Tubular frame supported, cantilevered chain saw

Claim 1

A chain saw support comprising: a generally U shaped frame having a pair of elongated legs, each with a sleeve at one end rotatably supporting an elongated shaft therewithin at about shoulder level above ground level, and each with an opposite lower end having means for anchoring the same to the ground, log trough means supported at about waist height above ground level on said U shaped frame and extending in parallelism with said shaft to slidably support a log therein, with the end to be cut extending beyond said trough and outside one said leg; a power chain saw, cantilever-supported on one end of said shaft outside said one leg, and having the cutting chain thereof positioned to move in a vertical plane passing through the desired cut line of the log; a lever arm handle detachably affixed to said shaft for movement therewith and extending outwardly and upwardly from said shaft in the same direction as said cutting chain of said saw but at a location inwardly of said one leg to a free terminal end; and throttle control means at said free end of said arm connected to the throttle of said chain saw; whereby an operator may stand in front of said lever arm handle out of the path of said cutting chain, and lower said handle, while actuating said throttle control means, to oscillate said chain saw downwardly from the horizontal on the axis of said shaft, to cut off successive ends of a log in said trough means.