The Mid-Sierra Loggers Jamboree is an annual lumberjack sports festival held in North Fork, California. Established in 1959, it showcases traditional logging skills and serves as a community fundraise
North Fork Recreation Center, site of the annual North Fork Mid-Sierra Loggers Jamboree.
Nate Hodges competing in the axe throw at the North Fork Mid-Sierra Loggers Jamboree, 2025.
A crosscut saw is any saw designed for cutting wood perpendicular to the wood grain. Crosscut saws may be small or large, with small teeth close together for fine work like woodworking or large for co
Two-man felling saw and springboard
A five-foot lance-tooth crosscut saw
Common tooth patterns found on crosscut saws.
Two fellers use a crosscut saw to make an undercut in a large Sugar Pine around 1911. Wedges follow the saw to prevent binding. Coal oil provided lubrication. The feller at left stands on a springboard to maintain the saw's angle.