News — firewood saw

Teagasc publication with good safety points https://www.teagasc.ie/media/website/crops/forestry/advice/HSA_Guide_timber_chainsaws.pdf  

Delighted to say that our hugely popular 13HP Petrol Log Saws are back in stock and ready to go from Hartnett Products.  Never has there been a safer and more efficient way to cut lengths of wood into logs.  When operating, this log saw bench bears all the weight of the length of timber as the circular blade cuts through it effortlessly.  The log length is kept in place with the gripper handle and the chopped logs simply fall into a satisfying pile beside the operator.  Unlike a chainsaw, this kind of log saw can be used safely by anyone...

https://www.forestryfocus.ie/wood-industries/wood-energy/ Some interesting reading here:  Wood has been used by man as an energy source since the earliest times.  The wood and charcoal that were once used extensively as fuel for cooking and heating have today largely been replaced by the more convenient energy sources of oil, gas and electricity. Wood, however, continues to be a major source of energy for developing countries but in recent years it is also being increasingly used in Ireland. This increased demand is due to an awareness of the need to use sustainable, renewable energy sources to provide security of supply and also to...

Need a heavy duty electric log saw bench - look no further.  Hartnett Products Log saw sales has this 500mm single phase electric log saw for sale.  It is a really strong machine ready to take on soft and hard woods no problem.    

The log splitting season is well and truly here and now is the best time to start sawing up your wood and splitting it into firewood for burning next winter.  As Game of Thrones likes to remind us "Winter is coming!".  Ideally, a chainsaw for very large wood lengths and a petrol log saw bench for anything under 10.5 inches in diameter.  Using the petrol saw bench makes sawing your wood much easier and safer.  You can accurately measure the length of each log with the telescopic arm measure on the saw.  The Hartnett Petrol Log Saw is one of...