Post #174365 by Aaron's Akua on Sun, Jul 24, 2005 11:39 AM

Great idea, RT. Thanks for putting those together. I was going to post these other links here someday, and this looks like the right place.

General Wood Stuff...

Log Weight Calculator.

http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/calculators/calc.pl?calculator=log_weight

Wood Characteristics

http://www.woodbin.com/ref/wood/

Tree Guide

http://www.arborday.org/Trees/TreeGuide/

Resource Center for Woodworkers

http://www.woodworking.com

Chainsaw Stuff...

I did lots of research on chainsaw carving, but never really got started. Maybe later... In the mean time, hopefuly these links will be useful for some of you other carvers.

How to chainsaw carve (Great tips)

http://www.builditplans.com/Carving/contents.htm

Kickback (Scary stuff, but it should be required reading for new chainsaw carvers)

http://www.madsens1.com/kickback.htm

Carving bars, 1/4 pitch chain, carving books & videos

http://www.loghomestore.com/tools-chainsaw-carving.shtml

Stihl Chainsaw Parts & Service Manuals

http://www.giftsofwood.com/stihl_info.htm

Chainsaw Information & Supplies

http://www.madsens1.com/sub4.htm

ArboristSite Chainsaw Forum

http://www.arboristsite.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=30&f=9

Chainsaw Carving Message Board.

http://www.carvingpost.com

Chainsaw carving school (News Article). This looked interesting, but expensve.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/lifestyle/203095_chainsaw10.html

The school's website

http://www.bearinabox.com/

Hope these are useful.

A-A