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Chainsaw manual for homeowners : learn to safely use your saw to trim trees, cut firewood, and fell trees  Cover Image Book Book

Chainsaw manual for homeowners : learn to safely use your saw to trim trees, cut firewood, and fell trees / Brian J. Ruth.

Ruth, Brian J., (author.).

Summary:

"Teaches how to safely complete chainsaw projects, including step-by-step instructions for grooming hedges, trimming branches, felling trees, bucking trees, and cutting firewood"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781565239272 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: 199 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 26 cm
  • Edition: New edition.
  • Publisher: Mount Joy, PA : Fox Chapel Publishing, [2018]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Chainsaw Manual for Homeowners is a revised edition of Homeowner's Complete Guide to the Chainsaw (2009), originally published by Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Inc."--Title page verso.
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Read this chapter! (Safety is important) -- Buying a chainsaw: which is the best one for you? -- At the store: a shopping list -- Getting started: step-by-step -- Projects -- Maintenance, service, and sharpening.
Subject: Chain saws > Handbooks, manuals, et cetera.
Chain saws > Maintenance and repair.
Trees > Pruning.
Trees, Care of.
Genre: Handbooks and manuals.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lakeshore Branch 621.934 Rut 2018 31681010119022 NONFICPBK Available -

Brian Ruth is internationally known for his performance chainsaw carving business, Masters of the Chainsaw, a group of top professional chainsaw sculptors dedicated to promoting and preserving the integrity of the art form and its performance. Brian, a former tree surgeon, graduated from Villanova University with a business degree and has been chainsaw carving for 28 years. In addition to winning many U.S. and World chainsaw-carving titles, Brian has carved a larger-than-life Holy Guard for the Shinto-Buddhist Temple in Toei, Japan, an 18-foot memorial in the birthplace of Helen Keller, and likenesses of popular TV personalities. Learn more about Brian at his website: www.mastersofthechainsaw.com.


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