On 13/11/2020 07:06, Andy Burns wrote:
John Rumm wrote:

ss wrote:

Does it make any difference from a safety point of view which side I
cut with [...] ?

If you are holding a traditional "right hander" saw with the chain bar
pointing away from you and vertical, then on the top of the bar the
chain will be moving away from you, and on the underside of the bar
toward you.

With mine held that way, there is a "chain catcher" on the underside.

Yup, that's true for most modern saws

(for the OP, the chain catcher is a metal bracket that entraps the chain
just before it vanishes back into the saw near the rear drive sprocket.
The idea being that if the chain were to snap and start to pull away
from the underside of the bar the catcher would snag it and bring it to
a stop before it has a chance to whip around something soft and fleshy
while still being driven under power)


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Cheers,

John.

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