Firewood Marker Makes Uniform Cuts Easy

Firewood Marker Makes Uniform Cuts Easy WOODLOT EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 24-3-11 "You can waste many hours marking firewood to length before cutting with a chainsaw. Most of my wood-burning customers want their wood cut to certain lengths to fit their fireboxes," says Jim Criss, Lindley, N.Y. "I was cutting wood last year and marking off lengths with a stick and spray can when the idea for this firewood marker hit me like a bolt of lightning. I headed right to the hardware store to purchase the inexpensive components I needed to put this marker together. "A piece of 1 1/2-in. dia. pvc pipe makes up the main frame, along with a 3-in. saddle flange which holds a curb marker paint can. It's attached with a U-bolt. A æfinger' that triggers the paint can is made from pieces of light angle iron and the head of a carriage bolt, all welded together. Another carriage bolt, that goes through the handle, is used as a variable length indicator. The handle is marked off at 12, 14, 16 and 18 in. There's a hole through the handle by each number. "You just put the carriage bolt on the end of the log and then touch the finger trigger against the log to make a yellow mark. "You can mark an entire log in seconds with little effort. "I'm patenting this new tool and plan to have available for sale in the near future." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jim Criss, 64 Stoddard Rd., Lindley, N.Y. 14858 (ph 607 523-8083).

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