Bucking one of the large gnarly silver maple logs yesterday the saw starts jamming in the cut while spitting out bits of something clothlike. WTH!!! I clear the mess, continue and it keeps up. Repeated a few times. Almost reminded me of what chaps look like when the chain contacts them. He flipped the log with the bobcat so I could finish the cut and a huge void from a long rotted limb filled in with rags and spray foam. I guess someone had evicted a squirrel and filled the void with rags and foam. Better than hitting a clothesline pulley or cement. I've cut through ropes a couple times but this is a first.
Well you made it through. No damage I suspect. Your pics remind me of years ago I needed to cut a thick rope in my basement. Instead of hunting down a sharp knife I stuck it on the radial arm saw. I knew I was about to learn a lesson one way or the other. The lesson was don’t try to cut rope on the radial arm saw
I was cutting down a crabapple tree for a senior citizen and he had filled a hollow spot with concrete but had forgotten about it. A sock would have been welcome.
Yeah, using the correct tool for the job can go a long way. Using the wrong tool could mean your life. Local farmer around here thought he was gonna cut some PVC pipe with a chainsaw. Took a kickback to the neck..... they found him in the barn later.
Hearing that story reminded me of an incident that happened in vocational school. We were sophmores and had a German exchange student in class. He was using the radial arm saw cutting a 1x12 and somehow jammed the board as it lifted and stopped the saw. Didn't get hurt but got the ire of the shop teacher up. Those things can be dangerous.
