Members - How do you mark your firewood to be cut to length. I started by using a hatchet and tape measure, marking at 16" intervals, but have changed to using sidewalk chalk and tape measure to marking 16" pieces. With so many options out there , So what do you say is best method for you.
Fiberglass stick w/magnet (was sold under the brand Firewood Buddy) or an Acc-U-Mark. (1) How to mark firewood length | Firewood Hoarders Club
24" threaded rod thru the bar on a small saw. It has 16" & 18" marks on it as well. The Milwaukee battery saw gets this duty a lot.
I use a 16" piece of yellow fiberglass driveway marker rod. I don't mark the log, just eyeball where the rod end was. It's easy enough to keep in hand when sawing.
Using a tape measure and sidewalk chalk works for me. I have tried to use a Mingo marker but with logs laying in the woods and I don't have equipment to get them out, it is hard to keep up a steady pace walking when you are having to navigate all kinds of stuff on the forest floor which leaves long streaks of paint instead of dots of paint..
I cut to what I can lift. The woodwhore will eat 48" on the bottom and 32" up higher. My stacks would give someone with ocd a heart attack. I spend enough time cutting and stacking as is, I don't want to add another step.
I carry an 18” long 1/2” diameter stick in my hand as I cut. Prior to each cut, I lay it on the log and eyeball where my next cut should go. It’s generally good for plus or minus 1/2” and is small enough I can hold it and the top handle of my saw in my left hand while cutting.
I use 18” bars and I marked lines on my longer bars with a sharpie 18” from the end of the bar and from power head side. I hold the saw up parallel the the log I’m cutting and eye ball a spot in the log. Works good for me and no extra equipment. when I get a 400 with 20” bar I might have to start bucking at 20”, I’ll have the measure my firebox first and make sure 20” will fit!
6' folding carpenters ruler and piece of sidewalk chalk. Ruler in back right pocket, chalk in front right pocket. On very rare occasions ill use a tape measure but it usually unhooks from the end.
I don't measure. My stove will take 22" and I am pretty good at getting close to 16 - 18" My stacks are not as uniform as some I see posted but I don't sweat it.
