Chain Saw Cutting Bench

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Don Orr

>Check a book titled "The Art of the Lathe" That's where I got my idea for a cutting bench that I threw together out of some odds and ends. It works pretty well. I added an adjustable V-block to hold full-round log sections on their side to rip them in half along the grain instead across end grain. If I can dig it out I'll try and post a photo.

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Russ Fairfield

>Dave Peebles has a good one on his website. It's at the bottom of the page.


Dave Peebles website

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DaveZ

>I use a hemlock round with a V-notch in the top. It's real simple and it works very well.

Mine looks like this too.

steve antonucci in NW NJ

>depending upon the size of the logs you typically cut, the trade off is in cut height. Higher is more comfortable, but you need to be capable of lifting sections higher.

For sections that are too large for me to lift, I halves them (chainsaw or wedges) and then lift.

Steve

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Wood Spinner

>I just use a lg. dia. log on end. I put the piece on it and use wedges to hold it stable.

Just be sure that the top of the base log is clean so as you cut through nothing damages the saw blade.

Good turning and be safe

Bill in Casa Grande, AZ.

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Angelo Schembari in Cornwall, NY

>Mine is similar to Dave's also, just higher and not as long. Banged together out of old fence posts, still holding together after 3 years. Just locate fasteners where the saw is not likely to hit them

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Steve Roxberg

>Thanks, that's what I needed to get the creative juices flowing.

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Bob Elliott

>We've made a few of these, & they are portable.




http://www.laymar-crafts.co.uk/tip33.htm

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Charles Bjorgen

>My turning pal Steve Tiedman and I made up two sawbucks this past summer which were based on the one published by David Peebles and referenced above by Russ. We chose to make ours higher, but with some experience now, we'll probably cut the legs down by about two inches on both units. We used a variety of materials including old 4 x 4 fence posts and new treated 2 x 6's for the main beams. That�s Steve in the photo.

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Steve Roxberg

>Thanks very interesting design, and might work great. I've yet to figure out how to tell the wife about the new piece of furniture in the back yard, the portable one may be the way to go.

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Russ Fairfield

>Make 2 of them. Lay a couple planks across them and call it a picnic table

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Dave Peebles Lyons, Ohio!

>Hi Steve,

As Russ and Charles have mentioned, I have made a sawing bench. It has worked very well for me. I placed any metal fasteners down low in the cross supports. That helps keep the chain sharp. :) I used all thread rod through the lower horizontal pieces to pull everything together.

It is about 60" long by 30" high and about 18" wide at the top. The gap in the top is 6". That seem fine for keeping most logs stable while sawing.

It has a few more scars today than in the picture, but no saw has met medal yet... except what was in the log. :)

Best wishes,

Dave

Cheap, easy, disposable...

BubbaBob

>...if you have a pickup truck...

Split a 10-12 inch dia by 20 in long debarked log round in half with a chainsaw.

Lay them side by side, flat side up.

nail a strip of 1x4 from one to the other at each end.

Done.

Manageable weight rounds can be handled on pickup tailgate, big 'uns on the ground.

BubbaBob

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Darrell Feltmate

>Steve

About half way down the page.


http://www.aroundthewoods.com/tips.shtml