Saw buck, or what ever everyone calls them

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Here is a picture of the saw kind that Mktest described

I've mostly heard those types called BuzzSaws or Saw Rigs. Have heard them called Cordwood saws and some other things too, but Saw rig or buzz saw is most common to me. Many run/ran off tractor PTO, or way back even ran off long belts connected to car wheels(jacked up) or other machinery. I've seen electric powered ones, small engine powered, and even one built on a vehicle frame with a Ford straight 6 for a power head......that one was trailerable and everything.

I've got parts to build one or two of these, but they're older style(not much safety on them) but need to put them on a frame and mount a power/engine of some sort. Hope to get to it someday. But I've just kept cutting up my small stuff right in the woods and hauling it in with the rest of the load. Had some limb piles here until this year, but cut up the last one with the electric chainsaw this summer.

Do have an old saw buck as well, but don't tend to use it much unless I do have tons of small limbs or slab wood. But again, I cut most stuff right up with the rest anymore and rank it among everything else too. That way, have large, small, medium, all sizes of wood in every rank.....or try to at least! The small stuff is great for starting fires.

There are pros/cons to all these methods or contraptions. The buzz saws can be VERY dangerous, but are one heck of a tool as well! All these extra things take up room one place or another though. But always good to see how others take these tasks on!
 
Buzz saws

:eek: I hate the sound of those things! :angry2:

We have a bigger one, driven by an old MF Tractor per belt drive, but we never use it any more.

Using a chainsaw is much nicer, and more fun!
Faster too! :)
 
SWE#Kipp said:
agree with you Troll :)

Same here. Hated helping the old man back on the farm. My job was the take-off guy, stand there and grab the pieces being cut off and toss em out of the way. That saw had no safety guard of any kind on it. The safest operating position was...ta da...the guy doing the cutting so the old man got that job. I guess kids were expendable.

Harry K
 
A couple of years ago we had access to piles of spaced fir, little logs mostly around 14' long and dia. of 6-10". We hauled the lengths home and used a cutting ric (colloquial ) that consisted of 2-2x4s 10ft long and spaced about 2' apart, the uprights were built of 31/2ft 2x3s and were gusseted with scrap plywood to 2x4 cross pieces under the 10footers and spaced aprox 18" apart, this allowed the cutting of various lenghts of firewood from 12"-20" depending on what the customer needed. This worked extremely well as we filled it from the back of the truck and found that it held between 1/4-1/3 of a cord at a time. A note of caution when using this method, stack tight, keep the cut pieces out of the way, cut to the side away from the KB zone, and place the humps down on bent pieces to avoid pinching, never use your foot to hold a piece.
We found this to be a real time/back saver and it served us well for many loads of wood. Happy burning! :)
 
My job was the take-off guy, stand there and grab the pieces being cut off and toss em out of the way. That saw had no safety guard of any kind on it. The safest operating position was...ta da...the guy doing the cutting

Yep, the take-off guy around one with no safety guard definitely has some spiritual moments, realizing one small slip and you could go headlong into the blade or otherwise totally, and likely fatally, wounded. Been there many times. When you can get a crew working the effort, the safest job is actually getting the logs/slabs picked up and ready for the operators. Important thing with these machines is to take your time. Working around any "hurry up" kinda guys is just asking for serious problems. Even with the ones with safety guards, a loose thread on a glove or some other small thing could get caught in the blade and pull a hand right in or worse. Definitely sobering. But, I still find them fascinating, and they do a heck of a job cutting up the wood. I actually find them faster than using a chainsaw by far. But the key is being prepared and then working carefully.

But to each their own. I'm trying just to cut up everything right in the woods so I don't have to bother with smaller stuff later these days. But I still have the arbors and blades and all to build up my own saw rig yet someday. However it works to get the job done. Saw bucks are a nice, economical setup that can be of great help too. Whatever works.
 
looking for sawbuck to purchase

I've searched the web for a sawhorse (or sawbuck) to purchase, but found only products that are available in England. The mower-magic site has one that looks interesting: www.mower-magic.co.uk

Apparently it's made in Italy. Anyone know of something like this made in the states? I'd attempt to make one of these but I am not particularly handy and I spend most of my time in an office. I want to cut up the driftwood that was left on the beach of my cabin on Lake Ontario for use in the fireplace, and want to come out of this with ten fingers and ten toes.

Grateful for any ideas.
 
I've searched the web for a sawhorse (or sawbuck) to purchase, but found only products that are available in England. The mower-magic site has one that looks interesting: www.mower-magic.co.uk

Apparently it's made in Italy. Anyone know of something like this made in the states? I'd attempt to make one of these but I am not particularly handy and I spend most of my time in an office. I want to cut up the driftwood that was left on the beach of my cabin on Lake Ontario for use in the fireplace, and want to come out of this with ten fingers and ten toes.

Grateful for any ideas.

Both that one, and the one Stihl offer, looks very fragile, and will probably not last long.

It is much better to make one yourself, from 1 1/2" x 3" wood and some planks.

 
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Both that one, and the one Stihl offer, looks very fragile, and will probably not last long.

It is much better to make one yourself, from 1 1/2" x 3" wood and some planks.


dag nab it troll yer shadow is taking up half the pix,,,,,,,

Move over,,,,,, or loose some weight FCOL!!!!!!

Ha ha ha ha :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Just kidding and yes yours does appear to be much more durable!!!!!

Nice looking Saw Wench,,,, err I mean Witch,,,,, I've seen her before!!!!!! :rockn: :rockn: :rockn:
 
I've always made my own sawhorses. Once I built a long one with three sets of legs, spaced differently to have a place to put 2' pieces to halve. It was fine but too heavy to haul away from home. Now I have a smaller one made of cedar 4 x 4s for the legs, set with 1" wood dowels so there are no metal pieces. Cross pieces are cedar 2 x 4. It sits outside in the weather and has for ten yr., no problem.

Also, sometimes I haul home logs to cut up at home instead of cutting down to stove size in the woods, which I often do. But at home, at my "cutting station," I set a line of 4 x 4 posts in the ground, off to the side of my cutting area, all in a row, each post with a 2 x 4 arm on it. I can pull the truck in, take off a large diameter log or several small diameter ones, roll them onto the arms, walk along the log cutting into pieces. I put the arms up higher so I am not bending over to cut but standing up straight. The only downside would be if I were constantly lifting logs off the ground and "picking them up" to put on the arms, though that is the same problem with a saw horse, tiring for your back. But I don't, they come off the truck and are cut as I do. Works great, and the posts from a distance just look like they are part of a fence line and they sit there out of the way when no cutting is going on. And a buddy gave me the posts so I have zero money into it. Of course, this set-up can't be moved, but I always cut in the same place so it doesn't matter in my case.
 
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I've always made my own sawhorses. Once I built a long one with three sets of legs, spaced differently to have a place to put 2' pieces to halve. It was fine but too heavy to haul away from home. Now I have a smaller one made of cedar 4 x 4s for the legs, set with 1" wood dowels so there are no metal pieces. Cross pieces are cedar 2 x 4. It sits outside in the weather and has for ten yr., no problem. ...

Bring the wood to the sawbuck, and not the other way around, and the weight of it doesn't matter much.........;)
 

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