I gotta admit that although I like it when I end up with uniform lengths, I am not willing to put too much time into measuring before I cut. I know where the 16 inch mark is on the saw, so I hold up the saw and make a mark with the chain, then move on. I end up within about an inch of 16 inches if I am careful. When I am out in the woods I want to run the saw, not spend time with a measuring tape.
I was just going to say how nice it was stacking my 17" pieces on the pallet today after cutting 102" logs down on the saw buck. Now I feel just dumb ...Not. I like having them fairly uniform for splitting, stacking, and burning. That way I'll always know that it'll fit and I won't have to worry about other people running the stove and them knowing what will fit.
Uhhhhh... No.. Let's not go back to 2007.. DEFINITION OF 'COLLATERALIZED DEBT OBLIGATION - CDO' A structured financial product that pools together cash flow-generating assets and repackages this asset pool into discrete tranches that can be sold to investors. A collateralized debt obligation (CDO) is so-called because the pooled assets – such as mortgages, bonds and loans – are essentially debt obligations that serve as collateral for the CDO. The tranches in a CDO vary substantially in their risk profile. The senior tranches are relatively safer because they have first priority on the collateral in the event of default. As a result, the senior tranches of a CDO generally have a higher credit rating and offer lower coupon rates than the junior tranches, which offer higher coupon rates to compensate for their higher default risk. For more reading.. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/cdo.asp
Yes Sir. And my OCD picked up on your suggested use of "CDO" as a replacement for "OCD" which reminded me of the fact that CDO's contributed to the market collapse of 2007-2009...... Thus the reference.. Carry on..
Last weekend I went to the opposite end of OCD - cut down a dead ash for firewood and I figured, as long as it fit in the wood boiler, it was fine. I think pieces ranged from 12" to 50" and no two were likely the same length. The reality is, I have both of my chainsaws marked from end of bar to a spot on the saw so that every piece gets cut to 20", plus or minus an inch or so. I will frequently cut knots or forks out of a tree to a much shorter length (these are the "uglies") in order to get decent rounds for splits. My longest bar is 25" so I just have the bar marked at 20". I found that when I used to eyeball it, the length of the round increased with the diameter. Some kind of perception issue. I've considered carrying a stick and paint or any one of these other suggested marking devices, but I'm not that picky.
Thanks for all the input, I am going to buy a mingo marker. Does anyone have experience buying the inverted spray paint cans. Where might I find them, walmart, home depot, etc?
Westlake/ Ace hardware has the inverted spray cans. I highly recommend removing the can from the Mingo when you are done for the day. That way it wouldn't accidentally start spraying at the WORST possible time .... Other than that I love the thing.
Like Deacon said Ace is the place and get a color that matches your saw. Because also as he said it will spray at times you don't want it to ( as you place it on the ground near your saw) . I use orange most of the time so it matches the Kubota and Husq. some what.
