# When I try to slice up logs with a chainsaw it says I can't build there

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-i-try-to-slice-up-logs-with-a-chainsaw-it-says-i-cant-build-there/1411>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [May 23, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-i-try-to-slice-up-logs-with-a-chainsaw-it-says-i-cant-build-there/1411 "2013-05-23T17:44:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mate](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mate/32/73_2.png) [@Mate](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mate)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-i-try-to-slice-up-logs-with-a-chainsaw-it-says-i-cant-build-there/1411/1 "2013-05-23T17:44:12Z")

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Is it a bug, or what?

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**Author:** ![Mrnocamera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mrnocamera/32/61_2.png) [@Mrnocamera](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mrnocamera)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-i-try-to-slice-up-logs-with-a-chainsaw-it-says-i-cant-build-there/1411/2 "2013-05-23T17:45:16Z")

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If the chainsaw is on, with gas in it, yes.

If otherwise, probably not.

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**Author:** ![Mate](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mate/32/73_2.png) [@Mate](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mate)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-i-try-to-slice-up-logs-with-a-chainsaw-it-says-i-cant-build-there/1411/3 "2013-05-23T18:06:16Z")

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[quote=“Mrnocamera, post:2, topic:1411”]If the chainsaw is on, with gas in it, yes.

If otherwise, probably not.[/quote]  
It is a bug, then.

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**Author:** ![Mrnocamera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mrnocamera/32/61_2.png) [@Mrnocamera](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mrnocamera)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-i-try-to-slice-up-logs-with-a-chainsaw-it-says-i-cant-build-there/1411/4 "2013-05-23T18:07:48Z")

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Wait, logs? Did you chop down a tree and try to use it on the fallen parts? Or are you attempting to use it on a item log?

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**Author:** ![Mate](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mate/32/73_2.png) [@Mate](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mate)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-i-try-to-slice-up-logs-with-a-chainsaw-it-says-i-cant-build-there/1411/5 "2013-05-30T12:55:59Z")

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On item log.

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**Author:** ![Mrnocamera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mrnocamera/32/61_2.png) [@Mrnocamera](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mrnocamera)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-i-try-to-slice-up-logs-with-a-chainsaw-it-says-i-cant-build-there/1411/6 "2013-05-30T13:11:28Z")

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You have to use the construction menu on the terrain logs, and (I think) the crafting menu on the item logs.

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**Author:** ![Mate](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mate/32/73_2.png) [@Mate](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mate)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-i-try-to-slice-up-logs-with-a-chainsaw-it-says-i-cant-build-there/1411/7 "2013-05-30T17:03:08Z")

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Now I tried it on trees, and everything works, just not as I expected. I thought chopping up logs would give fire wood.

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**Author:** ![Weyrling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7bcc69/32.png) [@Weyrling](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Weyrling)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-i-try-to-slice-up-logs-with-a-chainsaw-it-says-i-cant-build-there/1411/8 "2013-05-30T20:47:26Z")

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> [@Mrnocamera](#):
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> You have to use the construction menu on the terrain logs, and (I think) the crafting menu on the item logs.

I know a wood saw is (or was) used by 'a’pplying it to the log item, I never find a chainsaw though, and rarely bother chopping down or sawing up trees since I’m nomadic.