On Wednesday 28 January 2009 09:53:16 Nicholas Clark wrote: > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:10:01AM +0000, Edmund von der Burg wrote: > > use the spikes to pivot the blade through the wood. NEVER cut using > > the top of the blade. (That last bit is actually important). > > I'm guessing that there's more than one reason. > > It's not going to be "because the bits of wood fly towards you" because > they do that on the bottom of the blade. > > I assume that a big reason is because if the chain snags on the bottom, > momentum takes the chainsaw away from you. Whereas if it snags on the top, > the entire mess comes towards you rapidly.
Many years ago I remember hearing a discussion about product warnings on Radio 4 (ISIHAC or similar). They ran through the predictable: packet of peanuts warning ``this product may contain nuts''; kid's Superman costume with warning ``cape does not enable wearer to fly''. The winner was allegedly from the manual for a well-known brand of chainsaw: CAUTION: Accidents with chainsaws are rarely trivial. Jonathan