How do you align a diagonal?

A lot of those African woods are super hard, heavy, and tough. I remember a company that was selling different species for flooring. A well sharpened saw would make life easier there, or at least a new one like in the vid.
 
That 090 kicked my butt the last few years I run it. Mostly for cutting old growth stumps. I'll tell you, once that tip is buried the leverage you have to bear on that saw to make it cut will shrink your willy.

Good thing I got some extra:drink:
 
Don't say I never listen to my elders.

I had to pull this sideleaning oak today and to get the best possible hinge, I made a deep ( for me) face cut.

Richard's comment was: "Burnham would sure be pleased to see you cutting like that"

So here is a picture for Burnham.:D

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Looks good, even with a tapered hinge there is lots of hingewood available to stay clear of that split directly behind it.
 
Good eye, Willard...I overlooked that potential defect, obvious one too. Hopefully I'd have been more on the ball if I was the man with the saw :).
 
Have fun Willard!
Well another Northern Manitoba Trappers Festival is over and I'm still recovering from running my chainsaw events last Sat Feb 19.
Had an excellent turnout with 17 men and 15 women as competitors in the speed cutting races and carving. I handed out 3 brand new Husqvarna 450 chainsaws [last year 3 -Husqvarna 353s] and $1200 in cash for prizes. In the mens and womens speed cutting races Husqvarna 576XP AutoTunes were supplied. These saws proved their worth in bucking cookies off the 10"X10" spruce. The next day I got 2 more new sponsors for 2012 which will double my prize money.

Willard.
 

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What are the metal things covering people's feet? Are they actually metal boots?
 
What are the metal things covering people's feet? Are they actually metal boots?
Yep metal foot guards. I paid over $300 for two pairs of those. I figured along with the chaps and safety glasses they are a good idea. I'd hate to see someone ruin a good pair of running shoes with one of those 576s.
Of the 15 women who entered, 6 never used a chainsaw ever in their lives. Last year this girl took first place in the womens and was the 1st saw use for her, left handed on top of that. For 17 seconds of cutting she took home a brand Husqvarna 353 and $200 cash.
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It looks like an intimate group that you have there, Willard. Bundling up the kids and bringing them too...:)
Thanks Jay,yes it is a intimate group for our little town. After 4 months of harsh winter and now with the sun shining like spring is around the corner people here love to come out and experience the thrill and sounds of chainsaw racing. We also at the same time have the chainsaw carvers making their works of art for the audience to admire and savour.

Willard.
 
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Wow Willard!!!

You guys look like my mom's relatives from North Dakota! But I've got to say--it looks really fun.
 
Hey Willard, you didn't have a guy named Eddie Freeman come over from Oz for the carving did you?
He's pretty famous over here, lives a couple streets over from me, he said he was going to Canada for a competion.

Here's a pic of Eddie's carving at the rodeo a couple weeks ago, and his chainsaw collection...
 

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Hey Willard, you didn't have a guy named Eddie Freeman come over from Oz for the carving did you?
He's pretty famous over here, lives a couple streets over from me, he said he was going to Canada for a competion.

Here's a pic of Eddie's carving at the rodeo a couple weeks ago, and his chainsaw collection...
Hi Bermy,
I'm afraid I would have to raise alot of sponsorship money to get Eddie over here to Canada in the middle of our cold winter. I know of Eddie Freeman from Tasmania ,I believe he has a brother or father named Will who was also into carving. I first heard of Eddie back in the early 1990s. He likes working with radiata pine and cypress ,then finishing his carvings with a high polish with lots of sanding and many coats of varnish.
I've been out of the carving circuit for about 10 yrs now , I only organize and run a once a year competition to help break up the winter off season. My carving competition was based on a 1 hour time limit to carve the best carving out of a 30 inch diameter block of white spruce with a chainsaw only, but have since extended the time limit to 4 hrs.
Here are a few of my carvings that I did for different functions over the years. These carvings were carved with chainsaw only and done within 2 to 8 hrs. The little big shouldered trapper man I carved in 2 hrs and I last heard he is somewhere in Europe as a mascot for the Kinsmen Club.

Willard
 

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