OMG!! You are serious about using that old saw. I thought you were joking. You are setting logging back 75 years. As a kid my dad put me on one end of a two man saw and the log was so big, the handle was above my head ( more like above my shoulders). Either you have never really had to work one of these for any time or you are a bigger/better man that I ever was. Weāll be interested and watching. My apologizes for funing youTomC
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Tom, itās brand spanking newā¦ Remember Iām only sawing stuff that my tinny tractor will skid out. An untuned saw is called a whip. The saw is made in the USA and the exercise is free. Learning to tune it is a big issue. The other end of the equation is that Iām not competing against a chainsaw, Iāll just take my time.
Itās a perforated lance pattern. Maybe this fall I will be able to make some nice noodles with it. Dead pine will be on itās menu to start with.
Also, Iām just felling and bucking the power cross cut on the landing would cut into firewood length. That is when I get the time to design and build that.
One day at a time,
Jeff
Just buy oneā¦ 
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Hey Tom, You may be kidding, but I have several cross cuts put back that will be put in service if gasoline gets scarce. Always good to have a back up plan. Those saws cut really well if they are properly set and sharpened. Almost a joy to use as the long strands of wood are pulled from the cut. No loud noise and as Jeff notes, good exercise. Iām looking forward to the day when my 2 year old grandson is old enough to help me pull one.
Gary in PA
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Thatās the idea but Iād build a lighter version. Enjoyed the sound of the hit and miss in the back ground and the Cub Cadet off to the side.
Jeff
Gary, spoken like a true woodsman! One day I was watching a video of a cross cut and the audio was good quality. Well, when I heard the sound of a properly tuned cross cut I understood. Love at first sound. 
If Dolly can handle a full grown cross cut maybe we can get Tom to pull a baby one like mineā¦ 
Iāve run a chain saw for so long that Iām starting to think my luck might be running out. Kind of getting scared of them plus they are a lot of work too.
Jeff
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Donāt get me wrong guys. There was a time when I would have been happy to saw logs with one of them, particularly if it was a two person and I was working with a friend on the other end. But Gary you and I met momentarily in Argos and if you remember I am too old and fat to take on exercise like that . I enjoyed the pictures from the web site Jeff posted; the satisfying look on the peoples faces as they stood by the butt end o the log they had just cut. Up in this country I have seen many old one-man saws left over from the day, but I thought they were use to cut ice blocks in the lakes. I am imagining the sing of the blade pulling out ribbons of āsoftā wood, but that is as far as it will ever go with me, I am sad to say.TomC
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Hey TomC,
Old crosscut saws and old men . . . just gives the excuse to have more young friends.
GaryG owned, set back one & two man crosscuts, many bows saws are my fall-back plan too.
JeffD if you never seen this:
They will have your saw tools and bits and pieces.
I reaaly consider these peanutbutter and jelly sandwitch fueled saws.
Regards
Steve Unruh
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Thanks for the link Steve. I see the 4 one man saws and to me, they look the same. Are they different prices because one might be easier with hardwoods and another for softwoods?
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Sorry Steve but I learned in this part of the country you are on your own. First year I went to bale hay, I asked the neighbor where the young people hung out so I could get a few to help me make hay. He informed me that young people today donāt do work ā let alone work that hard. I had to learn to 'drop: bale, then come back with the tractor to pick up the bales. I put the āHā in low and let it idle off across the field as I ran beside throwing bales on the wagon. I put up a large quonset building so I could drive the wagon in one end and out the other and stack the hay on the ground. I had a system where I was almost alway throwing the bales ādownā with the exception of a couple of top rows.TomC
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Thanks Steve. Thatās the people that made my saw. I divided the expense up into two phases. Phase 1: purchase saw, make vise and study. Phase 2 will be the tooling from those people. I guess phase 3 will be more saws tuned to different species.
I have a long learning curve ahead of me!
Thanks again,
Jeff
Bill, the Lance is more used for soft wood and the Tuttle for hard. The Tuttle has blade options like wide for a harder push, might be better for cutting firewood length on a log stand. Narrow might be better for faster felling. But people may find different preferences. BUT I aināt no expert Iām sure Steve and Gary would know much more then Iā¦ 
Oh, mine is a flat grindā¦
Jeff
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$14 at the TSC:
Itās my pretend forestry axe, boy axe. Not exactly a cutting profile and it has some kind of heavy paint on it. Not hand forged for sure. Needed a lot of filing and i neef to get an axe stone. The handle is American hickory but the grain is all wrong. Does have a wood wedge and a tube steel wedge. It had some kind of varnish that I had to sand off for my hands to work better. Later Iāll sand it more and put something else on it. Iām using it for limbing and it works much better than my other junk plastic handled felling axe.
I got it this weekend and itās already reduce the load on my chainsaw. Itāll nicely fit on the Wheel Horse. Iāll learn on this then move up to some nice Sweden hand forged ironā¦!! 
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Ok, this will do the trickā¦
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people always ask me why when they see half my creations as Iām sure that man does and Iām sure he has the same response " because I can " 
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Chainsaws seem like a poor choice for wood gas. I can think of more than a few design hurdles. It would be a lot easier to just run a generator off wood gas and use an electric chainsaw.
Yes I believe it would be
This is something off topic but can anyone suggest me some power tools for carpentry?
Hi Dian,
Probably the most used power tool for building will be the āpower sawā! Iām 77yo
and used a bunch of cheapo āget byā power saws in my early " broke" days.
Theyāre too light and under powered, vibrate and jump around resulting in poorly
aligned cuts that donāt fit well and they donāt last. JUNK!
The best saw, by far, IMHO is the 7 1/4" Dewalt 5007 NB, 13 amp, 5800 rpm saw, hands down.
Iāve had mine for 25 or so years and it runs and cuts as well as it did on day one. Iāve framed house after
house including my own house and shop and it still runs like new. A GREAT saw!!!
Another āmustā for remodeling is the Makita āreciprocating sawā. Mine is model JR 3000 V with
a 1 3/16" stroke. ) speed control trigger handle to 2300 SPM- strokes per minute. Another 25 plus
years of great trouble free operation! Blades to cut wood and metal.
Another long life favorite of mine is the Dewalt 18 volt 1/2" cordless drill driver, model DC 970.
And one of the handiest and toughest hand held battery powered skill saws is the 18 volt 5 3/8" Dewalt trim saw model DW 936.
Itās a trim saw but it will cut 2x 4ās in a pinch!
Time is money and these tools will save you time and save or make you money for a LONG TIME.
The greatest value tools on the market, IMHO!
I have several others Iāll dig out and get numbers for you.
You will not be taken by or disappointed with the above tools. Low price is not even a consideration
for tools that will last you for a life time.
Pepe
I really llike the Milwaukee M28 sawzall
I use one in construction everyday underground mostly to cut steel and wood.
Very reliable and the battery works well ( can get aftermarket knock off batteries for it at walmart too ).
You can just about use it as a small chainsaw for trimming around the house
This line has been phased out and new tools are 18 volt.
As the batteries age and people retire them expect to see them cheap at yard sales.
I think the earlier ones are better than the new ones, its just the old batteries let you down as the wear out.