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Chainsaw cradle

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While hardly original, I thought I'd share a pic of my new chainsaw cradle. it can be used to crosscut the anchor sealed ends of logs. (bigger crosscutting I do on some low horses, also seen in the pic.

But the main point of the cradle is to allow safe ripping of a log. The bevels on the center pieces provide plenty of surface area to hold the round log. Those pieces -- Doug fir makes the color very distinct from the "permanent" redwood base -- are designed to be sacrificial. SO while there is a gap between the two for the blade to exit, it's expected that these sacrificial cheeks will be cut. For this reason there's no metal involved -- they are doweled to the base.

It's sturdy, with its splayed legs -- 4 on each side - but compact and light enough to take along to a remote location where a tree awaits...

I hope this will inspire someone.

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