Time for Chainsaw Chaps

[Cat_Driver]

My problem is that googles fog up, either from sweat or rainwater.

They have goggles with built in fans to stop the fogging up.

Smith Outside The Wire (OTW) Turbo Fan Elite Eye Protection Goggles Men's: Smith United States

 

[Jstpssng]

I'm a believe that a sharp chain makes a safe saw. I try to sharpen my chain after each use.

I like to run a file across the chain at least every other tank full. It's when I'm just using it for a few minutes at a time that it gets dull. Right now it's pseudo sharp as I haven't had time to file it properly, after bouncing my brand new chain off a nail when I was trimming a board in my pig pen.

To each their own, I guess... although the mesh face shield isn't just for a kick-back but for a wood-chip/debris being propelled at your face & eyes. Same for the ear defenders. Seeing as they're both attached to a helmet, I'll wear the helmet too.

And not just for chain-sawing. I wear my helmet with the ear & face protection deployed for wood-chipping and brush-cutting.

I wear two sets of hearing protection when running saw; plugs under the muffs, otherwise by the end of the day I wouldn't be able to hear. I just wish that I had started doing it 50 years ago, my hearing might not be so bad today. Like so many other things, some people seem to be more prone to hearing loss than others. When helping with firewood my father and I would be wearing ear plugs while my BIL didn't; yet doesn't seem to have suffered from hearing loss whereas my father wore hearing aids and I will need them at some point.

 

[Wagtail]

I've never read more bovine dung in my life...

I know, Mate, I know... that's why I've stopped responding to Industrial Toys comments. On this subject, at least.

Mind you his responses have only gone on to support, not denigrate, everything I've said.

 

[ArlyA]

More safety facts I can prove, which has made me very, very smart.

Aircraft have got so many ridiculous safety features in them now, I've been forced to jump out of them, just to get back onto the ground again.

Blood alcohol studies and laws have got it all wrong. I drive my motor vehicle better, the more I've consumed!

Automotive seat beats obviously don't work and I'm proof of that. I've jumped out of every car I've owned just before it crashed!

Safety just gear makes smart people do stupid things on Ytube.

The HIGHER you fall onto your head, the less it hurts.

Arly, having another dizzy spell so I can no longer think straight,,,,, A

 

[CobyRupert]

I love the mesh face shield with ear muffs.

Used to use ear plugs and safety glasses.
What a pain. Ear plugs are always dirty if you stop and take a break or set them down once. Better have another pair.

And safety glasses are easily lost, or end up scratched with reduced visibility, and the worst thing about them is you're operating the chainsaw blind once you start sweating and they get smeared or fogged.

Don't you guys ever run a saw long enough to break a sweat?

 

[MossRoad]

Hearing loss is cumulative.

What?

I said hearing loss is cumulative.

Oh, it's down the hall to your left.

 

[ArlyA]

We will operate saws and whackers up to about 80 degree temps and occasionally for over 10 hours. But less than 8 is more of a normal day for us in the woods. If the humidity is high, then 80 can't be done in our book. To control sweat, we wear headbands along with our sawyer helmets. To control fogging of safety glasses, we wipe them with anti-fog chemicals which is a big help. We wear ear plugs which cost little by the box and bring extra's into the field with us all the time. Does that help?

I love the mesh face shield with ear muffs.
Used to use ear plugs and safety glasses.
What a pain. Ear plugs are always dirty if you stop and take a break or set them down once. Better have another pair.
And safety glasses are easily lost, or end up scratched with reduced visibility, and the worst thing about them is you're operating the chainsaw blind once you start sweating and they get smeared or fogged.
Don't you guys ever run a saw long enough to break a sweat?

 

[CobyRupert]

Does that help?

:thumbsup:

So in addition to saw, files, stump vise, wedges, hammers, chains, peavey, chaps, gloves, gas, mix, oil, scrench, waterbottles, etc.. instead of just one face shield/ear muff, now I also have to remember:
Box of ear plugs, box of safety glasses, anti-smear wipes, and oh yeah, a headband!

Great!
Just great! Now I look like this!


p.s. I always wonder when people on TBN show off the scabbard they made for carrying their chainsaw on their tractor as to where they carry the rest of the stuff?

 

[Jstpssng]

:thumbsup:

So in addition to saw, files, stump vise, wedges, hammers, chains, peavey, chaps, gloves, gas, mix, oil, scrench, waterbottles, etc.. instead of just one face shield/ear muff, now I also have to remember:
Box of ear plugs, box of safety glasses, anti-smear wipes, and oh yeah, a headband!

Great!
Just great! Now I look like this!
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Nobody's saying that you have to. He just listed what he uses, and unlike most of us he runs a saw for a living. I don't have the problems you describe with ear plugs; I carry a small bag to put them in when I'm not wearing them. I also get so accustomed to wearing them that I often don't bother taking them out; and can hold a normal conversation while wearing them.

I also can't afford to lose any more of my hearing, and wish that I had been more careful in my younger years.

 

[CobyRupert]

Nobody's saying that you have to.

I don't have to? Whew! Thank God! Thaaaat's a relief!
I was worried what the neighbors were going to say.

....but seriously... I was just babbling on about, and having some fun with, my personal preferences too, and what I perceive as advantages/disadvantages, like 90% of the comments here on TBN. Different strokes/different folks. No problem.
I have a feeling my "Doesn't anybody break a sweat?" comment came off as a bit snarky. It wasn't personal. Sorry 'bout that.