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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15823
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46034 Location: yes
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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 21 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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my chainsaw is beasty, so is the c3 ppe, i am probably more likely to die of heatstroke than hypo systemic shock
re dangeroos power tools hand held circular saw gets high votes from site and A and E chums from st thomas's who referred to them as bank holiday gelding tongs
i am very careful slicing boards
9" or 12 " industrial leccy angle grinders are a bit frisky and skittery unless handled with a lot of care, the gyroscope twist is interesting with some,
the better modern ones have electronic slow start which helps, unless you move with it running such as swerving a lump you just sliced off
anything that cuts wood will be good at cutting people, some behave better than others
screw tip auger bits are surprisingly nasty
joinery workshop kit is cat 4 careful, the more industrial the safer it is as a rough rule, all can mangle big style
etc, we have lasted this long, why we have should be shared ![](images/smiles/icon_lol.gif) |
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Nicky cigreen
Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 9781 Location: Devon, uk
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Slim
Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 6591 Location: New England (In the US of A)
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46034 Location: yes
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Posted: Fri Nov 26, 21 7:20 am Post subject: |
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that makes sense, oh well, the full Brazilian seems the way forward
flip flops, shorts and a torn football shirt seem to work with huge bars on beasty logging saws, so that will probably do ppe for a domestic leccy one
i spose chain mail or something to bounce the teeth away rather than trying to tangle them in kevlar is needed for these leccy ones
it would be safe but if it was padded for comfort and strong enough to work mail would give rather cumbersome ppe and crossing the stream to get to the next tree might get a bit medieval rout
climbing in chain mail never seems to feature in tales of knightly heroics, plenty of drownings and heat stroke though
i recon the sort of chain mail that is used by speed butchers would repel most chain blades, fitting enough of that to chainsaw ppe requirements and still being able to move and work might need some thought from the armourers
tangentially i wonder if non-newtonian gels would stop a leccy chainsaw from dismantling the operator, the harder it pushes the more solid they get etc
well spotted mr slim, this is a big issue for wood cutters, especially ones who like to trust safety equipment to at least help a bit when they are careless or unlucky, hint most folk will be careless or unlucky at some point
it would be interesting to find out what a leccy one says if it is suddenly introduced to a plastic hat with a mesh visor
from what you tell us i suspect it might be rather scary, petrol ones bounce off or get jammed with mesh and hat bits, these ones might chew in like a lamprey
thinking of bouncing the teeth off rather than tangling the saw, modern composites are quite strong and can be made into any shape
making solid skin, with articulation, ppe/armour to fit well enough to be practical is never going to be cheap
my size out of 3 sizes of thick trousers can be a reasonable price, a bespoke shell traditionally costs an estate's income for a few years
there will be a solution, but it is a classic example of "arms race", when the "weapon" changes the "armour" needs to change as well |
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Mistress Rose
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dpack
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Mistress Rose
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