Image ID:  FHS5390
Image Date:  [no date]
Image Title:  Power saw felling.
Image Caption:  Tremendous strides have been made during the past half-decade or so in the development of the power chain saw in British Columbia, and today it is playing an important part in speeding log production for the war effort. Gas, electricity and compressed air are all used as power sources for chain saws.
In the woods, the gas or electric portable saw, the latter powered from a generator on tractor or skid, is uses, and in the hands of skilled men is rated as considerably faster than hand sawing. It is also possible to cut lower on the stump than when hand falling. After the direction of fall is determined, the undercut is made with the power saw by making two horizontal cuts about 4 to 6 inches apart to a depth of about one third the diameter of the tree, after which the backcut is made about level with the top of the undercut.
Photographer:  [unknown]
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Repository Contact Information:  Forest History Society, Inc.; 701 William Vickers Ave., Durham, NC 27701; Tel.: (919) 682-9319; Fax: (919) 682-2349.