Peeling iron
The peeling iron (also: Räppeleisen, Schepseisen, Schöpseisen, Schepser, Schöpser ) is used for manual debarking of logs. This device consists of a concave blade to which a wooden handle at least one meter long is attached. For reasons of safety and work technique, the total length should be approx. 1.30 m. Peeling or rubbing is done by pushing the peeling iron along the direction of the tree's growth, so that the bark comes off in long strips. The blade must not be too sharp for this, otherwise it will cut into the wood.
The mode of action of the peeling iron is comparable to that of a plane . Iron scrapers , Palatine pulling irons and pulling knives are also used to peel off the bark . Pull irons or pull knives have two handles at both ends of a pull blade and are pulled over the workpiece towards the body (and not pushed as with the peeling iron). a. Use in carpentry and other trades . Draw knives are also known locally with the term 'peeling iron' .
In modern forestry , the trunks are debarked by harvesting machines, so that today peeling irons are almost only found in small farms or in the hobby area. For example, maypoles are often debarked with this tool.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vielwald. (PDF, 52 pages, 1.7 MB) . Das Magazin der Bayerischen Staatsforsten, Issue: 05 / December 2008, Bayerische Staatsforsten Anstalt des Public Law, Regensburg, www.baysf.de , page 23, accessed on January 19, 2011 (archive).