How often do you lock your chain?

[difflock]

I noticed myself using the chainbrake yesterday afternoon much more than I normally would.

Could have been sommat to do with the 3 pints of Guiness for lunch (Ok, followed by food)

Muscle memory is a wonderful thing (apparently).

Pity the brother kept forgetting to engage the clutch ( a hand clutch lever) in MY wee crawler before attempting to select gear.

He had also imbibed.

A bellyful of pancakes at 17:00, lit a fire, and the Couch beckoned.

[TGB]

... Still no one has explained why putting it on with the right hand is so dangerous. Could somone please do so as I genuinely don't understand?

 

I've mentioned the lass I sometimes work with, (who has the habit of ramming her right hand at/onto the top of the chain-brake). And stated it's only a matter of time till she has an accident. Well she hits the brake at its top. So even after she's activated it, it's but one small distance to ripping through the palm of her glove, as her hand continues its progression past the brake. More likely perhaps on steep ground.

 

The hazard of contacting the chain is still there, even if it's been halted by the brake.

[Melodeon]

I've mentioned the lass I sometimes work with, (who has the habit of ramming her right hand at/onto the top of the chain-brake). And stated it's only a matter of time till she has an accident. Well she hits the brake at its top. So even after she's activated it, it's but one small distance to ripping through the palm of her glove, as her hand continues its progression past the brake. More likely perhaps on steep ground.

 

The hazard of contacting the chain is still there, even if it's been halted by the brake.

I've never made any sort of contact with a running chain, but I have had a fair few nicks and small slices off a static one. Usually when sharpening or changing the thing. My brother ruined a good heavy leather glove when sharpening a while ago, laying the palm of the glove open like it was done with a stanley knife. He nicked the skin of the palm of his hand, but it could have been much worse.

We're dealing with a whole bunch of little razor blades here, so they're to be treated with respect even if the engine isn't running.

 

Would something like a piece of poly-pipe, perhaps wrapped in some pipe lagging, cable tied to the rear of the chain brake, be of any help to the person mentioned above?

It would reduce the distance between the brake and her wrist, making it possible for her to use it correctly.

[Rich Rule]

me stitch anything up you got to be joking im not a girl

 

Get your Mam or Nan to do it then if you feel stitching is beneath you.

[Ant-h83]

QUOTE=Spruce Pirate;872191]

In the context of a professional ground saw user I find the habit of clicking on the brake after every single cut excesive and this is what I seem to notice about the way saw use is taught these days.

 

I think it's the whole nanny state of health & safety once again, it's a lot easier to assess the chain brake going on constantly than to assess common sence of when it should go on.

 

hitting the brake with either left or right palm is to be done with extreme caution imo, I was in a rather awkward position up a tree once and went to left palm the brake, long story short is I slipped, my thumb got caught in the 200t brake handle and my hand curled around it! Resulting in opening my finger up length ways down to the bone and 7 stitches and one to hold my tendon together, it's something I won't be doing again!