I do my scrounging in the city. Always worry about what might be in the wood. Well, let's just say I'm happy the chainsaw missed these.
Good thing! I had the misfortune of "finding" several nails in one Shagbark a few months back...both times with brand new Stihl chains...that hurt.
Yep that could ruin your day or your chain in a hurry. Bends and breaks the cutters so bad the chain can sometimes become useless or so bad you have to grind them way back to get sharp again.
ugh...ignorance is bliss. but still, good to know. i looked at the logs and saw no signs of nails. these had been grown over. I should definitely be wearing my helmet, even when bucking.
Unfortunately, I have hit my share of nails over the years. The last time was with a brand new out of the box chain.Not a good thing when you see sparks coming out of the log.
I have hit a lot of hardware in trees, both in the woods and yard trees. I have broke a few chains and every one has went down not up. It usually hits the chain catcher and stops, I have had two that have slapped my chaps but never cut them.
It is hard to believe but I can't remember hitting metal with the chainsaw. I did hit some when sawing lumber though. Either way it can be expensive.
I don't think I'd want to hit those with the gransfors bruks either! Nice axe! Regarding chains snapping or flying off, that's why I try to mostly cut with the bottom of the bar. You've probably felt the reactive forces "pull" you into the cut when using the bottom of the bar, or "push" back towards you when you use the top. Well a thrown chain will behave the same way - in fact it's the cutting action of the chain that is causing these forces in the first place. If you lose a chain while you're cutting with the bottom of the bar, it will generally get pitched down and away from you. If you're cutting with the top of the bar at the time, you're probably going to get hit.
Yeah the GB maul is great. A birthday gift to myself a while back. Does a good job and it just feels nice swinging. I have a few of their axes. Not cheap but I'll be passing them down to my kids.
When I was a young man (many moons ago) we never really did figure out how one of our classmates cut his tongue when a chain broke on the saw... I'm still puzzled over that one but it had to be more than uncomfortable.
They are the most magnetic when new it seems... What's impressive is to see sparks coming out and you didn't hit metal...just that the wood is that hard!
