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buildmyown

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So I scored a free cord of seasond red oak this weekend and i have never seen cuts like this before. My neighbor and i think its some type of buzz saw.
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PLAYINWOOD

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circular saw blade, big one. Most teeth take about 1/2" to an inch at a time and they leave a "line' for each bite and I'm thinking because the teeth aren't perfectly true.
I would assume from a processor or a slasher to cut the tree into useable lengths.
Feller bunchers also leave similar markings on stumps.
 
johnzski

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i couldnt imagine anyone bucked a bunch of trees into firewood length with anything other than a chainsaw?
maybe a wild thang with some crazy hand sharpening skills on the cutters after rocking it several times?

I've seen guys take a half million dollar tree processor ,set the length at 24", and cut a whole pile of trees into firewood very quickly:chainsawguy:
 
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circular saw blade, big one. Most teeth take about 1/2" to an inch at a time and they leave a "line' for each bite and I'm thinking because the teeth aren't perfectly true.
I would assume from a processor or a slasher to cut the tree into useable lengths.
Feller bunchers also leave similar markings on stumps.

Bang on. Big circular blade processor. I use 404 harvester chain and the marks are not that aggressive.
 
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Could this have been a big processor that uses a shear to chomp the wood to length. I got a bundle this summer that looked like that but all the fibers were torn looking not really cut looking.
 
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A Chuck Norris roundhouse kick would vaporize that piece of wood. If he showed mercy and just chopped it with his hand it may make marks like in the picture.
 
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You say thats already seasoned ? It doesnt look seasoned to me, it looks like its been on the ground for awhile and just now bucked. I dont see any cracks from the drying process.
 

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