Kwehme09 said:A friend had loaned me his one-handed climbing saw. I was trying it out just finishing up some brush from a tree I had fallen. It was dark, and I was using a headlamp (dumb, I know, but the days are too short!). I cut a little brush, held the saw away, but apparently not away enough... I reached in to move some brush... chain still rotating , and got my hand. I attribute it to operator error, darkness and a different saw... with the different weight and handle orientation, I think when I reached in I must have moved the saw back in a bit, or didn't have it as far away as I should have. Ultimately, it was my error...lock the chain, and set the saw down would have been the best prevention...
CTYank said:Kwehme09 said:A friend had loaned me his one-handed climbing saw. I was trying it out just finishing up some brush from a tree I had fallen. It was dark, and I was using a headlamp (dumb, I know, but the days are too short!). I cut a little brush, held the saw away, but apparently not away enough... I reached in to move some brush... chain still rotating , and got my hand. I attribute it to operator error, darkness and a different saw... with the different weight and handle orientation, I think when I reached in I must have moved the saw back in a bit, or didn't have it as far away as I should have. Ultimately, it was my error...lock the chain, and set the saw down would have been the best prevention...
Not wishing to rub any salt into a really nasty wound, and not directed at you, but ...
the concept of a "one-handed" saw is purest BS, setting up a real feeding-trough for lawyers and surgeons.
All chainsaws have TWO handles, requiring TWO hands at all times, no matter how awesomely expert/strong you are. Kickbacks WILL happen.
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