type? not sure? we havent chosen which one to cut up yet. we have some options. is there a good one to choose?
they are pretty dry. well kinda.
ummm… season them? do i need to roast them too??? 
A year in they will be on their way . Just put them in a pile on a dry surface and keep the rain off them .
We have a saw with a long beam so you can 1/4 saw the stuff y don’t use up to about 5 foot
We don’t have an oven to roster them in but it’s something that I would like to get if we ever have the space.
I often rost second hand wood on the radiator for a couple of months before I use it I have put up some brackets and make a bubble wrap tent .
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Nice and straight,
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Erm it depends. Some might be better than others. Less likely to split, closer grained, more likely to hold the bark etc. Probably doesn’t matter too much, you should just use what you have available. Unless you have something really good. Then use that!
Also you may have to have a think if you want to keep the bark on. Hard to say without seeing wood. As @joeatkin2 said, might be ok if it’s been there for a year.
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Thanks. That’s Great.
I wanna do it know!!!
Can’t wait a year. I think they going outside and can be very rustic any way.
Think I’ll just freaking cut the strongest looking, most bum sized looking (it’s for chairs) bit of wood I can find. And give it a go…
… And then come crying when it falls apart. 
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It’s also a safety thing , only dry wood can be used with our power tools different bladestyles are needed for green wood , so I think Chan saw is probably the best way
Aha. Thanks Joe. This needs more consideration i can see now.
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Is this now log gate, we’re approaching 30 posts 
I misread this post as ‘cutting a wooden LEG into slices’. Please ignore any of my advice as it was related to that and is not transferrable.
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What size is the log ? I have a petrol chainsaw but its only a 12" bar.
Courty
Says 40cm in the OP, but you can always rotate the log.
Well spotted 
didnt see that bit… lol
You get a better finish if you can cut it in one pass but i’m sure a careful twist and line up the cut would get a fairly good surface.
Courty
esp if you’re going to sand / plane the final surface anyway
Or set up some sort of mega-lathe so you can have the chainsaw at rest and rotate the log against the blade.
EDIT: Put Chainsaw Lathe into google image search for some real eye-openers
EDIT EDIT: has anyone got a sixteen inch chuck?
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i was just thinking similar. but totally different.
clamp the log down and just walk round it with the chair saw 
Put your car up on a jack
Take the wheel off
Bolt one end of the log to the hub
Put it in first and engage the throttle
Approach log with care
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guys, guys, guys.
we just need one of these 
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hell yeah!!!
I have been to a lumberjack competition in Canada and seen a machine like that in action. It’d chop through a huge tree like that in a second or two. Scary as hell.
Also, speed chopping with axes, like this.
All competitors had two feet, strangely.
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Ha I think I’ve watched a video of someone do that once. No idea why.
Log slices as chair seats is a lovely idea but I think Beth is right, they will probably split after they’re sliced, when the cut surfaces start drying out. It might reduce the chance of them splitting if you do quite thick slices? Not sure. But once they’ve finished drying and have settled down again you could fill the splits with something that contrasts and put a butterfly or two in them to make the split into a feature.
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