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[edit] Wood Harvesting with Hand Tools (ILO, 1989, 128 p.)

1. (introduction...)
2. Introduction
3. Basic Work and Maintenance Tools
   • Hand Tools for Wood Harvesting
   • Files
   • Grindstones and Whetstones
   • Splitting Hammer and Wedges
   • Making Tool Handles
4. Axes
   • Use and Types of Axes
   • Maintaining an Axe
   • Making an Axe Handle
   • Shafting an Axe
5. Bow Saws
   • Use and Types of Bow Saws
6. Cross-cut Saws
   • Types of Cross-cut Saws
   • Maintenance Tools for Cross-cut Saws
   • Filing Vices, Self-Made
   • Filing Vices, Commercially-made
   • Maintaining a Peg-Tooth Cross-cut Saw
   • Types of Raker-Tooth Cross-cut Saws
   • Maintaining a Raker-Tooth Cross-cut Saw
   • Major Overhaul of Cross-Cut Saws
7. The Worker
   • Clothing, Personal Protective Equipment, First-Aid Equipment
   • Food, Nutrition and Rest
   • Working Postures and Movements
   • Work Planning and Organisation
   • Accident Prevention
8. Tree Felling
   • Preparation for Tree Felling
   • Tree Felling with Axe and Bow Saw
   • Tree Felling With Axe and Cross-cut Saw
   • Precautions When Making the Undercut and the Back Cut
   • Felling Trees Leaning into the Planned Felling Direction
   • Felling Trees Leaning to the Side
   • Tree Felling in Dense Tropical Forests
   • Felling of Trees with Plank Buttresses
   • Wood Wastage Due to Poor Working Techniques in Felling
9. Releasing Lodged Trees
   • Releasing Lodged Trees With Simple Tools
   • Releasing Lodged Trees With Special Equipment and Machines
10. Debranching and Debarking
    • Debranching
    • Debarking
11. Cross-Cutting
    • General Rules for Cross-Cutting
    • Tools for Cross-Cutting
    • Supports and Trestles
    • Cross-Cutting of Trees under Tension
    • Wood Wastage in Cross-Cutting
12. Cutting Windfalls
13. Wood Splitting
14. Wood Handling and Transport
    • Handling Billets and Logs
    • Manual Transport of Smaller-sized Wood
    • Use of Skidding Sulkies
    • Sliding Wood Downhill
15. Stacking and Storing of Wood
16. Pit-sawing
17. Training in Wood Harvesting