Boards and timber are one of the main building materials. Funds do not always allow you to buy ready-made boards. Many have the opportunity to take the defense in the forest and harvest wood on their own.

How to cut the log

Sawing logs are made with the help of sawmills, electrical or chainsaws and additional devices. When choosing tools, focus on the scope of work.

The cheapest stationary sawmaker with all components will cost you at least 150 thousand rubles. If you do not plan to deal with a small business, the purchase of such equipment is inexpedient.

More affordable chainsaw tool. Chainsaw is more convenient than electrical for several reasons.

1. Electricity is not required for work - it allows you to work with chainsaws on defensions.
2. It has a higher power compared to electric.
3. It has a smooth start and convenient speed adjustment, which reduces the risk of breaking the chain.
4. The inertial brake is triggered faster than a saw with an electrical drive.
5. For a long time without a break - up to 1 hour.
6. Allows you to work in high humidity.

Slide the log along the chainsaw will help devices for log fixing, a special frame-nozzle on chainsaw and guide.

During the sawing chainsaw, the tool is exposed to a large load. Household chainsaw will quickly fail. It is better to use a professional instrument. A good option is Stihl MS 660 chainsaw or Stihl MS 880. These models have the power of more than 7 horsepower, which is sufficient for long-term work at high loads.

A special metal frame is fastened to the saw tire. The distance between the frame and the tire is adjustable, which allows you to cut the material on the boards of the required thickness.

Having a metal corner or legs at hand from the school desk, the frame is set to make alone.

The video shows how to make a frame with your own hands.

When working in stationary conditions, a hard metal profile or a long smooth board is suitable for the guide. The ends of the guide are fixed on the goats, the log is laid below. This method is suitable only for cutting small lengths - there is a chance of a guide deflection. This will lead to uneven sawing of the trunk.

How to cut a log along

So that the cut turned out to be even, you will need a direct template - the leading line or guide.

A good help in the work is Minipilram Bigmill Timbergig (Logosol). Manufacturer Sweden. The cost of such a set of considerable is about 9,000 p. Clean how profitable you to purchase such a tool. The possibility of sawing logs on the defense will help reduce transportation costs.

The sawing is made by a two-stroke saw with two nuts for mounting the tire. The device allows you to fix and cut the log diameter to 60 cm.

In order to cut the log on the boards, a chain is required for longitudinal cutting. If it is impossible to buy such a chain, sharpen the usual at an angle of 10 °. Do not forget that the chain when working loses sharpness and needs a periodic sharpening well sharpened chain will facilitate your work.

The kit includes devices and parts, with which you can install a wooden guide. The frame attached to the chainsaw slides on the guide and does not allow the bus to go away.

Operating procedure:

• Take two straight boards. Build them with each other at right angles. Boards support each other and you have a strong leading line.
• Make the stops from the boards that will support the cooked ruler. All the necessary brackets and screws are included in the Timber Korny kits.
• Trunks move using a logs to the log.
• Put the log on a convenient basis. This will facilitate his further cut.
• With the help of nuts, secure the frame on the saw bus.
• Fix the supporting ruler supports to the barrel ends. Installation horizontal control the level.
• All brackets and design elements are fixed by self-drawing. Do not use nails - then it is difficult to extract them without damaging the elements of the structure.
• Secure the brackets the leading ruler to the supports. Adjust the height of the leading line. Note that the propyl will not go according to the ruler, but about 1 cm above.
• Rotate the trunk and secure another board, which must rest in the ground and maintain the trunk.
• Run the saw and execute the first cut.
• Free the trunk from the boards and stops. Secure the leading line on the cut surface of the barrel in the direction of the next propyl. The ruler is attached directly to the surface or to the end of the trunk with supports. The second cutter is performed perpendicular to the first slice.
• Rotate the trunk and fix the board to the focus to the ground.
• For subsequent work, the leading ruler will not need. The guide will serve one of the cropped sides.
• Adjust the screamed thickness on the frame. Screw the log from the next part so that you have a bar on which the bark remains only on the one hand.
• Turn the resulting timber. Lock it to the ground. The location of the fixing board should be located as low as possible.
• Adjust the frame to the desired board thickness. Make a breakage of a bar on the board.
• In the case when the boards width does not matter, do not cut the log under the bar. Collect the log until the middle, then turn 180º and continue sawing.

How to cut a log across

If you plan to cut the trunk across, and then the scrabble to dissolve on the boards is inappropriate. Usually across the log, intended for wood harvesting.

A log, sawn across is often used for the manufacture of garden benches, tables. Beautifully looks at garden tracks, decorated with a sawn tree .. In this case, there are sawing on the disks with a thickness of 10-15 cm.

1. Place the log on strong stable goats with a height of 60-80 cm.
2. If you plan to remove the bark of the tree - do it before the start of the cut.
3. Make a shallow propyl, which will serve as a guide to you.
4. Turn the log 90º so that the saw tire is in the groove.
5. When brewing a log on a scrabble pre-make notches with an ax.
6. Circle logs. Further processing of the material depends on the field of its application.

Safety rules for sawing wood

1. Use headphones, glasses, respirator, gloves and tight clothing.
2. Do not allow the presence of children on the workstation.
3. Keep the first-aid kit - disk and chain saws are an increased danger tool.
4. Do not use disk electronically without protective casing.
5. Do not pour fuel to the hot tank of chainsaws, wait until it cools down a little.
6. Launate a chainsaw on Earth with a chain involved brake. Release the chain brakes only before starting the sawing.
7. When working, keep the saw for the handle of the arc, promoting it forward on the guide. Do not press much on the saw - it must move freely.
8. When trimming trees with a chain saw, take care of the stairs - when working, the saw cannot be raised above the shoulder level.
9. If you are not left-handed - install the log on the right of you.

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Work using Timbergig sawing system.