Book Data

ISBN: 9781890132156
Year Added to Catalog: 1998
Book Format: Paperback
Book Art: b&w illustrations and photographs, index
Number of Pages: 6 x 9, 224 pages
Book Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Old ISBN: 1890132152
Release Date: September 19, 1998
Web Product ID: 220

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The Good Woodcutter's Guide

Chain Saws, Portable Sawmills, and Woodlots

by Dave Johnson

Acknowledgments vi
Introduction vii
1 Safety 1
2 Body of Work 13
3 Chain Saws 20
4 Saws and Accessories 35
5 Safety Equipment and Clothing 45
6 Tools 57
7 Starting Your Saw 69
8 Routine Maintenance 75
9 Søren Eriksson and the Game of Logging 85
10 Felling 89
11 Special Cases 106
12 Benching 119
13 Limbing 124
14 Bucking and Bunching 130
15 Economics 136
16 Selling Your Wood 141
17 Managing for Firewood 149
18 Wood Burning 165
19 Wood Stoves 172
20 Vehicles 179
21 Should You Buy a Sawmill? 199
Afterword 210
Index 211

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