(10-01-2019, 07:18 PM)Jags Wrote:

(10-01-2019, 06:52 PM)PF* Wrote: I hacksawed my thumb too, a long time ago and it still tingles to the touch. I've used a variety of power tools as we all have and, well, I do not care for them except for maybe the drill and the electric toothbrush.

Especially loathsome is the chainsaw and its non-powered cousin, the ax. After using both to chop wood for the woodstove in Maine, I decided long ago that the luxury of buying the cord of wood I need per year was well worth avoiding the risk of a major injury.

Can agree on both paragraphs.   I’ll use a chainsaw when need be. But I don’t like it.  Same with an axe.  I’ve actually used and axe once and sliced my boot open right in between the pinky toe and it’s older piggy.  I dropped the axe and ran to the house in fear I chopped my toe off.  But I think some accidents occur while users are too timid of the equipment.  That was my case at the time.  Properly used, they should be very safe.  Just like a firearm.  However, with chainsaws, biggest thing is to use it right and be mindful of “kickback”. Don’t put the nose of it in the wood or “straddle” it.  Off to the side.  That being said, I’ll opt for a pole saw over a chainsaw anytime I can get away with it.

This reminded me of my last swing with an ax. I had been splitting wood for a while and was tired. I hit a log with a glancing blow instead of in the center and the ax went down and buried its head in the soft ground about 3 inches from my right foot.

I looked at that for about a minute, then walked away. I left it in the ground for about 2 weeks as a reminder and never swung one again.

I became a Jags fan at about the same time as the locker room Axgate incident and just shook my head. What was JDR thinking?

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