Farwood measuring guide for chainsaws...

[oosik]

Jeez - I never had anything fancy. Just a stick and a small hatchet. All my firewood was always 14". Made for some interesting splitting on big 'ol pines that were 28" to 34" on the butt.

 

[mcfarmall]

Except that the all thread is SAE and the bolts on the chain bar are metric.

Use metric all-thread. It's just as readily available as SAE.

 

[dougtrr2]

I made a marking gauge out of plywood and measure each piece. I did that after my first season of burning. As I was cutting wood in my forest I would get fooled as the diameters changed. I had to recut a lot of pieces to fit in my boiler. I do know the points on my saw(s) to gauge with but I prefer the separate gauge. With the cutting I do out in the woods an attachment to the saw would be in the way and I would need it on both sides of the bar.

Doug in SW IA

 

[lennyzx11]

I'm an idiot, I use my bar. Just make marks with the chainsaw.

Usually only buck a little at a time.

I do too. I turn the saw as I move up the log. Line my "16 inch place" on the bar with the end of the wood and look where the tip is as I step into final position. Turn the saw on its tip and get after it.

 

[check]

I'm an idiot too. I scribe a line 16" & 14" (for one customer liking shorter lengths) back from the tip on both sides of the bar and brush bright red paint over the scribe marks with a thin brush. When the paint wears off the bar's surface I have a crisp thin red line down each side of the bar at 16" & 14".

Your thread tiltle reminds me of this bit:

Do you know the occupation of the Three Wise Men?

Firemen, they had come from a far.

I'm an idiot AND lazy. I just hold the bar sideways for a second and eyeball where the tip is. If I get tired I just go and ride around on my tractor for awhile to refresh myself.:thumbsup:

As well, my fireplace is quite wide, so the length of the logs doesn't need to be very precise.

 

[NBKubota]

I do too. I turn the saw as I move up the log. Line my "16 inch place" on the bar with the end of the wood and look where the tip is as I step into final position. Turn the saw on its tip and get after it.

I'm an idiot AND lazy. I just hold the bar sideways for a second and eyeball where the tip is. If I get tired I just go and ride around on my tractor for awhile to refresh myself.

As well, my fireplace is quite wide, so the length of the logs doesn't need to be very precise.

This is exactly how I do it as well. The .5 seconds it takes doesn't bother me at all.

I must be an idiot too.....

 

[BukitCase]

"Ho Man you are hard to please! I live out in the boonies."

PMS, we're not that different, altho 15 miles to the nearest town is probably closer than YOU are - if I wanted something hanging off my saws I'd most likely do it your way too, I was just pointing out possible options related to this thread - I have mig, tig, stick, plasma and O/A so if I want something done BAD enough it's usually gonna happen.

In my case, SOME of my saws are old and cranky (like me :laughing so those nuts might be USS - never had occasion to find out, and probably STILL won't... Steve

 

[bcp]

Does your bar have that hole about 4 inches back from the tip? That's where you put your all-thread length guide.

:laughing:

Bruce

 

[4570Man]

Don't forget to put your kickback guard in the hole in front of that.

 

[pmsmechanic]

"Ho Man you are hard to please! I live out in the boonies."

PMS, we're not that different, altho 15 miles to the nearest town is probably closer than YOU are - if I wanted something hanging off my saws I'd most likely do it your way too, I was just pointing out possible options related to this thread - I have mig, tig, stick, plasma and O/A so if I want something done BAD enough it's usually gonna happen.

In my case, SOME of my saws are old and cranky (like me :laughing so those nuts might be USS - never had occasion to find out, and probably STILL won't... Steve

Fair enough! I can get metric all thread locally but a metric joiner nut... I have to go to the big city with no guarantees that they'll have one in stock.

 

[Oldpath05]

I think anything you attach to the saw is too Rube Goldberg.

If bucking a long log, I have a loggers tape measure and attach the hook to one end of the log, then, with the tape attached to my belt, walk to the other end of the log streaming the tape out behind me. I will either use a hatchet to make a mark on the log every 16", or use a scrench (screwdriver-wrench tool for chainsaws) to scratch a mark every 16". Easy and quick, and then I walk back down the log in the other direction with my saw making cuts, reeling the tape back in.


If I am working on shorter logs or don't want to use the tape measure, I have a 16" stick of wood that I painted the ends with bright green marking paint (what I had around at the time) to make it very visible. I will use that to pace out 16" chunks and mark the log with hatchet or scrench.

For firewood you don't have to be perfect -- shoot for 16" and eyeball it. When cutting saw logs, I am a little more careful.

Sure make me look that guy up, then I see you on this youtube video promoting this Dr. Seuss measuring attachment for chainsaws, I did want to give that a look-see but couldn't find it for sale, maybe it had tomany issues, the only issue I seen I saw was, he should've thrown that Shtil away and got Husqvarna 550xp>>> The Chainsaws Rule, Cuts Firewood The Same Size Every - YouTube

 

[Oldpath05]

I knew I'd be on an island with this but that's a gooood thing, it only leave's me three people to argue with, me, myself and I. After watching this video I went with this on ebay, came right up easy to find, fairish price>> The best Firewood Measuring Tool that mounts to your saw. Flexible and Detachable. Check it out!!! - YouTube

I also done the chainsaw hand twist with marks on the saw, it helps keeping the wood fitting in stove, but now I've grown tied of the hand dance. I dont really like running up down the trees with the hatchet, a marker, paint can, or the new improved paint can on wheels, next we'll have a paint can on a drone where I can sit in the house marking trees by remote while posting on TBN and sipping coffee, and forget getting the messes out to mark the wood for me, that ain't going to happen.

I have my 8 cord of wood stacked in tree length, I put short forks on my FEL, scoop up 2-4 trees, swing them around to other side of wood yard, leave loader at waist high-ish and start cutting, if by my self I start on the heavy end till that seems light then go to the other side till I end up with 6' left on bucket, tip that off an finish, it's a lot faster when my son comes over than we're at both ends of the tree. When all said and done the tree lengh is at 0 and the cut up wood is in a pile ready for getting and splitting, this was supposed to be a short post what happened.................

 

[Deere Dude]

I have my 8 cord of wood stacked in tree length, I put short forks on my FEL, scoop up 2-4 trees, swing them around to other side of wood yard, leave loader at waist high-ish and start cutting, if by my self I start on the heavy end till that seems light then go to the other side till I end up with 6' left on bucket, tip that off an finish, it's a lot faster when my son comes over than we're at both ends of the tree. When all said and done the tree lengh is at 0 and the cut up wood is in a pile ready for getting and splitting, this was supposed to be a short post what happened.................

That's how I do mine with my forks. I can fit quite a few on 4' forks which I like. Just back and forth on the pile on the forks till it gets 5-6' wide then I dump them on a 8' wide saw buck with legs about 18" apart. Then all the cuttings will be 18" give or take an inch or so.

After I dump the 6' logs onto the sawbuck I run the tractor and grab another stack of half a dozen 10-15' logs. Then I do everything on the forks and the buck at the same time so I only have to start the saw 1 time for the whole cycle. Then repeat. Everything is cut at waist high unless I drop one somehow.

 

[tjkubota93]

I do too. I turn the saw as I move up the log. Line my "16 inch place" on the bar with the end of the wood and look where the tip is as I step into final position. Turn the saw on its tip and get after it.

Yep exactly what I do,bar is 16. I couldn't think how to word it.

 

[Oldpath05]

Here's a free option for a chainsaw measuring firewood attachment, everyone has a coat hanger but not many here has the superior intellect for manufacturing this state of the art device like this guy has, Old Milwaukee optional>> How to Cut Uniform Length Firewood Efficiently - YouTube

 

[Oldpath05]

That's how I do mine with my forks. I can fit quite a few on 4' forks which I like. Just back and forth on the pile on the forks till it gets 5-6' wide then I dump them on a 8' wide saw buck with legs about 18" apart. Then all the cuttings will be 18" give or take an inch or so.

After I dump the 6' logs onto the sawbuck I run the tractor and grab another stack of half a dozen 10-15' logs. Then I do everything on the forks and the buck at the same time so I only have to start the saw 1 time for the whole cycle. Then repeat. Everything is cut at waist high unless I drop one somehow.

Your tractor is a little bigger, my bucket is 5' without a thumb/grapple and my folks are just 2'. Not sure about you but for me sometimes it can be a little tricky or aggravating to grab a couple trees at the balancing point, but waist high chainsaw work is nice and dont have to worry about hitting rocks.

 

[Oldpath05]

This must be for the artist in mind cause I just dont get it, maybe people like to run up and down a log 2 or 3 times, oh it works on 12" tree, out in a field, now what if the tree is 6'', he's already bent over running down the length of this one, what about in a ten cord pile, how about 3-4 trees on Jimmy Crack Corns forks>>>> Cutting Firewood-Review of Mingo Marker for Measuring. - YouTube

 

[TomSeller]

I hire a surveying company to precisely mark my logs

 

[bcp]

I hire a surveying company to precisely mark my logs

Reminds me of the old saying:

"Measure with a micrometer, cut with an axe."

Bruce

 

[4570Man]

I've tried picking up a log and and two people start cutting at each end. The problem was that my 372xp saw cuts about twice as fast as my 353 saw. I found it more productive to cut by myself and put the second person to splitting wood.