Hot Saw!

[Bill Harsey]

This has to do with cutting stuff.
Check this out, www.hotsaw.com


edited to add, What a surprise, check out page 4, old friend of mine David Foster is there. In his day David held about every world professional Timber Sport chopping record there was.

[CPTAUSRET]

COOL!

Terry

[Razor]

Holy crap! Two guys on a crosscut beat a chainsaw?

[mumbleypeg]

The Iron Horse-- 90 hp
500cc Husqvarna Motorcycle
Engine. Running Oregon 1/2
pitch chain on a 36" custom
made guide bar. The drive
sprocket is 16 tooth. Over
8,000 RPM in the cut.


Wait! Wait, are you sure this isn't a motocross event?

These guys are bad ass.


Now, I see:
"In 1971 I set Three Land Speed records at Bonneville Salt Flats on a 500cc
Kawasaki mounted in a frame of my own design. All records were set in
different classes."

[Bill Harsey]

Originally Posted by mumbleypeg

The Iron Horse-- 90 hp
500cc Husqvarna Motorcycle
Engine. Running Oregon 1/2
pitch chain on a 36" custom
made guide bar. The drive
sprocket is 16 tooth. Over
8,000 RPM in the cut.


Wait! Wait, are you sure this isn't a motocross event?

These guys are bad ass.


Now, I see:
"In 1971 I set Three Land Speed records at Bonneville Salt Flats on a 500cc
Kawasaki mounted in a frame of my own design. All records were set in
different classes."

The limiting factor in the hot saw competition is that one man has to be able to pull start the saw and cut with it by himself.
You get very much bigger of an engine and you can't pull start it or pick it up and cut anymore.

[jbour13]

Originally Posted by Bill Harsey

The limiting factor in the hot saw competition is that one man has to be able to pull start the saw and cut with it by himself.
You get very much bigger of an engine and you can't pull start it or pick it up and cut anymore.

To see a graphic representation of Bill's post check out this link.

http://www.killsometime.com/Video/vi...eo=V8-Chainsaw

Be advised that this is a graphics intense website and not dial-up friendly. Make sure to turn on your speakers to hear the big one roar.

This specified link is work friendly, other videos on the website are good but could cause some issues.

[Bill Harsey]

Originally Posted by Razor

Holy crap! Two guys on a crosscut beat a chainsaw?

Razor,
I've seen it done in person. You take almost any current 2 man team of world class competitors in hand sawing and they will beat any stock chain saw thru a log for a single cut.

David Foster was the only axeman when chopping in competition that I could feel the shock of his hits transmitted thru the ground where I was standing 30 feet away. His long undefeated run in world competition made it even more amazing when a good friend of mine Melvin Lentz beat him to win the Australian Timber sports underhand chopping finals for the Championship.
David is from Tasmania.