[AT] 3pt buzz saw - Ford

Ralph Goff alfg at sasktel.net
Thu Mar 26 22:02:02 PDT 2015


On 3/25/2015 11:01 PM, Greg Hass wrote:
> I have not been around buzz saws a lot but did help my uncle saw for his
> wood furnace a couple of times years ago. He ran it with a medium length
> flat belt off of his 8N ford. Worked the tractor harder than I would
> have thought, although I have no idea how sharp he kept the blade.
I guess this is as good a time as any to post a link to my firewood 
cutting video from
1992. My dad, myself and brother cutting logs into stove length. I've 
spent many hours
over the years at this job. First with my dad, then with my uncle and 
lately with my
brother who still uses wood as secondary heat. For sure that blade is 
dangerous and
needs respect but I've never seen anyone hurt.
Neighbours used to get together for a day's wood sawing . And it was a 
big day considering
the size of those wood piles. I've got a picture of my uncle sitting on 
a woodpile half the size of
the house.
It wasn't chain saws that replaced the buzz saw as they are in no way as 
fast or efficient. Or
much safer for that matter. The fact that people moved away from wood 
heating meant less
wood needed cutting. Harder to get a group of neighbours all together on 
one day to saw.  So
a chain saw was ok for a small amount of cutting firewood blocks but a 
good buzz saw rips through
  a log much faster and less effort than a chain saw. Hopefully this 
will make it to the list.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSEQcuPNYG0

Ralph in Sask.





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