Chainsaw advice

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Posted 25 November 2013 - 01:06 PM

WellyJen, on 25 Nov 2013 - 12:12 PM, said:

Make sure you can reliably juggle them switched off before you try it with the chainsaws running.

Sorry, no help at all.

Jen

Thanks Jen - already sussed that bit. Here I am at Covent Garden in London:

 

 

 

Thats Keswick aint it ?

[bhouse]

Here, are you stalking me???

Thanks for all the recommendations - looks like Stihl is the way to go. I'll be buying early in the new year to give me time to save up for the body armour and trauma kit!

[Mat Jackson]

I went halfway house and bought a decent electric one. If you compare power ratings they are pretty good.

I bought it to fell a large tree in our garden, and found it easier and safer to use than a petrol one. Only downside is that you need to be in reach of an electric socket.

Alex, what's your view on electric ones for domestic use...

[Young Pretender]

I took James' advice and bought Stihl too.  Albeit it was a strimmer not a chainsaw but none the less, I'm very pleased.  Great bit of kit.

[alexander72]

Mat, Electric chainsaws are fine for using in the garage but you still need PPE and a first aid kit.  I have never used one to be honest but they have a place I think for those that are just cutting wood at home.

 

:-) 

 

James 

[Mat Jackson]

Agree totally. Actually the danger with the electric ones are that I could imagine people thinking they are just stronger hedge trimmers.... Was impressed just how quickly it ate through a 40cm trunk....

Treated it with a huge amount of respect, had decent PPE and used it wisely...

[alexander72]

Mat, You are spot on. Any chainsaw worth its salt, electric or petrol needs a chain speed of 20 metres/second so whatever you have, if its sharp, will tear through wood….. When it hits denim, skin, flesh and bone it won't even know its there !!!   In half a second you will have 10 metres worth of razor sharp teeth across your body - ouch!!!!

[XTR2Turbo]

To the initiated what is a 2 litre truma kit. ?

[alexander72]

David, It's a major wound pack bandage with a bid absorbent pad in the middle that can absorb two litres of blood,  It has "tails" on it that you can use to tourniquet ends of limbs as well.  The nature of a chainsaw cut mean the wound opens up the deeper it goes so if someone does strike their body the priority is to fill the resultant hole with the wound pack, tie it up tight and call air ambulance.  They do save lives but in the past I have used a t-shirt and gaffer tape to the same effect for sealing a femoral artery strike

[bhouse]

I'm rapidly going off this idea

[stu999]

What about a circular saw instead, or have you got to de-limb trees first?

Arguably safer (just), and less mess/waste?

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

There's not many conversations you can slip "a circular saw is safer" into, well spotted though     

 

(The number of sites I've worked on where one of the chippys has a bit of, or even a whole finger missing, from circular saw and chop saw injuries is just amazing.)

[Terry Everall]

Chop saws take no prisoners and you gotta keep your digits away from the blade!

[stu999]

Chop saws take no prisoners and you gotta keep your digits away from the blade!

I think that is safe to say for any powered wood cutting equipment.

And for that matter, a lot of non-powered wood cutting equipment!!!!

[Norman Verona]

I'm keeping quiet.