Manual Firewood Processor

[Q-Saw]

Also known as sawbucks. I finally made myself a set and they work really well for cutting up firewood logs and slabwood.

 

[Q-Saw]

I used rough-sawn 2x8's with half-lap joints. The half-lap keeps the spacing (16" O.C.) the same on both sides of the sawbucks. The first pair (on left) are spaced at 8" o.c. The forks on the Kubota make a good workbench / sawhorses, as well as helping to load the sawbucks with wood.

- Marty

 

[xmoto]

That looks great, think I will make one this weekend. Wood boiler is up and running.

 

[xmoto]

Why did you 16 o.c. instead of 24 with 2x8's.

 

[studor]

Wow -- biggest sawbuck I have ever seen! Nice work. Looks like you need a loader to load it!
My saw buck for long stuff is an angle rack made temporarily in the bush from five logs and two stakes. The logs to be cut are piled evenly on top of the "rack", one is marked in 16" intervals and then you just cutdown the line. The rounds are easily retrieved and you cut up the sawbuck when you are done

 

[MarcusCarr]

When I saw this title, I thought for sure it would be a picture of a splitting maul. =]

 

[JohnDeere4300]

Also known as sawbucks. I finally made myself a set and they work really well for cutting up firewood logs and slabwood.

 

[Q-Saw]

Xmoto - I used 16" centers because that's how long I want to cut my firewood. I can eyeball the sawbar halfway between two bucks pretty well and end up with 16" firewood (usually within + or - 1"). I used 2x8's because that's what I had handy, and I wanted to be able to drop the logs from the loader and thought the extra strength would hold up well.

Studor - I'm interested in your temporary rack - do you have any pictures?

- Marty

 

[20 20]

Nice job

 

[xmoto]

Q-saw

You did a nice job on it. I am going to make one for myself.