In alt.home.repair, on Sat, 10 Oct 2015 19:31:01 -0400, "Robert Green"
wrote:

"rbowman" wrote in message
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On 10/10/2015 12:25 PM, Robert Green wrote:
Saw an interest segement on ATOH about safety chaps for chainsaw users.
Padded with ballistic (nylon? Kevlar?) cords that jam the saw blade once
they get drawn into the saw. The other side of the chap was unharmed.
Very
effective and pretty cheap to make/own (I assume).

About $60 and up

http://www.amazon.com/Husqvarna-5313.../dp/B000X24TIO

http://www.wesspur.com/safety/chaps.html

Thanks for providing those cites.

They can be hot in the summer. otoh, even if they never save you from a
chainsaw they pad your knees if you're kneeling on rocks and save you
from jabs by sharp branches.

That's good to know. The chaps/aprons are a little like the table saw
device that won't saw your finger off. There are three differences. One,
it seems far less damaging to the saw, two, it's cheap by comparison and
three, it's not being shoved down our throats by the Feds - yet.

My own experience tells me that chain sawing is more dangerous than table
sawing since I've rarely lost my footing with the RAS but I have when trying
to saw a fallen tree into bite-sized chunks.

Yeah, but an electric chain saw stops if you don't keep squeezing the
trigger, and iirc a gas one does too.

A table saw just keeps running, even when someone is fainting, tripping,
having a a seizure.