"Matt Whiting" wrote

Absolutely. Chainsaws are amazing tools, but also can cause amazing
damage given one second of complacency.

Absolutely positively.

I have my own near miss chainsaw story, from long ago.

I was standing on a very steep hill, of a 45 degree angle or more. The tree
I was cutting down was not that big, but I needed to reposition myself, and
stopped cutting and took the saw out of the cut.

My complacency was that the saw needed adjusting, and I had to keep jazzing
the throttle to keep it running. Big mistake.

Of course, the chain keeps going while you are jazzing the throttle. As I
repositioned, I suddenly saw orange from my International Orange overalls
fly (required aviation content g) into the air. The saw got too close to
my leg, but the good thing is that it just touched my clothes, without even
getting down to my jeans.

Needless to say, I stopped and adjusted the saw.
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Jim in NC