Your funniest chainsaw accident thread

tony marks · Aug 19, 2003

uh oh,,mark ,,at first i thot u was posting a pic of the souped up saw u mentioned .

good idea not to probably.. .just wouldnt be tactful . if thats a word. otherwise,,what the hell wuz we talking about anyway.???oh well let me finish my second cup. mabe itll come to me..

SilverBlue · Aug 19, 2003

Originally posted by Gypo Logger
Hey Mark, according to Huskyman, it was the 038 that works best as a boat anchor, I guess we all stand corrected.
I hope Mike comes out of the woodwork about this.
Not being a Sh!t disturber, but rather the self appointed chainsaw meadiator, you two weirdo's ( Mike & Mark), better duke it out soon, right here, right now. Since it has come full circle, let's see who has the most social skills. Lets call it: East v.s. West- Boat Anchor, or Hotsaw?
John

Boat anchor? Where’s this Huskyman !

Oddvaark · Aug 21, 2003

stupid is as stupid does

i membr wunce wilst i wuz cuttin a nice jakpine planny goin betwixt my leg ta cut a buncha twiphazrd twigbush and the durn saw bit me . So I go to emergensee and wen i walk in i kin see the gal is minstruating . Sew she sez take aseat . bout 5 minits later i gitsup and asker ifn ther iz sumplace ikin mt ma boot. shesez wha cindy boot isezblood . and den she gits owl pzzd and blames me for blledn isez ????? sew i sez good ting igot rubber bootz h

ahn and dint mesup the flore . ????? , go figr

Gypo Logger · Aug 21, 2003

Hi Oddvaark, that's quite a story, glad you made it thru ok, but would you perhaps have a bro in N.C. named Tony Marks?
Keep the Big Chips Flyin'
John

Beavergirl · Aug 21, 2003

Dads wood shed was running a little lean. It needed about 6-8 cord to fill it up. So I traveled up to Spokane to help him out. I had just completed my first muffler mod on my beloved 046, and had arrived straight from Madsens with fresh loops of square ground chain for his Huskys and my Stihls. The 25yr old/brand new 041AVE had yet to be wrung out by me.

I had used a Shimpo handheld tach to set the high speed jet earlier that morning on the 046. And throughout the day I had been having idling and running problems which was sorted via correctly adjusting the low speed jet and idle set screw the next day. Hey, I'm a slow learner!

I was cutting along and suddenly the chain snapped to a halt and the saw stalled immediately. Both events were unrelated but the timing was ironic. The misadjusted idle speed adjustment was too low resulting in stalling.

My heart fell already knowing I'd burnt up a perfectly good saw and siezed the crank. I had just been emailing Dennis about tuning it for me the week before. I'd remembered him telling me to pull the mufffler to make sure I didn't lean it out with the muffler mod. So off the muffler comes, and the piston looks beautiful. Muffler goes back on, and I was still so disappointed, but then the silver lining shone through. I knew Dennis could set it right for me and give me back a saw with more power to boot. Chalk it up to the cost of higher education.

For some strange reason I decided to give the starter rope a pull and see if I could free the crank. So I give it a pull and SURPRISE!, the saw starts right up.

A moment later the realization of what had happened caused me to giggle hysterically. My dad even stopped running his saw to see what I was so giddy about.

The chain brake had enabled, and my paranoia of the combined elements of a muffler mod and tach job sent my emotions aloft. I should change my moniker to "stupidgurl".

So Dennis didn't have to save me after all, but with so many things in life, I sort of regret the other possibility didn't pan out. My saw isn't a 046G.

Maybe someday.

Candice