They say necessity is the mother of invention. I had to cut fire wood smaller to fit my little coal oven we had in our tiny house.

The logs I had were cut for a normal wood stove at 16 to 18 inches. But our little coal stove, which burns wood too, only takes 8 inch logs maximum. There was no way I was going to be able to use the fire wood I had prepared. I had cut fire wood for a larger stove earlier in the year.

So I came up with this idea to use logs as a form to cut fire wood shorter using my chain saw.

I put four logs together with a gap in the center. This is for the chain saw to cut through.

Then I propped them up with more logs standing on end. This keeps the logs laying down from rolling away.

Now I can lay down longer logs on my new form and cut them in half with ease and safety.

Of course this same idea can also work with much longer logs out in the forest. This can make your fire wood cutting easier and better for the chain saw chain. No more hitting the dirt on accident.

You can see the video here for a better understanding:

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