I actually thinking of going down to the Farm and Ranch supply and getting real ones.
I think they will look better if a customer comes by and will deflect as well as welding ones.
Welding ones are normally raw leather.

Martin
Martin Eastburn
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~Roy wrote:
I can see leather chaps for welding but certaily would not want the
typical type chaps used for chainsaws..........most if not all are
made out of ballistic nylon and padded with kevlar or some other
material that will ball up and jamb in the saws chain. Don;t think
either mateiral will go to well with sparks and weld splatters.

Leather on the other hand does not do well at stopping a chain saw
effectively.

On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 22:03:17 -0500, "Martin H. Eastburn"
wrote:


===I plan on getting a pair to weld with. Chaps with open backs for cooling.
===Keeps the hot balls out of the boots.
===
===Martin
===Martin Eastburn
===@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
===NRA LOH, NRA Life
===NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder
===
===
===
===Ken Cutt wrote:
=== Don Foreman wrote:
===
=== I have never seen anyone wearing chaps while cutting wood in MN. I
=== cut a buncha wood today with my sissysaw (14"), but only a little of
=== it was over 13" dia.
===
===
=== Leg protection is mandatory for all Commercial Fallers or any other
=== commercial operation working in B.C and I bet everywhere else . Most
=== Pros wear what looks like jeans but has the pads built into them . So
=== you might see someone wearing them and not know it . Chaps are fine if
=== adjusted properly . They twist if worn too loose and then don't protect
=== as they should . Really they are there to protect your knees more than
=== anything . Knees being a lot more expensive to fix then a quad . In fact
=== a big saw can go right through them if the throttle is held open . They
=== are designed to snag and slow a saw with the throttle released . For a
=== nice weather day out cutting firewood you can MAYBE get away with out
=== them your entire life , but when its your job and you are out there in
=== bad weather on steep terrain the eventually the odds are you will get
=== tagged . In fact when you wear full protection every day you no longer
=== notice you even have it on . A very common incident the chaps protect
=== you from is the dogs . They are always next to your thigh whether the
=== saw is running or not and moving around on hilly ground sooner or later
=== you slip . Like any safety gear in any field , a nuisance till you need
=== it then it's literally worth your life .
=== Ken Cutt
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