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Garmachi · Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 4:58 pm Post subject: Now All I Need Is A Hockey Mask

Got me one-a these this weekend! Twisted

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Boogieman · Site Admin Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 1479

Ohhh Husqvarna is a great brand! That'll last forever. Good pick.
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Garmachi · Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 5:24 pm Post subject:

Awwwww TANKS!
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psychicmidget · Joined: 15 Aug 2008 Posts: 309

Ain't many tools can hurt you as suddenly nor as ugly as a chain saw...you've had training?

Garmachi · Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 6:41 pm Post subject:

Nope. Do you offer a course? big grin

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twister · Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 7:16 pm Post subject:

Do you at least know how to start it???? augen rollen

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turtle81 · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 1707 Location: WNC

He was firing it up in the driveway as prospective buyers looked at the house next door.

I think that house will be vacant a little longer...
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twister · Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 8:34 pm Post subject:

Garmachi · Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 9:00 pm Post subject:

I think I'll be okay. The idea is that there are so many tress fallen in the nearby forest that I occasionally drive out there, chop one up into sections, and then bring it back here where I'll whack at those sections with the 8 pound maul Psychicmidget got us as a (LITERALLY) house warming gift. If I do this a few times this summer I should easily have a cord or so come winter. Plus, for some reason, I seem to enjoy the work. It keeps me in shape, and it's not pointless like running on a treadmill or pumping iron.
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Boogieman · Site Admin Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 1479

Just make sure you never, never cut a log that's laying on the ground. prop it up a bit with a smaller piece underneath. NOTHING dulls a chain more than hitting dirt.

I won't give you a safety lecture, but after using chainsaws for countless years....the one piece of equipment I will press is a nice pair of safety glasses. Cool ones that look like expensive shades.

Keeps the chips out of your eyes AND you look good too.

Oh..and a pair of decent gloves. A vibrating chainsaw will give you blisters faster than you can imagine.
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Garmachi · Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 9:06 am Post subject:

I wonder why the dirt thing... There's a HUGE warning in the owners manual, plus everybody keeps telling me this! What is it about soft gentle dirt that dulls a chain faster than hard old logs???

I demand Mythbusters explain this!!!
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Garmachi · Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 9:24 am Post subject:

AND.... what if there's some dirt on the log?
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psychicmidget · Joined: 15 Aug 2008 Posts: 309

grit. sorta like taking a sheet of coarse grit sandpaper (that never wears out) to your chain teeth really really fast... you get a days worth of sanding in about, ah, 2 seconds.

If there's dirt on the log...same thing. You have to wash the log first.

smile

twister · Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 10:46 am Post subject:

sledge · Minister of Silly Walks Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 1745

I bought an el-cheapo from the home despot. I'm regretting it now. My dad had a chainsaw that lasted 22 years - this one lasted two months.

That husky will last forever.
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