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electric chain saw safety
Last Saturday a local woodlot owners association had a meeting where
an instructor from the Forest Industry Safety and Training Institute gave an abbreviated (but excellent) class on chain saw use complete (after lunch) with some pictures of injuries. He said the only time he had ever been injured was not when he was working in the woods but rather on a weekend when he was only going to do 'a little work' before deer hunting when he cut through his hunting boots and got his toe. When you drop a tree or cut it up (at least for me) it is the real thing so I wear the chaps and helmet costume for safety. But it dawned on me when one is making a bowl blank in the garage you are just going to be using the saw for a 'little while' so costumes are a hassle and it is easy to think you won't have an acident. Deciding how safe you want to be also is more complicated when using an electric chainsaw inside. They stop pretty quidk when you release the trigger and the electric saw I have seems to run slower than my gas one. Has anyone heard much about electric versus gas chainsaw safety? Obviously touch a running chain and you get blood but the electric ones seem tamer ... or are they? |
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