2004 - Volume #28, Issue #5, Page #38
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Chain Saw Chop Saw
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"It was an old saw made in the 1960's and was too heavy to haul into the woods any more," he says.
So he removed the saw's chain and drilled a couple of holes at the outer end of the bar. Then he took the arbor from a cheap table saw and bolted it to the bar. He welded a pulley to the chain saw's clutch and ran a V-belt between the pulley and the arbor. He then bolted the chop saw blade to the opposite side of the arbor. The last step was to mount a steel guard over the blade.
"It's really handy. I use it any time I need to cut a chunk of steel," says Desotell. "Commercial chop saws with this much power cost about $600 so I saved a lot of money. I already had the chain saw as well as the arbor. My only cost was the $10 I paid for the chop saw blade. I use the chain saw's bar tension adjuster to tighten or loosen the belt. I think the same idea would work on newer chain saws, as long as they have enough power."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Vern Desotell, 39825 22nd Ave., Clarissa, Minn. 56440 (ph 218 756-2160).
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