A Wood-Sawing Device.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 342, 13 February 1889, Page 5

A Wood-Sawing Device.

Sawing firewood is perhaps hardly a matter rightly pertaining to agriculture, but it is work which somebody on a New Zealand farm has constantly to' be doing. Wo neod, thoroforo, &caiccly excuse oui selves for introducing tho subject into these column 0 , more- especially as any hint which we can give to enable anyone to cret through woodtawing more expcditioubly and eabitywill leave his time and energies moro free for his farm duties. Any of our leaders who have sawnwood on the well-known woud-hoiso will know that nearly half the workers' muFcular power is expended in keeping the log steady in its place on (he horse. Sawing the household sto\o firewood was part of our special work in boyhood's days, so we know about it. Well, the annexed engraving shows a plan for readily ii.\ing the log to be sawn &6 that it cannot move with the working of the saw.

To held the lo^ do \ n a clmlm is u&ccl instead ot the Luce or hand oMhc sawder. 0 if end of t!>e chain is nLhxched Lo u pccKii upon which the foob ib placed, and tho other end, attci passing o\cr tlio log, is hitched by a link on to a hook sciewed or otherwise fastened on to the fianio of the wood- horse as shown.