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16 hours ago, openspaceman said:

Not me, I only commented on the fact that neither of them was gripping the front handle fully.

I have never really thought about it , but now I do , I think its instinctive for me to grip with my thumb .

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11 hours ago, nepia said:

Must be a forestry thing:  when I did my CS31 refresher a few years ago the forestry based instructor was almost paranoid about it

Its not a forestry thing at all,, its all areas of using a saw and any instructor worth his salt should be telling you thumb round that front handle as it will give you approx 50% more control over the saw in a kickback situation and that could be the difference between a saw hitting your head or not,,

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8 hours ago, IronMike said:

Get that thumb wrapped, no excuses! I’ve berated a few folk for this over the years.

Me to, and they have been mostly the younger lads from Myerscough collage who have done the CS30/31 and think it dont mater what i do now i have my ticket,, one lad i told him 3 days on the trot about gripping the front handle with his thumb, end of the 3rd day i said your stopping and we are going to talk about saw safety for 20 mins, he just laughed and said i cant stay my mum will have my tea ready,, so i just said OK then i dont need you tomorrow or the day after, i could not get it through to him that the thumb was so important and its my site your on , your in my employ, but it will be your accident but my headache sorting all the shit out afterwards,,

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