Conclave 2008

Cross Cut Sawing Rules

For safety reasons, the chip start of all crosscut sawing events was eliminated by a majority vote of faculty advisors on December 12, 2006.

Men's Cross Cut Sawing

  1. Each member club may enter one pair of male contestants who will work together.
  2. Each team must provide their own two-man team, hand, independent tooth and raker cross-cut saw.
  3. The use of lubricants will be left to the discretion of the contestants. The lubrication may not be applied over the cant or once the cut has been started.
  4. Cutting material will consist of a squared cant uniformly ten by ten (10 x 10) inches of soft-hardwood species. The species will be specified to each school by January 1. The cant will be firmly secured into a cradle so that the distance from the bottom of the cant to the ground is twenty (20) inches.
  5. The team that saws completely through the cant in the least time will be declared the winner. Time will start when the blade of the saw touches the wood, after it has been held motionless on or above the wood, and after the competitors ahve signaled they are ready to the judges. Time will end when the cut portion strikes the ground.
  6. In the event of damage to the saw, the time is continued while changes or repairs are made to the saw.
  7. Practice cants should be of the same species and condition as the contest cants.
  8. All cants should be kept green by soaking with water as soon as possible (preferably two or three days) after cutting.
  9. One practice start or cut will be allowed on the competition cant immediately before competition.
  10. Contestants must wear safety chaps during the competition (Added by SFASU, 3-10-05, as result of approval of revised constitution with its risk management plan).

Women's Cross Cut Sawing

  1. Each member club may enter one pair of female contestants who will work together.
  2. Teams with only one eligible female competitor can avoid scoring zero points by adding an ineligible female from their school, or another competing school. A 2-female team of this makeup will receive last place points, regardless of the time. (This rule was adopted by a vote at the ASFC executive meeting March 17, 2007.)
  3. Each team must provide their own two-woman team, hand, independent tooth and raker cross-cut saw.
  4. The use of lubricants will be left to the discretion of the contestants. The lubrication may not be applied over the cant or once the cut has been started.
  5. Cutting material will consist of a squared cant uniformly eight by eight (8 x 8) inches of soft-hardwood species. The species will be specified to each school by January 1. The cant will be firmly secured into a cradle so that the distance from the bottom of the cant to the ground is twenty (20) inches.
  6. The team that saws completely through the cant in the least time will be declared the winner. Time will start when the blade of the saw touches the wood, after it has been held motionless on or above the wood, and after the competitors ahve signaled they are ready to the judges. Time will end when the cut portion strikes the ground.
  7. In the event of damage to the saw, the time is continued while changes or repairs are made to the saw.
  8. Practice cants should be of the same species and condition as the contest cants.
  9. All cants should be kept green by soaking with water as soon as possible (preferably two or three days) after cutting.
  10. One practice start or cut will be allowed on the competition cant immediately before competition.
  11. Contestants must wear safety chaps during the competition (Added by SFASU, 3-10-05, as result of approval of revised constitution with its risk management plan).

Jack and Jill Cross Cut Sawing

  1. Each member club may enter one pair of contestants consisting of one male and one femail who will work together.
  2. Each team must provide their own two-person team, hand, independent tooth and raker cross-cut saw.
  3. The use of lubricants will be left to the discretion of the contestants. The lubrication may not be applied over the cant or once the cut has been started.
  4. Cutting material will consist of a squared cant uniformly ten by ten (10 x 10) inches of soft-hardwood species. The species will be specified to each school by January 1. The cant will be firmly secured into a cradle so that the distance from the bottom of the cant to the ground is twenty (20) inches.
  5. The team that saws completely through the cant in the least time will be declared the winner. Time will start when the blade of the saw touches the wood, after it has been held motionless on or above the wood, and after the competitors ahve signaled they are ready to the judges. Time will end when the cut portion strikes the ground.
  6. In the event of damage to the saw, the time is continued while changes or repairs are made to the saw.
  7. Practice cants should be of the same species and condition as the contest cants.
  8. All cants should be kept green by soaking with water as soon as possible (preferably two or three days) after cutting.
  9. One practice start or cut will be allowed on the competition cant immediately before competition.
  10. Contestants must wear safety chaps during the competition (Added by SFASU, 3-10-05, as result of approval of revised constitution with its risk management plan).