And no, I don’t mean politically (I know this forum is made up of mostly level headed folks). Im curious how many other guys are like me making do with saws made for right handed use. I switch to a right handed grip on some longer non technical cuts and can tell it is far better that way but my default grip leaves me right in the path of chips and debris, not to mention the chain itself. Any saw maker who decides to throw us lefties a bone and produce a saw for us can have my wallet! I don’t care if it’s white or orange, hell it could be a wild thing, sign me up. Who’s with me?
Lefty here, kinda. Write and throw a ball lefty. Swing a bat right and use a hockey stick righty. Living in a world of right-handed privledge, I just adjust. I'm OK with left or right hand finger trigger. Causes me zero grief. Now, if only I could find a left-handed X27.
I am left handed but have never had a problem with chain saws. Throttle on right; same on tractor; atv, etc.
Lefty here as well. Though I bat and golf right handed. Never done hockey, but I presume the same. Cannot throw a ball right hand. I enjoy the novelty of owning left hand long guns; Rem. 870 pump, Benelli semi auto, and a couple bolt action rifles. At times I wonder which way to handle a chainsaw. I suspect using it on the right side means the chips fall away from you as they go through the chain cover
Such a saw does exist. I recall seeing pictures of what looked like a circa 1950's model with the throttle and handle on the right side of the saw. Bar was on the left. Unless the photo was backwards/mirrored? Might have been on FBM while browsing for saws.
After the initial annoyance in childhood of being left-handed in a right-handed world, I just got used to it. Nothing seems wrong sided to me these days, including chainsaws. Not to sound like I'm crapping on RH'ers, but they're usually the ones who aren't as adaptable IMHO. LH'er shows you how to do things right handed, then go about their business as a left hander. Right handers show you how to do something right handed, and tell you to just figure it out left handed. Flame suit on. OP, are you quite young?
Lefty here but slightly ambidextrous simply because everything is right handed. I handle a saw like a normal person.
Lefty here, I just got used to tools built for righties. Power drills used to be a problem, my hand would hit the button to lock the trigger.
Oh my! A lotta lefty's around here........lol.. Not me man, I can't even pick my nose with my left hand! Most left handed folks I've known are way better with their right hands than we "normal" people are with our lefts, that's for sure.
I'm left handed except for bowling. Both of my children are right handed there mother was also left handed so I learned to write right handed to teach them.
I used to be able to write with both hands. Print and cursive. AT the same time, too. Simultaneous mirror image, too. It was fun. Mostly a righty now because it was preferred. Came in handy with piano lessons, but gave that up.
Write and played sports left handed but many other things I naturally want to do right handed, including running a chainsaw!! I am definitely a mixed up person dealing with left and right handedness, haha!!
Interesting, seems we all cope in our own ways. I shoot pistols lefty but have always held rifles like a normal person so I have some trigger control in both hands. I deal fairly well holding the saw the wrong way but as was mentioned above, face cuts are where it gets awkward and I end up top barring more than I would like. A left hand drive saw would be super sweet but I guess I ought’nt hold my breath on that.
There does seem to be a high percentage of lefty’s here! I am almost a pure lefty, which means right hemisphere dominant because of cross lateralization. The best predictors of cerebral dominance are footedness and eye dominance, not handedness. I never have noticed a handicap when using a chainsaw, and can cycle a right handed bolt rifle pretty well when testing rifles for our children. All my shotguns are double barrels or pumps, and my deer rifles are a Marlin .30.30 lever and a Browning 30.06 pump rifle, although I do have a left handed bolt action CZ American in .22. When I was in second grade my teacher gave me lessons in writing with my right hand by telling me to sit on my left hand. She was old school. It didn’t work and she gave up.
