Bob, no, this was way more primitive. The guard or shield or whatever you'd call it over the area the blade traveled was cut away in the front, so that you had a fast rotating blade of what, eight inches or so. You just walked the front end up to whatever you wanted to cut and that was all she wrote. So, envision a big lawn mower with only two large weels on the rear, a fairly long handle and no cover over the front 180 arc of a very heavy blade.
The only place I have seen these is at some equipment rental outfits, and frankly, they are or were so inherently dangerous that the manufacturer (which I believe was in downstate Illinois), has probably been sued out of business long ago. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 6:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Chain saws. Sounds like a mini bush hog. Probably had a sickle bar across the front that can go through about a 3 inch branch. ----- Original Message ----- From: William Stephan To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 3:41 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Chain saws. I used to have what I think was called a bushwhacker, which was nothing but a large rotary lawn mower with a heavier-than-average blade. The front half of the shield was cut away, and there were large bicycle wheels on the rear. You walked behind this thing, and you could knock down all manner of brush and grasses, even up to small saplings. Protective clothing as in chaps, safety boots and goggles was very appropriate. -----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 7:47 PM To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Chain saws. Ah man. Where do you come up with those? ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 8:19 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Chain saws. When I first bought this place the area behind the shop was seriously overgrown with some pretty nasty sticker bushes and punch bur weeds. My neighbor was so happy to see something being done he came over and lent me his "brush hog." A little like a gasoline powered circ saw on a long handle. The damn thing sure made easy work of getting rid of the brush. Now instead of overgrown real estate he gets to gaze upon a couple of future projects. a 71 coota and an 89 Iroc Z convertible. -----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 5:59 PM To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Chain saws. I don't recommend a chain saw for trimming bushes either. You can actually clog up and get the chain stuck with the little stuff. I have tried in the past and while the saw has never bit me, twigs and little branches put up quite a fight. I've had my face welted a few times until I started using pruning sheers for the little stuff. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dale Leavens To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 6:22 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Chain saws. It is true that these machines are totally unforgiving and often almost vicious when they do fight back. I have treated many unbelievably nasty chain saw injuries over the years. They are however far fewer now partly because they aren't much used in the forest industry these days except maybe for a bit of slashing and partly because the machines are much lighter and much better designed for safety. This means of course keeping the machine in good repair and all parts working well. There are a lot of chain saws out there being used by hobbyists, people bucking up fire wood and other non-professional users but still the injuries aren't appearing as they once did. I think that although the machines are dangerous enough the real danger for the blind is in the environment. How a tree falls, is there something hanging up in it, a series of escape routes should the thing fall in some unanticipated way. These are the patients I am seeing these days more than direct saw injuries. I don't have a chain saw but I don't have a lot of need for one as a urban warrior. A small one might be handy every couple of years to thin out some of my hedge and that wild lilac tree and some day I may do so but so far I have been making due with a monster blade in my reciprocal saw. It isn't as though I will be taking the pick-up into the bush and cutting up and loading logs for the winter any time soon. If ever I do go wood I'll buy the stuff delivered. So will most of us. Now a good splitting axe, that is another thing. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net> net Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Gallik To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 9:23 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Chain saws. Chain saws are so bloody dangerous, I know people with excellent sight and years of experience with the machines that have been seriously torn up by one unlikely little happening. I'm myself am considering buying a chainsaw, but I know from previous experience with one that I will have to be triply cautious while using the darn thing. The thing about a chainsaw is that a kickback can result with those snarling teeth gashing a rip in your face and possibly skull. Also felling a tree safely is often a matter of "eye balling" the way the tree reaches to the sky and analyzing what obstacles may hinder the tree from falling cleanly to the ground. If a tree gets hung up after being cut down the danger merely increases. I'm not saying you should not have a chainsaw, but keep in mind that this is a dangerous tool that is used in an equally dangerous environment. 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