Saw buck

Claim 1

A wooden saw buck said saw buck including a series of H-shaped holders for use in sawing with a chain saw lengths of logs, split sections of logs or limbs, each holder consisting of a pair of straight uprights and a straight transverse supporting member connected approximately at right angles to said upright, the lower ends of said uprights the legs of the saw buck and their upper ends confining wood lengths when supported by said transverse members, and connecting members, one for each of the corresponding uprights of the supports and connected thereto below the upper edges of said transverse members and above the lower ends of said uprights and spacing said supports from each other in a manner depending on the wanted lengths into which said wood lengths are to be cut and the number of cuts necessary for such wanted lengths, said spacing such that for each cut that is to be made there is a pair of holders so closely spaced as to establish transversely aligned slots of a width such as to freely receive the chain and bar of a chain saw, with the upper edges of said connecting members below the upper edges of the transverse members, the distance between the upper edges of the transverse supporting members and of the connecting members such that the connecting members are so far below wood lengths held in the saw buck that the user of the chain saw can readily control the use thereof to prevent contact of the chain with either connecting member.