Comments

1. 
   BStev | Mar 01, 2010 02:37pm | #1

   You do have two hands on that chainsaw in the cutting picture, right? It just looks like you might lose an arm if it kicked back.

2. 
   danmosheim | Mar 02, 2010 04:58am | #2

   not to worry BStev ... but i do ABSOLUTELY not recommend trying this unless you feel 110% safe about your skill with a chainsaw. I know in my blog post there was a caveat to 'not try this at home' ...

   FYI, chain saw kick back occurs when the tip of the bar is in contact with the wood. See info at this link on chain saw safety.

   http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/ageng/safety/ae1025w.htm

   my technique is, imho, probably most similar in controversy generating potential to sam maloof's bandsaw techniques ... NOT for everyone. as I mentioned in my DCF blog post, I bought my first chainsaw in 1973. I have worked in the woods as a professional logger, and I cut, split and hauled 4 or 5 cords of wood a year to heat my last house for 23 years ... long and short of it, chainsaws are my friend and, in heaven, all chainsaw chains are brand new ...

3. 
   michael2160 | Mar 05, 2010 03:45am | #3

   Kickback from a chain sometimes results in this:

   A frantic phone call from my wife's best friend saying her husband's chainsaw just landed in his face; driving him to the emergency room without ever seeing his face because he wouldn't remove the towel covering the carnage; and then having to visit the husband in the hospital after they removed his front teeth from his sinuses and replacing parts of his upper lip and nose with pieces of skin taken from his thigh.

   He has worn a beard since then to cover the scars.