Thread: Chainsaws aren't Dangerous...

Originally Posted by 350RRC

Originally Posted by rovercare

I'm tipping something that looks like this

I like that Matt. Depth cranked to the max (as one does). You could have got a bit more depth out of the blades, but the motor might not have liked it, being Fryobi.

What were you 'dressing'?

DL

Actually It was use on the overheads in the old boys kitchen last, its older than me, it help with the build of the old boys house, 30 odd years ago.............back when Towa was something kinda worth owning

Earlier in this thread Lucus made the comment that there is no such thing as common sense, in reference to me saying that 'not rushing (when using a power tool for a purpose that it may not have been designed for) was common sense.

There is such a thing as common sense, and as Matt says there is not enough of it, and maybe no incentive anymore to acquire it if lacking.

The 'not rushing' is something I have learned, rather than something innate. All bark removals, and worse, have been as a result of rushing to finish the task at hand, when pushing the boundaries of what I could use a tool for.

DL

Originally Posted by 350RRC

Earlier in this thread Lucus made the comment that there is no such thing as common sense, in reference to me saying that 'not rushing (when using a power tool for a purpose that it may not have been designed for) was common sense.

There is such a thing as common sense, and as Matt says there is not enough of it, and maybe no incentive anymore to acquire it if lacking.

The 'not rushing' is something I have learned, rather than something innate. All bark removals, and worse, have been as a result of rushing to finish the task at hand, when pushing the boundaries of what I could use a tool for.

DL

Pretty much all my significant injuries have been from bad temper, aside from the pitchfork through my big toe when I was 5, namely broken bones in my hands, hence the lack of temper.........well most of the time

Foresight is better than hindsight

Maybe as I get older foresight is easier because there is less req'd, and hindsight is too easy because there's so much. Ha Ha.

ben, widen the exhaust port on that saw, set squish band to piston gap at 0.5mm, and open the muffler outlet to 100-125% of the exhaust port, pull the limiters of the carb screws, retune and your good to go. dont need the planer then

Serg

I too am the victim of a power planer. I lost most of the first section of my left thumb which makes things difficult because I am mostly left handed. I now throw hammers away as I loose my grip on the handle. Lucky I can use screwdrivers and spanners in either hand.

Originally Posted by uninformed

Ben, do you mean a hand held elctric planer or a jointer?

Serg

Hand planer - in fact a newer version of the one matt posted (was given to me, I don't buy fryobi crud personally...)

Thanks for the tips on the chainsaw

And no Andy - I wasn't testing the blade... It was 6pm, I was a bit tired, and somehow managed to lift up the saw at the same time as lifting up the hand holding the wood.

well i hope you havent done any permanent damage Ben.

here is a pic of what i did today, i had to plane down the width of some 42mmx12mm splayed fj pine, 1 piece 3400mm long and 1 piece 150mm long. both tricky in there own way, especially when on edge like that. just use a zip tie to hold on the trigger. some will look and say no no no too dangerous... but looks can be deceiving. now you have both hands to control the work piece, and one hand is not trying to do many things t once = pulling the trigger, holding the planner stable and apply presssure to the work piece.

you have a 357xp? do you know if they have a cat muffler?

serg