ok wolves, i need your help

**wareagle69** · 03-24-2010, 06:15 PM

so i ahve looked everywhere i can think of, so i turn to the wolfpack to help solve this dilema.
I would like to find a hand saw for cutting wood, kind of like dick prenoke had when you saw him sawing tree trunks, i would imagine it it be 3 ft long or so.
I try to do things primitive, and i get strange looks for it, but currently i chop donw the tree with an axe and then buck it into 8 ft sections and carry it back, sometimes about a half mile, but i am using a bow saw to cut it into wood stove lenghts and i do not like the saw.
SO i was wondering if any of you would know what i am looking for and where to find it.
thanks for your help
WE

**crashdive123** · 03-24-2010, 07:02 PM

Are you looking for one like this?

**Rick** · 03-24-2010, 07:09 PM

I think you are looking for a "One Man Crosscut Saw". They come with or without the second handle like in Crash's pic. Here's a place you can start with but you can google One Man Crosscut Saw and should find lots of options. If that's what you want.

http://www.crosscutsaw.com/1.html

**wareagle69** · 03-24-2010, 07:16 PM

you guys rock, thats what i am looking for
crash, is that your saw in the pic? if it is how does it cut for you?

**Sourdough** · 03-24-2010, 07:20 PM

How long is the blade on your Bow-saw........?

**crashdive123** · 03-24-2010, 07:20 PM

Originally Posted by wareagle69

you guys rock, thats what i am looking for
crash, is that your saw in the pic? if it is how does it cut for you?

It is. I haven't repaired the handle yet, but tried it out when I got it. It sawed through oak without any problems. I originally got it to use for knife making material, but have grown kind of attached to it. I'll probably pick up one or two more.

**Rick** · 03-24-2010, 07:44 PM

Crash - You can replace your handle here:

http://www.crosscutsaw.com/2.html

**crashdive123** · 03-24-2010, 07:50 PM

Originally Posted by Rick

Crash - You can replace your handle here:

http://www.crosscutsaw.com/2.html

Thanks.

The guy at the flea market had quite a few with no handles at all and quite a few that were in pretty good shape. This one is 40" overall length. He had some that were quite a bit bigger.

**Rick** · 03-24-2010, 07:52 PM

I have a smaller, 3 footer. It's curved for limbing. It does a great job. Goes through wood like hot butter.

**Ken** · 03-24-2010, 08:07 PM

I've got a few of those - different variations. They came with the house!

**gryffynklm** · 03-24-2010, 09:37 PM

Here is a link to new saws. My large saws are flea market rescues and a lot of time with a wire brush and a file.

http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com...Fd1L5QodxBiE5Q

**your_comforting_company** · 03-24-2010, 09:58 PM

I have an old jack's saw in the attic. the two man kind that is about 6' long. still nice and sharp, and it came with the house too. My great-grandad was a carpenter and that was a long time before they had power tools, so I sort of inherited a bunch of his saws and chisels, etc. like the one in crash's pic. I have a curved one around here somewhere like Rick suggests, and that's what I would recommend for firewood, unless you have some help, then I definately recommend the two-man crosscutter. My grandma said he could cut a tree into planks with it, then use his drawknife to smooth them into nice boards. He was quite a handy fella with old tools. Too bad I didn't get to know him very long.

**wareagle69** · 03-24-2010, 10:09 PM

i have some real great antique draw blades, but as i usually cut alone i need a saw i can work easily myself, good leads with these links tho boys.

**LowKey** · 03-24-2010, 10:59 PM

The saws at the flea markets here all have pretty country kitchen scenes painted on them <yak...hurl>

I have one of those saws. It has a top handle too.
Grandpa said it was his ice saw.
Needs a new handle. Thanks for the link!
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