Farwood measuring guide for chainsaws...

[Oldpath05]

As I look through the threads, not seeing much for a firewood measuring cutting attachments for chainsaws, guess everyone has a 16" eyeball, orrrrrr nobody's pumped up yet about bucking up firewood, oh I know everyone likes to cut firewood in July when it's 90° out.

Seems like when I start out cutting 16", after a few cuts I check with tape and I'm getting 14-24, I'd like 16-18. I use to have one years ago similar to this one and liked it, I'm thinking about ordering this handy dandy quick guide, looks like a winner to me.
Amazon.com: Cut-Rite Chainsaw Firewood Measuring Tool-Accessory, Detachable, Flexible, Stick, Cutting, Mounts directly to bar nut.: Patio, Lawn & Garden

 

[JB13502]

I mark, and then cut (or if the wife is around, she'll mark). Helps get the knots where I want them and what best to do at the end. Plus it gives my back a break while I mark a few more logs.

Ended up short on wood a number of years back, and ended up doing wood in 90 degree, humid July weather.... NEVER again!:fiery:

 

[Briar Hill Brittanys]

I mark, and then cut (or if the wife is around, she'll mark). Helps get the knots where I want them and what best to do at the end. Plus it gives my back a break while I mark a few more logs.

Ended up short on wood a number of years back, and ended up doing wood in 90 degree, humid July weather.... NEVER again!:fiery:

This is my method, minus the missus. I have a 30" piece of 3/4" PVC , with a tee on the end. The tee has pieces glued in to total 18". Start at the bottom and use cheap spray paint to mark my rounds. This makes them all pretty close to the same length. After cutting the rounds to length, I split them on site.

 

[pmsmechanic]

I welded two nuts together and use them to attach a piece of all thread to the chain saw bar. The all thread is the length that I want my firewood cut at.

 

[bcp]

I welded two nuts together and use them to attach a piece of all thread to the chain saw bar. The all thread is the length that I want my firewood cut at.

My suggestion, too, but use a coupling nut and lock nut with the all-thread. Skip the welding.

Bruce

 

[CalG]

I take a switch off any branch handy and cut it to length. The switch goes into the palm of the hand between the top handle.

With a frigg'in length reference right there in front of you, it's hard to go too far astray.

I suppose one could though, if they really tried.

I certainly don't need any right angled appendage hanging off the saw. ;-)

 

[FredH]

A 16" piece of pvc pipe with a marking crayon .

One of these to hold crayon :
Keson LCH1 Aluminum Carded Lumber Crayon Holder - Construction Marking Tools - Amazon.com

These crayons :

Amazon.com: Dixon 496 Lumber Marking Crayons, Yellow, 12-Pack: Home Improvement

My holder actually wedges into the end of the 3/4" pvc pipe , so they are all together . I got the holder and crayons locally and they were cheaper than what amazon is showing . But heck , I bought a sandwich zip lock baggie full of crayons 30 years ago and still have 3/4 of a bag left :confused3:

Fred H.

 

[ericm979]

I've used the bar or saw body itself as a gauge. But that requires turning the saw at 90 degrees to the work to measure.

There's this if you want to spend money: The Mingo Marker Firewood Marker | Firewood Measuring Devices | Firewood Products | www.baileysonline.com

 

[hosspuller]

I want 18 inch lengths... I use an 18 inch saw bar. Always a handy reference .:2cents:

I use a measuring stick with two marks too. One at 18 inches and one is the max height of the piece that will fit into the stove. Saves a lot of splitting when I am cutting limbs. It tells me which pieces have to be split ... the rest will go directly into the stove after cutting to length.

 

[s219]

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.