chainsaw common sense

[bstewert]

Got a Husqvarna 316 this week. Really nice saw. But it's a good thing I read the Operator's Manual:

 

[SouthSoundTree]

Whoa! Close one. Thanks. I was about to whip one of those moves out, too. What does it say about the blindfolds or trapezes? Oh, electric saws would be problematic with the cord in relation to the daring young man on the flying trapeze.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Avatar, anyone?

LOL @ how he's smart enough to wear a helmet, but dumb enough to make that cut.

 

[Altissimus]

... I have alway loved that one , the Morbark Decal telling you not to feed yourself into the machine is classic as well

 

[Newfie]

How did he get up there without a ladder?

 

[SouthSoundTree]

I notice that the operator doesn't appear to be obviously wearing chaps. I heard that electric saws have too much torque to be stopped by the kevlar.

What size bar are you running on that Bstewart, and how does it cut?

I've only ever sharpened an electric saw for my English ex-girlfriend's dad. I learned by almost-accident (danged jet-lag) that electric saws don't have that telltale noisy bit when they have power to the trigger, and to keep it unplugged when sharpening.

 

[Altissimus]

... funny the electric chainsaw does have it's place.. I imagine many are sold .. I knew an old timer here that owned every kinda tool including big old saws , he heated with wood in the basement ... kept the electric down there to cut kindling indoors..

 

[Blinky]

Wow that's probably true about electrics having enough torque to get through chaps.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I know quite a few HOs that are up in their years and have electrics. Most can't pull start a gas chainsaw and the lighter nature of the electric helps.. Wouldn't know about the chaps not holding up to them... Even with the torque I would think the fibers would still perform the binding function on the chain and drive sprocket.

 

[SouthSoundTree]

I've heard that builders use them sometimes, indoors. Log home builders as well as conventional.

Quieter, too, for working in the "garden" in tightly spaced England.

Maybe cheaper to run than the gas and mix oil in England.


When I said "heard", I believe that I read it somewhere from a manufacturer.

 

[sotc]

Talked to an old guy at the homeshow yesterday that said he has alot of saws he can no longer start so he bought an electric. I told him to call me with Stihl model numbers and I may be interested. Never know what treasures they have in the shop!

As to the warning label, if you don't put some weight on it, how else do you which way it will go!?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Electric chainsaws have their place, for damn sure.

 

[Al Smith]

This might sound a bit strange but big electric saws actually predate gasoline powered ones,no kidding .

Prior to rather lighter weight gas saws companies such as Mall made big old electrics they packed off into the hills with Caterpillar generaters for power .Heavy old clunkers though from what I've been told but still beat the dickens out of a whipsaw .

Lawdy,a 75 pound saw on the end of an extension cord . I've only seen a few of those relics but none in operation .

 

[stig]

I've seen a BIG Stihl electric saw at a mill here. It was hung in a springloaded device so it was effectively weightless for the operator. I don't remember the HP, but only that it was way more than what my old 084 had.

 

[Al Smith]

With electric motors when they say horsepower it's true measurement if they use 746 watts per H.P. as reference ..Gasoline HP ratings are often times skewed just a tad bit .

 

[woodworkingboy]

If you use the smaller electric chainsaws with the same aggression as a gas one, you will fry them.

 

[Newfie]

Fried electric chainsaws! How many of you guys remember the poster over on AS who was clearing a couple acres of land for a house w/ a cheap Remington chainsaw and 800 feet of electrical cord. He was complaining that the $100 saws he had bought at Homo Depot had fried 3 times already and he was on his 4th one. He couldn't be convinced that he was a moron. That was many moons ago.

 

[woodworkingboy]

The cool thing about the electric chainsaws it that they always come with the max anti-kickback chain. You kind of have to look hard to see the cutters.

 

[Newfie]

My dad had me look at his electric chainsaw years ago. Said it just wasn't cutting right and he had just had the chain sharpened. After I swapped the chain right way round I hid the saw on him and told him to call if he needed help.

 

[woodworkingboy]

It's an understandable mistake, up to the point of not knowing why it isn't cutting.

 

[Newfie]

My Dad was always outstanding at his day job, the handy type stuff not so much. I have had to work really hard to overcome that genetic and environmental hurdle. There are still lots of things that I let Erik handle when it comes to wiring on equipment and what not.

 

[MooseHunter113]

i like electric saws because you can use the extension cord as your climbing line!!!

 

[Bermy]

We bought an electric saw for quarrying stone behind our house, put a carbide chain on it too. Better to run than a gas engine, no fumes down in the hole!
It was heavy though...still have it.

 

[brendonv]

Haha.

I think it'd be handy to have on in the garage. Night time fire wood kindling cutting, indoor cutting, I dunno I like options.

 

[MasterBlaster]

There ya go!