keep them put while your running the saw through them if need be.

 

[anlrolfe]

Buy a longer stove ???
Save it for the fire pit?
I've used the following methods saws-all, hand saw, bow saw

On the note of sawbuck, reminds me that I need to make a folding sawbuck for the Boy Scout trainer, may as well make two...

 

[DFK]

Dry Hickory is hard to cut with Chop Saws, Table Saws and Band Saws.
If you go with the Chop Saw, get yourself an aggressive tooth, wide kerf, crosscut blade and go slow.

David

 

[blades]

Saw buck and Chainsaw and one those ratcheting tie downs - make short work of it as you can strap a bundle together at once, one cut done - repeat process as needed. Saw buck can rigged out some pallets.

 

[One Shot Will]

I used a chop saw to cut fence posts i got

 

[reddogrunner]

Build something like this:[photo=medium]3449[/photo]

 

[dwasifar]

Hmm...really like this idea...there a plenty of decent miter saws to be had on the cheap on the local Craigslist.

I used to do this until one day the saw threw a crooked piece right past my ear at approximately 735 miles per hour. Knocked a dent in the garage wall and deflected the saw blade far enough sideways that it took a chunk out of the aluminum fence.

I don't put anything without at least one flat side on the miter saw anymore after that.

 

[Mad Professor]

Stack it as high as you can reach safely with a chainsaw and just cut through the stack. Leave the bottom row 1/2 cut and finish those after picking up the cut stuff.

We used to do this with stacks of log length piles with a big saw and a 28" bar. Could cut a whole lot in rounds quick and the whole pile in short order

 

[ReggieT]

Dry Hickory is hard to cut with Chop Saws, Table Saws and Band Saws.
If you go with the Chop Saw, get yourself an aggressive tooth, wide kerf, crosscut blade and go slow.

David

You darn right it is...harder than a freaking...er, well...it's mighty hard!
I probably wont ever try snapping one across my knew...EVER again!

 

[ReggieT]

I used to do this until one day the saw threw a crooked piece right past my ear at approximately 735 miles per hour. Knocked a dent in the garage wall and deflected the saw blade far enough sideways that it took a chunk out of the aluminum fence.

I don't put anything without at least one flat side on the miter saw anymore after that.

Y-I-K-E-S!!!!!!

 

[ReggieT]

Build something like this:[photo=medium]3449[/photo]

Hmm...

 

[DSW]

A miter saw has a minimal depth of cut. You're going to have to spin it around a bit. And they will toss a round back occasionally.

I would just use a saw and a saw buck.