Your saw can be cutting fine one minute, and throwing dust the next. Learn how to file so you can touch up your chains. Wear your readers so you can see the edges of the teeth. Wear your leather gloves, and have good light.
13. Clear your work area and your escape path of brush, vines, and other hazards that can trip you or catch your saw.
14. Escape from the bullseye when the tree tips. 90% of accidents happen within 12 feet of the stump. Go more than 15 feet, and stay out of the bullseye until things stop falling.
15. Keep spectators away more than twice the height of the tree in the direction it will fall.
16. Don't cut alone.
17. Keep your body and the swamper's out of the line of the bar in case of a kickback.
18. Set the brake when taking over two steps or when moving through tripping hazards. Keep your trigger finger off of the throttle when you are moving.
19. DO NOT operate a chainsaw from a ladder! Operating with your feet off the ground requires special training.
20. Do not cut above your shoulders.
21. Springpoles must be shaved on the inside of the apex between the ascending and descending sides. If the apex is higher than you shoulders, stand under the springpole and cut it low on the descending side. It will release upward, away from you.Leaning and heavily loaded poles that are too small to bore cut for a hinge should be shaved on the compressed side until they fold.
22. Do not cut a tree that is holding up a lodged tree. Do not work under a lodged tree. Think about a mouse trying to steal the cheese out of a trap.
23. Instruct your swampers and helpers to NEVER approach you from behind or the sides to within the reach of your saw when you are cutting. If you pull out of a cut with the chain running, or have a severe kickback, the swamper can be killed if he is coming up behind you!
24!! Quit When You Are Tired!
4 comments:
Also buy quality chain. My last chain on my Stihl had a very soft metal that dulled easily. It has a Stihl chain back on it now.
I like to clamp my saw bar in a vice, tip toward me, motor end way from me, and use both hands to pull the file instead of push it away from me.
As for chain brands, mostly I use Oregon, the last chain I had on my Husqvarna was a Stihl brand, and It was the first time I ever has a chain that "stretched" to the point that it couldn't be adjusted anymore before wearing out the teeth.
I like to clamp the bar of the saw in my vise, with the bar end pointing towards me, then pull the file towards me instead of pushing it. I seem to have better control of the file that way, instead of trying to hold the saw still with my knees while filing on the ground.
Steadiness and straight file strokes are key! Filing with one hand and holding a camera in the other is not the way to salvation! Pointing the teeth into the sun is a great aid for old eyeballs.
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