What was the first year that chain brakes were required by law in USA ?

[teacherman]

I definitely prefer having a brake on my saws. I am working on an 076 without brake, but the hope is that I can find and handle and side cover with brake for it. The case has the lugs in place, so it should be a bolt-on process.

 

[Skeans]

Why does some of you not like the chainbrake? I think it's great, although it can't prevent stupidity!

I don't think it has made my cutting any harder, or difficult!

I know this old but some get tossed because if a guy is boring faces for a block your handle bar hand can trigger the brake stopping you mid cut with a long bar not fun.

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[sunfish]

I ran saws for 25 year without brakes. Now don't care either way.

 

[Wood Doctor]

I can live without them, but many want chain brakes, even some loggers with 30 years of cutting experience. I'm working on restoring a 1958 HomeLite XL that's a brute. It has no chain brake. But, I have an all-metal circa 1978 Husqvarna 35 that has one. My 1977 Mac 610 also has one. On the other hand, I now own a 1983 Poulan 4000 that has no chain brake:

Heckuva saw. I wish they still made saws like this one.

 

[hanniedog]

Chain brakes are fine until you come across one that is like trying to set a bear trap.

 

[Jhenderson]

If I remember correctly, the early Husky chainbrakes had a thumb wheel adjuster for setting how easily they were triggered. As for chainbrakes in general, I'm all for them. On modern saws they operate seamlessly. To me they're like chaps, ear muffs, and a hard hat. After 30+ years I don't even block up firewood in my own back yard without them. My first round of stitches cost more than the chaps that would have prevented them. And it only took 7 or 8 to sew me up.

 

[cus_deluxe]

Saws without chain brakes belong on a shelf or at gtg's, not in any type of actual work environment. Though im the type of guy who thinks dummies who dont wanna wear seatbelts or helmets on the road ought to be allowed to go right ahead. Thin the herd a bit ya know?

 

[s sidewall]

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[RandyMac]

Got to laugh at the pups.

 

[Skeans]

Got to laugh at the pups.

Hey now I'm a pup and a faller up north of you and understand the reasons.

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[s sidewall]

Never had a use of one on dad Homelite Super XL12 Bowsaw.

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[s sidewall]

Of course we don't cut timber for a living, we just grow it and cut out the dead.

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[Cycledude]

Chain brakes have saved a lot of lives.

 

[RandyMac]

I'm not a fan of air bags either.
It comes down to choice and the time and place you come from.
I saw the last of the Wild West, with a knife in my boot and a revolver on my belt.

 

[valiantpaul]

I definitely prefer having a brake on my saws. I am working on an 076 without brake, but the hope is that I can find and handle and side cover with brake for it. The case has the lugs in place, so it should be a bolt-on process.

This is for sale in NZ. Really expensive but what you are looking for.

Paul.

 

[cus_deluxe]

Got to laugh at the pups.

Lol, well we gotta laugh at the dinosaurs too i guess.

 

[Wood Doctor]

Not sure how Stihl could have made their chain brake mechanism more complicated and harder to repair:

Now couple this with a strong spring that reaches across it to the top hook and the strap that hooks below and which has to be engaged while assembling the rest. And, if you ever walked into a Stihl dealer's repair shop, you will likely see over 100 chain brake handles. One dealer told me that fixing broken chain brakes might be his #1 most common repair item.

I told him I had gotten pretty good at it. He said, "Heck, Edwin, I could probably hire you full time to do almost nothing but that repair."

 

[cus_deluxe]

Man ive always thought stihls were pretty well set up compared to most older huskys. I like the prior reference to setting a bear trap, which is how i feel when fixing a brake on any 2-series husky.

 

[cus_deluxe]

Ive replaced a couple brake bands on a 550's recently and those are pretty easy compared to the older style.

 

[RandyMac]

Did I hear some squeaking?