MossRoad
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Strange chainsaw?
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cqaigy2
Super Member
Ooftah! Is the handle on the end mostly used to pick up the bar for the next cut or is that person pushing down on it?
grsthegreat
Super Star Member
did the guy still have all hands and fingers
RobertN
Super Member
Strange one I remember is the Wright Saw. Was a big reciprocating saw, like a big gas powered Sawzall.
My Grandfather had one; I remember my Dad using it a couple times in the early 1970's.
My Grandfather had one; I remember my Dad using it a couple times in the early 1970's.
RandyT
Elite Member
I have one of those saws. Been several years since I have ran it but it did run. that saw was invented about 40 years too early. They make a very straight and smooth edge cut through some thick material, and were in demand by the log cabin builders. they were going for like $600 in early 2000's. Along with the wood tooth blade they also made a bone saw blade for quartering large animal.
The reciprocating part is actually connected to a rod that sticks out of the top of a second non firing piston and cylinder.
RobertN
Super Member
I had read a while back that the Wright saws were used to cut up things like railroad ties too. Those raise havoc with chainsaw chains and bars.
Captain Dirty
Platinum Member
After watching JasperFrank's video of the 2-man McCulloch taking almost a minute to make the first cut (1:34 to 2:30) I Googled "North American record for 2-man crosscut saw" to see how fast competitive sawyers were. Most relevant hit was an article from the Lewiston, ME Sun Journal of 6/15/2014, 1999-world-record-shattered-two-man-crosscut-debut-rumford-lumberjacking-contest. It reported "Jerry Gingras of Errol, N.H., and Richard Jordan of Canterbury, Conn., cut through the [14" x 14"] block of white pine twice in 6.1 seconds, shattering the 1999 record of 8.4 seconds . . ."
A little math: 14" x 14" x 2 = 392 sq in; 2 x √(392/pi) = 22.3. So the cross section of a round log 22.3" in diameter would be equal to cross section of two, 14" square timbers. No doubt Mssrs. Gringas and Jordan's saw was sharper than the McCulloch's chain, but I doubt the record breakers were more fatigued than the chainsaw operators at the end of the cuts.
A little math: 14" x 14" x 2 = 392 sq in; 2 x √(392/pi) = 22.3. So the cross section of a round log 22.3" in diameter would be equal to cross section of two, 14" square timbers. No doubt Mssrs. Gringas and Jordan's saw was sharper than the McCulloch's chain, but I doubt the record breakers were more fatigued than the chainsaw operators at the end of the cuts.
repete
Veteran Member
Sure it is not a meat saw for splitting large animals?
