best way to shorten split wood any contraptions or?
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woodchuck357
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That's a scary looking contraption at first glance, but it actually appears to be well suited to cutting a few inches off splits like the OP wants.
*ryan
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Here is mine
A chord wood saw
Originally to be run off a flat belt tractor
I welded it to a junk free trailer
I put on a 7hp motor I got off a snowblower I got for free
I had to buy some pulleys and belts
Got the 27" blade set and sharpened
Works great tho
The stop is set up to the length that will fit in my stove
So everything that cuts fits
Lots of creative ideas!
Philbert
Philbert
i can't believe it took 4 pages worth of BS for someone to finally post a saw rig... guess most people like to complicate things that aren't complicated +1 on the Saw rig!
*ryan
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Thanks
It really does work great
And it seems a lot safer and faster to me than a chainsaw to trim pieces
It really does work great
And it seems a lot safer and faster to me than a chainsaw to trim pieces
What's less complicated that using the chainsaw we already have, a few bits of plywood and some thin metal rod? If it were any simpler it would come with no-doze tablets.
In case people did not follow the link. Chainsaw mounted on board, with trip wire to activate throttle when log/branch/limb is placed over the top of the bar.
Philbert
1project2many
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This is version 2. There's plenty of room for improvement but it does provide an adjustable stop. The bottom of the stop is hinged and with longer chain it can be set from 12" to 20". The piece that was cut to length falls out the bottom leaving the piece to be cut in the VEE. Eventually the last piece in the Vee is an end piece and gets thrown into a different pile. It's not designed for really large pieces but with my back I don't usually lift those anyway.
This is version 2. There's plenty of room for improvement but it does provide an adjustable stop. The bottom of the stop is hinged and with longer chain it can be set from 12" to 20". The piece that was cut to length falls out the bottom leaving the piece to be cut in the VEE. Eventually the last piece in the Vee is an end piece and gets thrown into a different pile. It's not designed for really large pieces but with my back I don't usually lift those anyway.
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Cider
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A decent-sized bandsaw would rock at this.
Make a plywood "chute" to align the wood with the desired cut and just keep feeding it in, with the new pieces pushing the previous pieces through the blade. Don't stop until the cut piles are so high you can't move. Then stack and repeat.
Make a plywood "chute" to align the wood with the desired cut and just keep feeding it in, with the new pieces pushing the previous pieces through the blade. Don't stop until the cut piles are so high you can't move. Then stack and repeat.
thehinten
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I haven't read through all responses, so hopefully I'm not repeating anyone else...
Just keep your fingers back! Lol
Just keep your fingers back! Lol
I would not cut one, just load east west and refill a little more often
Friend of mine almost took his hand off using a bandsaw for this very purpose!!
Any saw will do that!
Actually, the most dangerous part is probably the repetitiveness - one becomes complacent, or gets distracted, and . . . .
Philbert
Rockjock
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A guy I know bought some firewood that was supposed to be a certain size.. well it was not.. so i said buy this and a 20.00 garage sale electric chainsaw. He never looked back works awesome!!
