The wood is ready for the competition. It was my turn to supply it. We are going to have a pretty small group this time because it is late in the season so I had a local mill guy cut me four pieces of pine that are as knot-free as can be expected. I got one 8"X8"X8', two 10"X10"X8', and one 12"X12"X10' (for the really big saws). The deal is that you make a series of three cuts (down, up, down). Each cookie has to be whole (you can't cut at an angle and cut out of the face of the wood). Each cookie also has to be less than 1.5" thick at its thickest point. The three timers start when your saw makes contact with the wood and stop when the last cookie is seperated from the block. The average of the three watches is recorded as your time if you did not cut out or go thick. Otherwise you just get a DQ (disqualified) recorded.
For a typical 50 cc saw like my Stihl, I should see about a 6 second time for the three passes through the 8"X8" wood (over to the right).
For an 80 cc saw like my Dolmar, I should see a time of about 4-5 seconds through the 10"X10" wood, stacked in the center.
The really big saws of 100 cc and above will get down into the 3 second range in the 12"X12" wood. Points are added, averaged, tabulated, and wrangled over until there is a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd for each class and overall. I will probably not even place in the 50 cc class, but I have a shot in the 80 cc class.
