Juergen Hannappel writes:

Quite a difference, though. A chainsaw is one of the most dangerous
portable
power tools around, while a bandsaw is not particularly dangerous (given,

Chainsaws alow for some extra dangerous usages. This summer i saw two
construction workors installing plastic water tubing and cutting the
tubes with a chainsaw. One worker kneeled on he street holding the
pipe (~10" diameter) with two hands in front of him, the other kneeled
on the street facing him and cutting the tube between the first
workers hands with a chainsaw... Neither wore any protective clothing,
face shield or ear protection.

Jeez, man. That makes my skin crawl to think of it. I've written books on
chainsaws, dropped a lot of trees, managed to nick a kneecap with one, and have
never even considered doing anything close to that idiotic. When I was doing a
lot of cutting, though, ear protection and protective clothing were hard to
locate. Thirty years changes a bunch of things.

Charlie Self
"If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would
promise them missionaries for dinner." H. L. Mencken