Chainsaw Stand

I recently got a chainsaw to cut up wood blanks to put on the lathe. Only used it a few times since, mostly because the idea of using it scares the hell outta me. Did some thinking and made a stand to brace the wood so that I wouldn't have to use my foot or have the chain near the concrete floor.

Used part of a 2x6, a bunch of scrap wood, and a bunch of old screws/bolts and now no longer have to worry about it. I can cross-cut and split wood for bowls with the grain of the wood. I've used it a few times since and works surprisingly well. I'm really surprised that I haven't seen anything like it before; hope somebody finds it useful.

Set up for cross-cutting as an example, but not a good one; the log should be longer.

Set up for halving a log in preparation of cutting a bowl blank.