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A little more done on the log cutter. Drive shaft made have to weld on U joint yokes waiting for welding wire to be delivered, drive chain made to length need a new 50 pitch half link I have 2 of them but can't find the pins for them so chain is temporarily joined with a screw, ordered another 18 tooth 50 pitch sprocket to make a chain tentioner with. Next I have to weld the drive shaft and install the 2 U joints, make and install a throttle control air cylinder and adjustable throttle stop, chain guard and driveshaft guard and probably a few things that I have forgot. Should be ready to cut logs as soon as it dries up enough this spring
 

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Some more done on the log cutter. Chain tightener installed, chain guard made, oiler for saw chain made and installed, drive shaft installed and a new GM alternator installed and connected. Next will be making a guard for the driveshaft, finishing the air compressor pressure control system, install saw chain, some painting and I think it will be ready to cut logs.
 

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The Log cutter is ready to cut logs. Cut a few logs with it to make sure everything worked and to try it out with several different size logs and several branches at a time. I had the oil volume to the cylinder set to make a full cut in 10 seconds. I can see that it's going to take more time to load logs onto it than it will take to cut them as most of what I have is in 4 to 6 foot pieces. It cuts much faster with the homemade harvester saw than it did with the regular chainsaw and I can now cut up to 25" diameter logs. It works great just needs a few minor adjustments.
 

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Thanks for the replies guy's. Cut the last 2 logs I brought up to test with and did some work on improving the chain oiler. I had thought about a hydraulic log clamp and I have a cylinder and a 12 volt hydraulic power unit for it. It's definitely easier and a whole lot faster than cutting with a chainsaw. I wish all my logs and branches were in ten foot lengths I know I'll spend a lot more time loading them on the machine than I will cutting them.
 

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Hi everybody. Working on wood for this Winter, I have the woodshed about 2/3 full and I'm using the log cutter to finish up. A guy I do quite a bit of machine work for brought me 3 large dump truck loads of really big logs most of them about 16 to 18 foot long and some of them I can't cut clear through with the 25" bar on the log cutter. All of them are soft wood but they were free and he delivered them I guess he didn't want to mess with them and somebody gave them to him. Here are some pictures, this is an oak log that I had laying around for about 10 years that I wanted to mix in with the soft wood.
 

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Hi everybody. Working on wood for this Winter, I have the woodshed about 2/3 full and I'm using the log cutter to finish up. A guy I do quite a bit of machine work for brought me 3 large dump truck loads of really big logs most of them about 16 to 18 foot long and some of them I can't cut clear through with the 25" bar on the log cutter. All of them are soft wood but they were free and he delivered them I guess he didn't want to mess with them and somebody gave them to him. Here are some pictures, this is an oak log that I had laying around for about 10 years that I wanted to mix in with the soft wood.
I just now seen this thread.it's amazing you do great work.i would like to see it run in person.
 

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Did you run into any problems with it or did it all run smoothly for you?
 

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Thanks for the replies guys. The machine works great it takes longer to load these really big logs than it does to cut them. It only takes 10 seconds to make a cut. I have a few minor upgrades in mind for the machine. Today I'm going to be splitting and getting wood in the shed if it doesn't rain.

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