Maintaining wood length ??

I cut mostly everything 17" to 19"...sometimes 20 or 21" if I don't want any scrap pieces. I've gotten pretty dead on eyeballing at 17" though.

 

Backwoods, just wondering, is that crayon the same size as say a piece of regular chalk for a chalkboard?

 

If I remember correctly the lumber crayons are 1/2" diameter:

Lumber Crayon

Here's the holder:



You can find them cheaper if you shop around.

I prefer some sort of stick because it works in all conditions. Ever see what happens to chalk when it gets wet. Chvymn99 had a pretty slick set up for his saws that used an air tool quick disconnect on the bar nut.

 

Well I can tell you there is a much cheaper and cooler option for these crayons. Our youngest granddaughter when she was first using crayons would tear the paper off and break her crayons in half. So I made her a set of what I called, "Fred Flintstone" crayons. Tear the paper off of the crayon, drill a hole that the crayon just fits into. Using green limb wood (for her in the event she might chew on them I used fruit wood). Anyway, using a green limb, drill a hole that the crayon just fits in and push it in. As the limb dries that crayon is in there tight. Sharpen like a carpenter's pencil (your pocket knife). You can make the limb/handle for this crayon as big as you prefer, if it is cold out and don't want to take off gloves make it big. Warmer weather, smaller diameter. Drill a hole at the end and put a snap on it/leather thong. Enjoy making your own Fred Flintstone crayons!!

 

Dixon also has soft black , blue and red . That I know of anyway.

 

I like a 8’ story stick marked every 16” and a lumber crayon. If I remember to use it to buck the tree into 8’ to begin with there’s no waste.

 

Being somewhat old school here. I like to keep things simple.

My small sledge is 16" long. I hold it at the edge of the log, then scratch a mark with the small saw I have. Move the sledge and mark all down the log. That works for me. No "single use" devices.



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I like it! Did I mention the magnet on the accu-stick makes a good make shift metal detector. For when those pesky bar nuts bounce 3 times a flip into the leaves...

 

Ha....just paint those things blaze orange and they stand right out when dropped in the woods.

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Yeah it always seems like they bounce about a million times and land in the bottom of about a 6' deep pile of leaves in the woods. It's uncanny how that seems to happen every time! Just put the accu-stick in there and stir it around a bit and boom the bar nut is magically found. It also doubles as a stick to beat off any critters that might happen to be nesting in said pile.

 

I haven't lost a bar nut since I put extra ones in my kit.......

 

I keep 2 on my suspenders . Usually 1 Stihl and 1 Husky. As I'm not running a big mount Stihl , or a Poulan Pro/ Pioneer I don't need a 3rd or 4th.

I trim the wood handles on my California framing hammers so that I get 16" layout. It is fast and helps if the layout guy, me , made a mistake and forgot some marks. Or for a quick check or pulling the bow out of a rafter or joist.
I never thot of using my riggin ax handle and a folding saw. But, it would work.

 

If you use a .50 cal rifle you can dispense with the chainsaw altogether.

 

Regarding painting woods tools - I have been painting everything bright blue - think Logrite blue or something very similar. It's highly visible year round, and I have misplaced bright red and orange tools in autumn leaves before.

Not sure how well paint will stick to a bar nut.

 

Home made version



Ott Accu-Stick Pro

 

If I'm using the pole rack or trimming pieces I use a crayon .
I put the crayon in one of these retractable deals and hook it on my belt .
Get em at HD they come with a carpenters pencil , I use it for that too.
3-1/2 in. Pencil Pull Holder Black XL-10571 - The Home Depot

 

I use 3/8 threaded rod through the hole in the bar tip of the 011 or 192t. Mark at 24" & make an X at 12'. That's what'll fit in the dump trailer, load up & haul home. Logs are all marked at 24" for processing. No loader on job, cut 24" & hand load. Stove's 5' deep, splitter maxes at 26" so 24" get's me the most for the least. Small ends, crotches, etc go in fire pit.

 

I made my own using neodymium magnets and aluminium filler rod which I folded in half then twisted together, I added some heat shrink for colour.





The red Leohtstick is 12" and the yellow is 14"





I use them to mark the trees then take it off to buck. over the last couple of days cutting a couple of cords I have come to like them a lot.




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