. Handbook for rangers & woodsmen . t be spht thiough the centermay be worked up by slabbing. This consists of sphtting offslabs around the outer portions of the timber, gradually workingin toward the heart, and finally reducing it to such a diameter aswill permit its being spUt open. Large knots may be split with-out difficulty by directing a tilting blow against them in linewith the grain of the tree. Saws.—Saws used for general field work may be roughlyclassed as one-man and two-man cross-cuts, a third variety forlight work about camp and other such places being the buck saw. For hand-saws,
. Handbook for rangers & woodsmen . t be spht thiough the centermay be worked up by slabbing. This consists of sphtting offslabs around the outer portions of the timber, gradually workingin toward the heart, and finally reducing it to such a diameter aswill permit its being spUt open. Large knots may be split with-out difficulty by directing a tilting blow against them in linewith the grain of the tree. Saws.—Saws used for general field work may be roughlyclassed as one-man and two-man cross-cuts, a third variety forlight work about camp and other such places being the buck saw. For hand-saws, see page 119. Two-man saws are made in three principal styles, all of whichare shown in Fig. 162, and which are known as DiamondTooth, Perforated Lance Tooth, and Peg Tooth. Forany ordinary work none of these should be less than 53^ feet inlength. The perforated lance tooth variety is recommended forfield use. This same variety is also recommended in a one-man saw forlight work about a station. It will be found especially satis-. FlG. —Buck-saw. factory in cutting fuel wood, and is recommended in preferenceto the common buck-saw. Buck-saws may or may not be constructed with drag teeth,but if such a saw is to be used it is suggested that one withdrags be secured. 178 handbooe: for and woodsmen The one-man and the two-man cross-cut saws and the drag-tooth buck-saw all cut in both the forward and backward stroke. Sawing.—Neither man should push a cross-cut saw; it isconstructed in such a way as to provide for cutting when itis pulled, but it is too Umber to be pushed. The strokes shouldbe full and the whole cutting length of the blade should beutilized. Short strokes, not wearing upon the teeth near theends of the blade, leave them so long and thick in comparisonwith the teeth that are continually used that a full stroke ofthe blade soon becomes impossible. Each stroke should be even and regular and no extra forceshould be directed against the teeth to make th
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