Revamped the sawbuck to match the new wood stove. Removed one of the two centre bars and move the remaining one into the middle cut the removed bars and placed them under the gouged up crossbars.
Looks like it's getting some good use. Where's Lakota? I'm heading out to Cedar Rapids in a couple of weeks for a wedding.
Yeah, you sure can tell where the old sweet spot was. Lakota is about as far north as you can get and still be in Iowa, and pretty much dead centre as far as east and west go. Closer to the twin cities than to Cedar Rapids, although once the kids graduate I want to move to the country between CR and Iowa City.
I don't really need one, since I hardly ever end up with one too long to go in the stove, and I seem to always end up with a lot of shorts, anyway. If a full length one won't go in the stove it's because there is a lot of coals built up in the back of the stove or the wood is in there sort of slanted and high in the back, in which case I just throw a short in that I already have or split one smaller if needed. But this thread and pictures gave me a vision of one I would build which I think would work great. I would build a solid V- shaped top that would hold anything regardless of length, but there would be a gap of a few inches at one point where I could cut through it with the saw. All I would have to do is place the wood in the Vee with the area I want to cut over the gap and saw through it. There should be no pinching of the bar, if the wood is placed right, except maybe for the odd piece of wood, and in that case I would just roll it over and finish my cut, but if build right, I think one could do an undercut if needed. I am tempted to build one to illustrate, but I doubt I would ever use it much.
