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I got a chainsaw!!

Josh Ryan

Josh Ryan

- that dog won't hunt, Monsignor.
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#1
..but I broke the chain within five minutes. I forgot to tension it. I bought a new chain. I was just out in the dark cutting things down, great fun! There is something a little creepy about hearing a chainsaw at night, at least according to my neighbor.


anybody have any good chainsaw stories?
 
#8
PunkerTrav said:
Ou rold chainsaw used a thick red oil on the chain, that pooled on the chain if you let the saw sit for a while. We thought it was funny to let it sit for a few minutes, then turn it on adn watch red liquid fly all over. It looked liek some terrible 90's horror movie.
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Nice, you are halfway to a campy horror movie right there.
 
#9
If you get down to using it for a while at a time be sure to periodically stop it and check the tension of the chain as you use it. Many tend to loosen a bit and you have to tighten them every so often during the time you're using it.

brad cook
 
#10
DigMe said:
If you get down to using it for a while at a time be sure to periodically stop it and check the tension of the chain as you use it. Many tend to loosen a bit and you have to tighten them every so often during the time you're using it.

brad cook
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Makes sense. I shaved off about five of the little teeth on the old chain, would it be unsafe to just dremel then down completely and re-use it? (14 inch chain)
 
#14
I used a saw ( eh close enough ) to cut down some of the foliage on a neighbor's property that was blocking my beach house's view. Fortunately, they never asked us about it. I don't know how we could've possibly gotten out of such a situation.
 
#17
I have just bought the umpteenth handle for the axe. I seem to have bad hand/eye coordination with and will slam the handle onto whatever it is I am chopping up. I probably average about one bad miss for every twenty or thirty swings.

The maul was the same way, but we put a woven fiber/hard plastic handle on it and I have broken it yet.

Cool score with the chainsaw, they are one the few yard working tools that are as fun to use as they are functional. A branch saw is the only thing that comes close (think chainsaw on a ten foot stick :D)

Oh, and don't chop wood with sandals on. :D
 
#19
i had to chain saw the tree out of my brand new truck a few years ago after Hurricane Isabel.

on slightly similar topic, i bought a drill press yesterday. must have been a day for tool shopping. :hyper:
 

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