Device for cutting firewood

Device for cutting firewood logs into short pieces of wood with a receptacle (1) which encloses the firewood logs， a slide (11) which pushes the bundle of firewood out of the receptacle (1) according to the desired length of the short pieces of wood and a band saw ( 12) on the receptacle (1) for cutting off the pieces of wood from the firewood billets pushed out of the receptacle (1) with the slide (11)， characterized in that that the firewood logs to be cut are bundled into a bundle of firewood， the receptacle (1) can be attached to a front loader tractor， the saw band (24) of the band saw (12) via two wheels (23a， 23b) rotatably mounted on a swivel arm (22) is guided， the swivel arm (22) having a swivel axis (25) parallel to the longitudinal axis of the receptacle (1)， in order to cut the wood pieces from the firewood bundle with the side of the saw band (24) facing the firewood bundle and the swivel arm (22) can be displaced along the pivot axis (25)， the saw band (24) when the wood pieces are cut off from the firewood bundle， which is made up of the receptacle (1) protrudes， is moved from bottom to top over the entire cutting surface.