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General Forestry => Chainsaws => Topic started by: treefarmer87 on May 20, 2011, 03:08:16 PM
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anybody still use them? i used to see them hanging on the pins of pulpwood truck going up and down the road, now i only see them being worked on at the saw shops. what are they good for?
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In the mean time,Tom has helped you out,
http://www.forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,22304.msg316354.html#msg316354
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thanks
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Are you talking about the wood framed type or the all metal ones, which by the way we knew as "buck saws". I have one of them with one good blade left. When that one breaks, I probably will cut a piece of a broken bandsaw blade to fit.
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i was talking about for a chainsaw :)
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i was talking about for a chainsaw :)
OOps, used to be a few around here, but I haven't seen one in years.
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Great for cutting firewood up, don't pinch easy.But CAN be very dangerous to use also! I have 2. Nice thing is you don't have to bend over, just set it on top of log and cut,then move to next length and cut again.Also with just a little care, you don't hit the ground with chain to dull it.
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i heard they are dangerous. :o
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They can be, in the wrong hands, but so are bar saws and knives. Bows are basically bucking tools and properly outfitted with a spur and chain guards. In many situations, they are safer than a bar saw. Being designed to saw with the end of the bow, they have a spur that contacts the log and stops kick-back. Bows don't have that and can really be dangerous when cutting logs that are piled, or trimming logs on a truck where the end of the bow can come into contact with something.
As with most feared equipment, it's the misuse that causes people to start rumors and tales.
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Now, tell me, treefarmer...does that look dangerous to you? ;D
At the bottom of the bow, is the spur Tom is speaking of.
(http://www.forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/13641/full%20view%2066.JPG)
(http://www.forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/13641/front%20view%2066.JPG)
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You can drown in a glass of water too :D
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thats a nice saw, how many links are the chains ??? it would be handy for cutting pulpwood. can they cut up the large logs i cut?
http://youtu.be/G80EXLg7DtE
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They were real popular among pulp cutters back in the day
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Not a clue as to how many links are in the chain, but it is 1/2" pitch. I'm not certain of the large logs you cut. It will cut as large as you can roll that bow the full circumference, through the center.
I went and looked to the tube you addressed. There is also one of that particular saw, Poulan 66. They use it on a small log, though. Which, was/is not really representative of that saw. It's a 5 cu in free breather and has to reach a certain....pitch with the world, to be at its best. Primarily, that set up was designed to cut the larger diameter pulpwood, in the most effecient manner available for that time period (saw discontinued around 1966 for lighter technology).
I have felled trees with it, and limbed standing and downed. And, about everything else it wasn't/isn't 'supposed' to do.