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chook · Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 305 Location: North Clare

Hi there,
would any one know where I can buy a good saw horse - something like this:

Thanks,
chook

blowin · Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 6:46 pm Post subject:

That does look pretty neat ( and expensive ? ) . Did you manage to find one ?
Having spent hours cutting logs as a single-handed operation I find that the best DIY solution for chain-sawing is to lay the trunk onto a pallet . Those heavy blue ones with quite thick boards spaced 4 to 6" apart are best . The trunk lays in the gap and tends to stay in place while you saw 1/2 way thru it . Make as many cuts as you want along its full length ( saves a bit of bending up and down ) , roll it over and finish the job from the other side . If the trunk is reasonably smooth and you are really clever ( not to mention a smart-a*se ) you may find that the sawing action causes the log to roll on its own -- so you can cut right round it in one go .
If it rolls out of the gap or wiggles about , wedge it with a bit of wood pushed between the planks on the pallet , either vertically or at an angle between the top and bottom boards to give the more traditional "V" shaped frame .
Leave a thin bit of wood joining one cut log to another to save the thing from overbalancing when the individual logs come off . You can also then move the whole thing in one piece . Just hit it with a hammer when you want it in bits .
I am sure this technique would not be recommended in any chain-saw manual Exclamation

. You can get quite a kick-back if you allow the tip of the saw to bite into the pallet .

roiphil · Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 118 Location: Co. Limerick

To reopen this topic heres what i use a home made one, made out of scrap wood

to hold the log steady i just wrap a length of chain through the saw horse and over the log
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roiphil · Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 118 Location: Co. Limerick

Found one similar

http://www.wolf.ie/product.asp?id=001655 fairly cheap aswell

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blowin · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:08 pm Post subject:

Lidl have something which looks similar -- special offer E17.99 from Mon 21/7 http://www.lidl.ie/IE/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20080721.p.PowerfixSawHorse
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quarryman · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 417 Location: Sligo

Thanks for that one Blowin.

chook · Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 305 Location: North Clare

Yep, thanks Blowin!

My good man was delighted. He said, not only will he not have to go welding but you couldn't possibly buy the steel for that kind of money.

chook

roiphil · Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 118 Location: Co. Limerick

good one blowin think i may have to take a trip to lidl

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