The worst thing you can hit with a saw

[Guss109]

Glass bottle and nails or hidden fencing wire [emoji35]

 

 

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[aspenarb]

A groundy, aside of the mess they also make a lot of noise .

 

Bob

[Tommy_B]

I've hit aeroplane shrapnel when cross cutting before. Would have been fairly high up and about 50 or 60 or so years back. Chain certainly didn't enjoy it

[Mark Bolam]

A whole sperm whale isn't great for the chain.

 

 

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[Peasgood]

A whole sperm whale isn't great for the chain.

 

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Must have been a tidy old tree to have that stuck in it.

[sloth]

Can't comment on a chainsaw but you don't want to hit a discarded nappy with a brush cutter. Believe me.

Or a full can of spray paint, bloody railway work!

 

But I think Bolam wins...

[luftwaffe]

It's a horrible feeling hitting stone or metal, I get that sinking feeling followed by expletives, the longer the bar the more time to sharpen, if the chain is hit badly I don't bother sharpen anymore as they are never quite the same as before,

[Mark Bolam]

The worst of it is the better the saw was cutting the more the damage, as the bar is moving quicker. Sods Law.

I didn't cut Moby in the end, the tide was coming in and the scientists had to get it moved by a 360 up the beach until the following day as it was getting dark.

Rich Rule and Mick Stockbridge had the dubious pleasure, and I know it was hell on the saws.

Search 'Whale alert' on here for the full story.

 

I've always found stones worse than metal, had 3 big saws go down at about 10' recently on a sycamore stem that Rich was sectioning, nearly snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

 

 

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[Darrin Turnbull]

I hate it when the chain is damaged on one side only.

[Mark Bolam]

I don't mind that Darrin.

Save it for when you're cutting something with stone or metal on the other side....

 

 

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