Who Needs A Chain saw?

[Dan Mooney]

What a machine!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WREE3xF2ko

 

[Don Baer]

thats really cool but they stopped the filming before the saw was done. i wanted to see what would happen when the saw cleared the log.

 

[Brent Dowell]

I don't believe there is a single chain involved in that sawing...

Doh, I'm wrong, I see it there. Oh well.

 

[Dan Mooney]

thats really cool but they stopped the filming before the saw was done. i wanted to see what would happen when the saw cleared the log.

Don, this one shows one finishing, says it's Vaughn's but it don't look like him to me!?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XtxBUqJ3Xw

 

[Vaughn McMillan]

Cool saw. I wonder how many guys who own them are named Stumpy McNinefingers.

I must say I got nervous when I saw the title to that second video. I always get a bit worried when I see the words "Vaughn" and "Drag" in the same video title. (That party was years ago, and they promised me there were no videos shot that night.)

 

[Frank Fusco]

Interesting and fun. But, methinks, it is a perfect example of why chainsaws were invented. OTOH, I believe a two man crosscut would have gone through that log much-much faster. Providing the saw was properly sharpened. Have you ever tried sharpening one of those things? Takes a lot of skill and if not done right, no cut-em.

 

[Stuart Ablett]

Interesting and fun. But, methinks, it is a perfect example of why chainsaws were invented. OTOH, I believe a two man crosscut would have gone through that log much-much faster. Providing the saw was properly sharpened. Have you ever tried sharpening one of those things? Takes a lot of skill and if not done right, no cut-em.

Both of those saws really need sharpening!

Cool, but yeah, I'll stick with the chainsaws

 

[Vaughn McMillan]

I saw in the comments somewhere that the saw in the first video was intentionally not sharpened so it would take longer to cut for demos.

 

[Frank Fusco]

I saw in the comments somewhere that the saw in the first video was intentionally not sharpened so it would take longer to cut for demos.

Still fun to watch.

 

[Chuck Ellis]

But why didn't they cut the into bowl blank sizes - then split the down the middle???

Seemed like a waste of a good supply of bowl blanks...