Rob, To answer your question, in a word, YES.
Many years ago (when I could still see) I came across a product that was, in essence, a miter to attach to the chainsaw bar so you could actually rough saw boards from a large log. The idea was that you would keep this "guide" on the outside of the log and cut along the log at whatever width you had this guide set to so when finished you would conceivably have a reasonably uniformly thick board. There's no reason you couldn't use a chainsaw to "split" the log, but as to the safety I have serious questions. If nothing else, merely straddling the log with a screaming chainsaw in your hands is cause for concern; it would be so easy to misstep, slip on the log and get seriously hurt. ---*---*---*---*---*---*--- Bill in Wisconsin E-Mail: [email protected] - Anonymous (from my source of goofy stuff) - Eggs and Bacon for Breakfast - An entire day commitment for a Hen. - A Lifetime Commitment for a Hog ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Monitor" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 2:29 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] chainsaws.. HI, What I'm wondering is can a guy cut a log the long way with a chainsaws with out hurting the saw or himself?? Why I'm asking this is I have a lot of oak logs that are about 24 inches around and up from there... So when I cut a 16 to 18 inch off the log I can't move it myself to put in the wood splitter... So I was thinking that if I cut down the long way on the log then cut the 16 to 18 inch piece it would be in two pieces then maybe I could move it... THANKS ROB FROM MINNESOTA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
