Chainsaw decisions
We used a few walnut trees as
fence posts almost 6 years ago back when the Mule Garden was the
location of our failed orchard nursery.
One of them started falling
recently, threatening our new mulberry
tree.
It was one of those
situations where starting up the chainsaw would be about the same
effort as applying some extra elbow grease to the Felco
600 pruning saw. I'm also
leery of cutting with a chainsaw in such an awkward and above the
shoulder fashion and concluded that the Felco was the safer choice.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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When I saw this video, I was amazed at how quick that two-man crosscut saw went through that log! Of course a chainsaw would be faster but it probably requires a lot more energy.
Another interesting video I came across was a competition between a pole lathe and an power lathe for turning wooden bowls (which I found on Robin Wood's website).