tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844065586392095541.post407070759996185205..comments2023-08-30T11:18:33.021+02:00Comments on The accidental hermit: FellingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844065586392095541.post-78356760191238648382009-12-15T06:45:22.501+01:002009-12-15T06:45:22.501+01:00Skimbo: Certainly! To quote Theodore Roszak in his...Skimbo: Certainly! To quote Theodore Roszak in his "Where the Wasteland Ends" (1972):<br /><br />"How much of what we readily identify as 'progress' in urban-industrial society is really the undoing of evils inherited from the last round of technological innovation?"<br /><br />Thing is: If it's got gears and is human powered, it always seems interesting to me no matter how useless and cumbersome.Northmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12655788565660714552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844065586392095541.post-39642130961208969022009-12-15T01:32:20.070+01:002009-12-15T01:32:20.070+01:00I am just wondering, though, would it not be easie...I am just wondering, though, would it not be easier to carry an axe or a saw around in the forrest rather than this machine?<br />It looks a bit heavy.skimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06919783695732222845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844065586392095541.post-33900010670723544052009-12-11T16:30:14.268+01:002009-12-11T16:30:14.268+01:00I have never seen anything like that for felling, ...I have never seen anything like that for felling, but turn the cutting blade vertical and you have what is called a drag saw and was used for bucking logs. They are usually powered by one of the old fashioned large flywheel, low RPM stationary engines.Lynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844065586392095541.post-8677134523847884872009-12-10T18:35:10.740+01:002009-12-10T18:35:10.740+01:00Thanks for these comments! I wonder if everybody h...Thanks for these comments! I wonder if everybody here might be right. There <i>is</i> a tensioning mechanism. And wedges and notches could come into it, but if you need that, you might as well fell the tree the old fashioned way instead. I think David is right about the mechanism that's supposed to push the tree, but is that an accident waiting to happen or what.<br />Still, those guys back then sure knew how to draw. <br /><br />I have never used a two man saw. I have no rhythm and imagine I would make any partner extremely angry.Northmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12655788565660714552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844065586392095541.post-87133470001882828442009-12-10T18:09:35.365+01:002009-12-10T18:09:35.365+01:00Oh yeah, I forgot to say thanks for the notechmaga...Oh yeah, I forgot to say thanks for the notechmagazine.com link. Now I have something to waste away the rest of the day with.Oldfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14688289425207257034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844065586392095541.post-45580518361125571232009-12-10T18:04:56.801+01:002009-12-10T18:04:56.801+01:00the same mechanism which pushes the saw deeper int...the same mechanism which pushes the saw deeper into the cut is also pushing the structure above the saw against the tree, which should prevent the saw getting stuck, I think.davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844065586392095541.post-28369387554289930852009-12-10T18:04:55.736+01:002009-12-10T18:04:55.736+01:00If the tree is properly notched on the side opposi...If the tree is properly notched on the side opposite the saw cut then the kerf should open as the cut is made and the tree should fall away from the saw. Should is the key word as shape of the tree and wind influences the outcome. Should work as good as a two man saw and I have seen many tree cut down with a two man saw.<br />Things didn't always work out as planned.<br />This is still a two man saw and as a labor saving device I see no advantage except that it could probably be operated by two boys because of gearing. A two man saw is really hard work.Oldfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14688289425207257034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844065586392095541.post-62759872818317117312009-12-10T17:42:07.374+01:002009-12-10T17:42:07.374+01:00I concur with Andrew- orperhaps wedges in the kerf...I concur with Andrew- orperhaps wedges in the kerf? (I haven't a clue about this sort of thing) mind you, I know a man who does. Maybe I can ask him?Andy in Germanyhttp://www.workbike.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844065586392095541.post-27138843377253243522009-12-10T17:36:46.962+01:002009-12-10T17:36:46.962+01:00pair it with a tensioned rope or cable opposite th...pair it with a tensioned rope or cable opposite the kerf?<br /><br />i, too, love these kinds of drawings. jan adkins has some good books that might be up your alleyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06140149479961331156noreply@blogger.com