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OT: Fastest/Safest way to cut harwood planks?

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Brian in NY

10-06-2004 07:07:53




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I live in Amish country, and there are several Amish run pallet factories nearby. These folks have huge piles of the "imperfect" hardwood boards available. You can take as much as you can haul for free. They have to pay a local company about $270 to haul 3 huge dumpster loads out everyday. So of course I have hauled a bunch of it home and stacked it in the pole barn to burn. My question: the pieces are approx 4" wide, 1" thick and 4 ft long. My woodburner won't take anything much bigger than 18". What would be the safest, most efficient way to cut these pieces up? I have a chainsaw, a circ. saw, a Sawzall, and a table saw.....what would you guys use? Many thanks

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Brian in NY

10-07-2004 06:51:24




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 Re: OT: Fastest/Safest way to cut harwood planks? in reply to Brian in NY, 10-06-2004 07:07:53  
Thanks guys for all the replies, real good ideas I will try them and see what works best for me.



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Bundy

10-06-2004 21:17:13




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 Re: OT: Fastest/Safest way to cut harwood planks? in reply to Brian in NY, 10-06-2004 07:07:53  
I have dealt with the same kind of wood . What i did is take a 4 by 4 the same lenght of most of the wood you have to cut and take metal fence post and drive them in on both sides of the 4 by 4 . Space them out so you can run a chain saw down throw a stack that you put beween the post.The 4 by 4 is there so you dont hit the ground .I have used this way for many years and i find it works great.



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Kevin2

10-06-2004 19:22:08




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 Re: OT: Fastest/Safest way to cut harwood planks? in reply to Brian in NY, 10-06-2004 07:07:53  
I bought one of those 89. HF cheapie table saws for my wood cutting. I decided that a 10" rip blade and electricity was the cheapest long term answer, but it sounds like you have a huge amount to cut, so I then vote for the chainsaw. I just cut as I need 10-15 minutes at a time and leave the cheap saw right by the woodpile. My .02



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markct

10-06-2004 09:24:49




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 Re: OT: Fastest/Safest way to cut harwood planks? in reply to Brian in NY, 10-06-2004 07:07:53  
i think if it were me i would us a skilsaw or a chopsaw, with a carbide blade you could cut up all those 1 by 4s in no time and alot quieter and safer than using a chainsaw on something so thin



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TimV

10-06-2004 07:49:55




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 Re: OT: Fastest/Safest way to cut harwood planks? in reply to Brian in NY, 10-06-2004 07:07:53  
Brian: Make a "saw buck" and use your chainsaw. Build about four "X" shapes and fasten them together so that you can load the wood and the cut pieces will be held together by a leg of the "X" on either side of the cut. For 4' wood, you can make it so 16" sticks out the end, cut that section off, then make another cut in the middle of what's left. This will give you a bunch of wood cut to 16" lengths very quickly. I did this with a bunch of slab wood I got for free to power my sauna, and it worked very well.

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