Chainsaw Carving

   

     

 

Chainsaw Wood Carving

      The history around this form of wood carving starts about 1950 and really took off in about the 1980's where the forms became more evolved and national competitions took place in the USA. Woman also became involved and the form became international
and there are many famous internationally well known artists.
Other tools are sometimes used alongside the saw such as the wood chisels, but the primary tool remains to be the saw.
There is an accent on safety around the use of the saw in wood carving to do with basic initial training and use of safety clothing.

        The chainsaw "blades" are technically known as "guide bars." These saws are also modified in that they have smaller noses[about 25mm in diameter] .

This allows for greater carving detail that would be impossible with a standard guide bar.
The chains used with these guides are also modified so as to give greater cutting efficiency and give better detail in wood shaping and carving at the tip.

     The other very important advantage with these guide bars is that they do not
 "kickback" when using the tip. So in Comparing with standard guide bars they are much safer to use.

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                         Examples of Chainsaw Wood Carving                             

Here are sculptures of wood carvings with finishing details supplied by chisels and sanding.
This is one skill of others that can be used in shaping and carving wood 
These carvings in wood pretty large and are carved and chiseled from tee trunk logs some 4 foot in diameter across.

Outdoor Chainsaw Wood Park Carvings