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Jstpssng · Jan 9, 2022

This diagram, showing where the most common chainsaw injuries are, was copied from the box which my Stihl saw chaps came in. I found it interesting as well educational. I've long since gotten away from running my saw without them... now I'd better buy a pair of safety gloves.

John_Mc · Jan 9, 2022

Jstpssng said:
When I tried you had to explain why you wanted to join. There were a couple other things which were also not just name rank and serial number. It’s been a few years, I don’t remember everything. It was involved enough, however, that I was a bit peeved they didn’t have the courtesy to at least say no, so I haven’t been back.

That explanation is purely to keep the spammers out. It was added some years back when they were geting people who joined just to advertise some product or another. THe ydo allow advertising thigs for sale, but they don;t want people joining just for the commercial exposure.

hunt4570 · Jan 10, 2022

Jstpssng said:
View attachment 728594 This diagram, showing where the most common chainsaw injuries are, was copied from the box which my Stihl saw chaps came in. I found it interesting as well educational. I've long since gotten away from running my saw without them... now I'd better buy a pair of safety gloves.

Do they make safety gloves, and do your hands still work while wearing them?

Gordon Gould · Jan 10, 2022

Jstpssng said:
View attachment 728594 This diagram, showing where the most common chainsaw injuries are, was copied from the box which my Stihl saw chaps came in. I found it interesting as well educational. I've long since gotten away from running my saw without them... now I'd better buy a pair of safety gloves.

Reminds me of the time when I was much younger and I was gleaning some firewood from the roadside after the power line trimming crew had come thru. I was working along and all of a sudden there was an older guy with a bad limp coming along the edge with a back pack on. He stopped and said he was spraying stumps to keep them from resprouting. Then he said "Ya know, I used to work like that. Without chaps and gloves. Now all I can do is this job." Then he held out his hand and pulled up his pant leg. He only had the two little fingers on a half of a hand plus a wicked scar on his leg and knee.

That little encounter was all it took for me.

gg

Skeans1 · Jan 10, 2022

Jstpssng said:
View attachment 728594 This diagram, showing where the most common chainsaw injuries are, was copied from the box which my Stihl saw chaps came in. I found it interesting as well educational. I've long since gotten away from running my saw without them... now I'd better buy a pair of safety gloves.

My question would be for them is are these from the saw or how the saw is being used? As far as safety glasses go you might have a hard time finding some that don’t fog up, personally I have a set of Oakleys I treat regularly when falling timber if I wear any at all. No matter what way you go you still run the risk of dust in your eyes depending on how the saw is being used as well as the clutch cover design.

hunt4570 · Jan 10, 2022

Skeans1 said:
My question would be for them is are these from the saw or how the saw is being used? As far as safety glasses go you might have a hard time finding some that don’t fog up, personally I have a set of Oakleys I treat regularly when falling timber if I wear any at all. No matter what way you go you still run the risk of dust in your eyes depending on how the saw is being used as well as the clutch cover design.

For anti fog safety glasses I got a couple of these with mesh screens instead of lenses, they work well.. and zero fog!

https://www.amazon.com/Crossfire-19218-Wire-Safety-Glasses/dp/B00A1B71KK/ref=sr_1_10?crid=15ZBNTKC5SUUV&keywords=mesh%2Bsafety%2Bglasses%2Bz87&qid=1641824907&sprefix=mesh%2Bsafety%2Bglasses%2Caps%2C94&sr=8-10&th=1

My hard hat also has a mesh face protector which is nice!

Skeans1 · Jan 10, 2022

hunt4570 said:
For anti fog safety glasses I got a couple of these with mesh screens instead of lenses, they work well.. and zero fog!

https://www.amazon.com/Crossfire-19218-Wire-Safety-Glasses/dp/B00A1B71KK/ref=sr_1_10?crid=15ZBNTKC5SUUV&keywords=mesh%2Bsafety%2Bglasses%2Bz87&qid=1641824907&sprefix=mesh%2Bsafety%2Bglasses%2Caps%2C94&sr=8-10&th=1

My hard hat also has a mesh face protector which is nice!

I’ve wore the bug eye style mesh goggles in the past but they suck in the rain and every time you look up the fines go right through same goes for the screen on the hard hats. Safety glasses or nothing in my book are the answers neither of them mess with your vision well sighting in either like screen does.

Jstpssng · Jan 10, 2022

hunt4570 said:
Do they make safety gloves, and do your hands still work while wearing them?

I haven't tried a pair yet, but many manufacturers including Oregon Oregon Protective Orange and Black Chainsaw Gloves | Oregon Products and Echo Product and Equipment Accessories for ECHO units including Safety Accessories offer them.

The very first time that I used a chainsaw I inadvertently reached down and took a branch off the chain, as the saw was idling down.
That was in 1979, I still have the scars on the backs of two fingers. It was a lesson well learned though.

I wear prescription eye glasses anyways and every pair is ANSI approved although I don't usually wear the side shields. I also have a screen on my hard hat, and am trying to get better about using it.

hunt4570 · Jan 10, 2022

Skeans1 said:
I’ve wore the bug eye style mesh goggles in the past but they suck in the rain and every time you look up the fines go right through same goes for the screen on the hard hats. Safety glasses or nothing in my book are the answers neither of them mess with your vision well sighting in either like screen does.

Yeah, and I dont do it full time like you do.