I have a load of wood that was cut for a different stove than I'm going to use it in now, so have to chop a few inches off each piece. Having somebody set and hold chunks on the sawbuck and me hanging on my big saw, through 6 cords, didn't sound too appealing, so I got thinking about setting up my little electric chain saw like a chop saw. After looking it over and drawing a couple plans, I wasn't sure I wanted to pull down on a handle, with that chain spinning inches away. Poked around the net a little and found a dandy set up on Mother Earth News, but it was a lot more sophisticated than what I needed, for one load of wood.
The photos are pretty much self explanatory. I originally intended to have a spring loaded return and a foot pedal to operate the saw, attached to the J bolt holding the saw down, but got it this far and it works so great, just from the weight of the saw, I may leave it like this. Since these photos were taken, I added a short chain under the J bolt to prevent any possible kickback.
This rig could also be easily set up with an adjustable stop, so you could feed in limb wood and have them all the right length.
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PS Again, I don't know what happened to the first 2 photos but you can probably make it out.
The photos are pretty much self explanatory. I originally intended to have a spring loaded return and a foot pedal to operate the saw, attached to the J bolt holding the saw down, but got it this far and it works so great, just from the weight of the saw, I may leave it like this. Since these photos were taken, I added a short chain under the J bolt to prevent any possible kickback.
This rig could also be easily set up with an adjustable stop, so you could feed in limb wood and have them all the right length.
Smiley
PS Again, I don't know what happened to the first 2 photos but you can probably make it out.
