one handed saw use

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I have passed on buying certain top handle saws if their 1 handing balance was off. ;):lol:
Reason I liked the 338's then the 200 etc etc. Passed on a 3410 and also the 540 when it came out. Didnt like the 1 handed balance.

FTW you only live once and do it under your rules. :|:

Also just for my homeowner uses, not a pro by any means. :D
Even though some I have worked on their saws I wouldnt call a pro either but they get paid to do it. :O
 
Kidding aside;
1 handing has remained for me kinda like if you have to ask you aren't old enough to (just) know...
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It's definitely not where you start out crawling then walking thru all this; that you should never run to or thru.
1handing shituations mature after YEARS in the saddle full-time to stepping carefully one foot over the line unto thin ice trying to sneak by cleanly w/o getting wet/drowning.
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BUT; we dearly do need people screaming not to do it!
Generally confident people start tree climbing/trimming; some show boats.
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1 handing is not anything to play with;
it is for seasoned users only that know all the other ways to attack before chancing this extreme.
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Levi said:
True, ansi is just guidelines. OSHA is law? What do they say about one handing?
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It says nothing. So there's really no case to answer. Work responsibly, and set good examples. If you using your saw like a machete, then you probably could do better.
 
i think you should drill not to 1 hand, just like book says.
Should drill for years, so that when eventually have to do it
alarm is going off in head like have a life support hose unhooked from space suit!
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Anything else kinda makes it a matter of course, not exception.
 
I venture that the vast majority of people skillfully using the advanced technique, never thought about if doing it was ok. More it came naturally.
 
I would think the opposite. That any skilled user using the 'advanced technique' of onehanding would have thought long and hard about whether it was 'ok' when first venturing down that path.
 
And if they aren't thinking about it after becoming extremely experienced with it,that is when they stand the greatest chance of being accidentally bit by it.


Complacency with a chainsaw is dangerous. My uncle was pushing 30 years experience with only minor scrapes and bruises when he took a saw to his face from a kickback. Afterwards probably near ten years and countless reconstructive surgeries to get back to looking normal and being able to have a nose and sinus passages that somewhat function.
 
squisher said:
And if they aren't thinking about it after becoming extremely experienced with it,that is when they stand the greatest chance of being accidentally bit by it.


Complacency with a chainsaw is dangerous. My uncle was pushing 30 years experience with only minor scrapes and bruises when he took a saw to his face from a kickback. Afterwards probably near ten years and countless reconstructive surgeries to get back to looking normal and being able to have a nose and sinus passages that somewhat function.
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That is a crazy story.
 
You can take the faceplate off of most home fuse boxes.
Only an idiot reaches to the un-fused /municipality side unless has to and then only very carefully(this is perhaps good time for 1 handing).
Like holding breath longer time, alarm should be going off in head, time ticking loudly while cheating i think.
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Idiots in these environments tend to offer to be a dying breed to keep the herd pure; per Darwin.
 
Credit to you, Squish, if you thought long and hard before using one hand with a saw. Hard to exactly remember, but likely I just couldn't reach to cut something with two hands one day and using one hand was the choice. A few seconds thought maybe... Getting work done along with some smarts takes precedent, and limitations change.

It's the same with all my woodworking machinery, things that can maime or possibly kill me if used haphazardly. There can hardly be rules about every aspect of using a tablesaw, and the blade guard that is mandated in schools and other places is an impossible hindrance to doing some types of work. When an apprentice, my sensei pointed at the blade after he flipped on the machine and in a loud voice over the screaming sound said to me, "Don't touch that when it's moving", then walked away and left me to figure out things for myself. Skills grow advancing from one technique to another supported by confidence. Don't touch that chain when it's moving, and all that is implied within that, I think is about all that one really needs to know about chainsaw safety, as long as the former experience supports how to work and not do that. It's not rocket science, you don't need complicated equations written on a blackboard by someone wearing thick glasses. I still hear the sensei telling me. When in doubt don't do it, I think is another good rule.
 
One handing was natural to me, I liked it best when I had saws made for it. It is very handy.
I cut my big toe off once with two hands. They put it back on. It works.
Many years ago I almost slashed my throat open but it missed with only a whoosh of air feeling on my neck. My reflexes were pretty good that day, I wasn't drunk, high, or lackadaisical, I do better when I'm not drunk, high, or lackadaisical.
I didn't bleed out. I kept working. I still one-hand.
I almost cut my face in half yesterday with a short-bar 066, both hands, thumbs wrapped. Surprised me, kept working, yeah, I thought about it. I was glad I didn't bleed out or look like a freak.
Some day I will die. I don't know how yet.
That's OK I guess, since I don't seem to have a choice. Everyone else through the centuries has died. All The soldiers, heroes and also the rule-making, entitlement-thinking, socialistic, poorly-skilled, whining, jealous pussies.
That's OK, I'm not better than those pussies. They are good at some stuff, some stuff that I don't really understand. . .
Thanks for that stuff btw.
I'm just not really a rule-making, entitlement-thinking, socialistic, poorly-skilled, whining, jealous pussy.
I'm a different kind of asshole. A tougher one.
Hope this helps.
 
Oh tell us how you really feel:lol:
Honestly I was taught to use a top handle one handed. It's not that big of a deal for me. I use it when necessary and maybe sometimes when not. I'm more cautious when I have younger guys around me as not to give a bad example but I do it. If that makes me a lazy fook than so be it. I'm a lazy fook. I'm tired and buzzed. Prolly shouldn't of even logged in tonight
 
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