La Tronçonneuse

The chainsaw. This is a used saw, but it's new to me. My current saw is a good Black & Decker electric model and it has served me well. But there are some jobs where I feel I need more power than the electric saw can muster. A gas powered saw, and one that's slightly bigger, will come in handy around the yard.

Our new gas-powered saw.

Since our friend Jean-Luc died last month, his partner has decided to move into a smaller home. She doesn't want to deal with the yard and other maintenance in her current house all alone. As a consequence, she's had to dispose of a lot of his things. Jean-Luc did construction and renovation work and their basement was filled with all sorts of tools.

He had a table saw, a drill press, at least four or five different electric drills, a wide array of lawn and garden tools, and a large collection of carpentry and masonry tools. Jean-Luc always had the right tool for the right job.

Many of the tools had been spoken for, of course, by family and business partners. We asked our friend about the chainsaw and she said it was available. So we bought it. In a way, it will remind us of Jean-Luc, as do the many projects that he worked on around our house.

And now I will have no excuse for not taking down that old apple tree in the back yard and cutting it up for firewood.