On Sat, 6 Aug 2005 23:52:20 -0700, "PrecisionMachinisT"
wrote:


"Gerald Miller" wrote in message
.. .

Wedges for chain saw work are normally made of aluminium, since the
operator has much less control, and things happen a lot faster and
more expensively.

Actually, many faller's wedges are made of plastic nowdays.

http://www.bcforestryinfo.com/forest...saw/part4.html
Just goes to show how long since I got married and became a "City Boy"
(43 years)
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

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On Sat, 6 Aug 2005 23:52:20 -0700, "PrecisionMachinisT"
wrote:


"Gerald Miller" wrote in message
.. .

Wedges for chain saw work are normally made of aluminium, since the
operator has much less control, and things happen a lot faster and
more expensively.

Actually, many faller's wedges are made of plastic nowdays.

http://www.bcforestryinfo.com/forest...saw/part4.html
Just goes to show how long since I got married and became a "City Boy"
(43 years)
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada


And they were already plastic when I was working in the
woods 31 years ago, so that narrows the transition from
metal to plastic to a pretty narrow range.

Ned Simmons