Inverted Saw Horse for Scab Wood.

[trigger_andy]

After having masses of scabs building up at the house I thought I’d best find a solution to handle them better. Found a design on-line that I thought looked good so built it.

 

The idea is you cut all the scabs to the same length and they fall into the space below for easy collection.

 

Will be useful for use when milling as I can just load them right onto it and when it’s full cut them so it’s ready for the next load.

 

 

 

[5thelement]

Looks like it will hold up the the job. If you tweaked it a bit a made a second frame/cutting bed in the opposite side, you could load up both sides and have two chainsaws operators going.

[topchippyles]

I put a couple of bolt's in those cross bearers

Edited April 16, 2022 by topchippyles

[trigger_andy]

Looks like it will hold up the the job. If you tweaked it a bit a made a second frame/cutting bed in the opposite side, you could load up both sides and have two chainsaws operators going.

I thought that as well. But there’s only me and the second side is for easy access to collect the cut scabs.

[trigger_andy]

I put put a couple of bolt's in those cross bearers

Not a bad idea Les.

[Macpherson]

6 hours ago, trigger_andy said:

After having masses of scabs building up at the house

It's funny that just a few  miles away in the west we know them as slabs. 

[Stubby]

5 hours ago, Macpherson said:

It's funny that just a few  miles away in the west we know them as slabs. 

Its called slabwood round here as well .

[dumper]

So do you get scabwood from codwood?

[trigger_andy]

It's funny that just a few  miles away in the west we know them as slabs. 

Slabs, scabs or backs. I find I use all three words interchangeably.

I must admit I don’t like to use the word slabs as I sell slabs/boards and it can be a bit confusing when discussing with others when you use the same word for the produce and the waste.

[Josh Purton]

I’m wondering why not have ‘pegs’ for the toe board allowing a far more secure attachment and you’re not going to cut them up when running a saw down? I’ve done similar at 14”spaces so all I have to do is run the saw down the uprights and off falls 14”cuts. I sell these as fire pit logs to avoid having to split down

Edited April 17, 2022 by Josh Purton