I know I've seen one of these on here before but DanGed if I can remember what it's called.
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Lee,
I don't know what it is but I saw saw that looked a lot like that all over southern Norway. The folks hooked them up to the tractor PTO and cut firewood with them. Over there they mostly cut small (4-6 inch diameter Birch) into approximately 1' lengths. They usually had a roller system they used to move the firewood and wood to palletize and shrink wrap it for sale or use.
Buzz Saw. They were common all over the deep south back in the late 40's and 50's. Pics in Mr. Tom's gallery. No belt guards on most of them. The blade could be swiveled to horizontal for felling, which didn't work very well. If the blade pinched in the log, Dang things would kick like a mule. They were replaced by chain saws, some of which required 2 men...Pull rope start, but most of the time, the rope got lost and pulling the belts sorta worked. I knew more than one logger who lost fingers getting them hung in the belt/pulley.
Looks like this one was a swivel type one.
Cutting edge technology in their day. (pun intended) ;D
https://youtu.be/z8HhWVzzcVc
That was very interesting.
We've got one on the farm that is rough, but still has engine and some paint. May be a bit smaller and doesn't have a fancy belt guard like that one. ;D
Christmas tree saw...
I remember the ads in the 50's and early 60's about every garden tractor company sold a saw attachment. They claimed you could saw a winters worth of firewood with ease.
When I was a kid(a long, long time ago), our next door neighbor was a logger and he had several of those. They called them cordwood saws. They used them for bucking logs and maybe some light felling.
So Dan, were they wind or steam powered back then? :D
They were chipped out of flint :D :D :D.
Could well have been. He did light the fuse on the big bang.
Lindy has gone to Texas this weekend so if it's still for sale it will be in my front yard next week. ::)
Quote from: LeeB on June 22, 2017, 11:12:03 PM
He did light the fuse on the big bang.
That goes back pretty far :D.
Quote from: WDH on June 23, 2017, 07:43:50 AM
Quote from: LeeB on June 22, 2017, 11:12:03 PM
He did light the fuse on the big bang.
That goes back pretty far :D.
I was too young to be using matches back then.