Need Help......cutting setup

I built a sawbuck using old 2x4s and 2x6s. Make three or four large X out of 2 x 6s, stand them up in a row about 16 inches apart (if like me you are trying to cut 16 inch pieces, the spacing helps eyeball correct length). Connect them with more 2x4s nailed along the bottom half of the Xs, and you have a sawbuck. However, I don't use mine all that much, because it is a pain to lift each long into the sawbuck. still, it might be the ticket for the last couple of feet of smaller logs. It helps a lot to have a pile of small pieces instead of just one. The weight of the pile helps hold the lower logs stable.

If I had lots of smaller long logs, I'd probably lay a couple on the ground, then pile a bunch more perpendicular on top, lining up one end of the logs. To hold them when they get short, I'd consider using a rope or bungee cord to tie them all together. The weight of the bunch and the bungee might make them stable enough to cut down to the end.

Here's the one I built earlier this year took me about a hour wish I had done it a long time ago!



I ran five X's on 16" centers since that was the size wood I needed. It ended up being just under 6' long. I made the X's at 45 deg's but when I make the next one I will use one bolt in the center so it will fold up and I can put it in the shed when I'm not using it. I did put a 8" 17' long poplar on it but I had to cut a few blocks off one side then go to the other as it wanted to tip over.

Billy

I use a "log lifter". I think I got mine at Northern Tool and Equipment. I think TSC sells them.

Here's a sawbuck I built out of two pallets. It works great! https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/56968/

I've been burning a lot of that pine for shoulder season. I save my hardwoods for overnight burns.

River19 said:

So I've been working through dragging out a bunch of downed 4-6" trees from our property and doing my best to cut them into usable logs. Now that I've gotten the Husky 50 working well.

My quesiton is what is a good set up to hold logs for cutting with the saw once it gets down to the last 5' or so. Right now I'm ending up with a see-saw effect no matter what I use and I want to be as safe as I can while being as economical as I can and use every inch of the wood I can.

Any pics or ideas to steer a newbie to an obvious solution?

Thanks.......

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That size tree a sawbuck works really great. However, now my wife no longer helps in the woods, I just return to the old ways. I put a foot on the log to hold it in place.