Thread: Demo of an Aussie V8 Chainsaw in full flight.....

It always surprises me that, in a country where you're not allowed to wire your own plug, you can build and operate something like that.

I love it!

Might be big,
Might be quick,
Might be loud,
Might be too heavy to throw in the back of the V8 ute.

Might be good for bragging rights

I don't see why this link was even is posted in this forum, it's not even a hand tool.

At least this one is a tool that can be picked up.
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It has 1/8th of the cubic capacity of the Aussie V8 and still beats it.

V8 or Husquvarna m/c engines, they are both technological marvels to mate the bars with the engines.
They're for entertainment, not for the forest industry. My congratulations to the builders.

Originally Posted by Handyjack

Might be big,
Might be quick,
Might be loud,
Might be too heavy to throw in the back of the V8 ute.

What a wus. Wheels on a chainsaw.......

Real men use 'em one-handed.



Fair Winds

Graeme

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Demo of an Aussie V8 Chainsaw in full flight.....[/QUOTE]

Safety of operator and gawkers not an issue.

Originally Posted by BobL

I don't see why this link was even is posted in this forum, it's not even a hand tool.

At least this one is a tool that can be picked up.
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It has 1/8th of the cubic capacity of the Aussie V8 and still beats it.

Hand Held Power Tool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj7Fhyar5to

Similar to the Aussie V8; big, faster and HAND HELD!!!!

Originally Posted by GraemeCook

What a wus. Wheels on a chainsaw.......

Real men use 'em one-handed.



Fair Winds

Graeme

They are using two hands on this one.
The one handed users may have lost or are about to loose the other one.

Originally Posted by Doggie

Safety of operator and gawkers not an issue.

An acronym ''O.H. & S.'' that a mate who was a school teacher taught me a number of years back was as follows:

OUT of HAND STUPIDITY

It's easy to knock OHS ( I've done it myself on more than one occasion) but let's not forget that nearly 200 people died at work and there were about half a million reported work related injuries last year.
Folks who make light of OHS may in some ways be thought of as being disrespectful of the victims of OHS.
DIY'ers are even bigger cowboys/girls, but they are lucky that they have much fewer hours in the week to be idiots to seriously pump up the numbers.
I doubt we're ever get those number down to zero but I reckon those numbers are still way too high.
We can have a argument about how its done but given the consequences, not why something should be done.
The other thing we need to take a bit more seriously is when people have genuine concerns about a situation we should not ridicule them or act exasperated no matter how trivial but to educate them about the real risks.

So back to the question.
Here's what I would assess as being the risks of the V8 chainsaw in that situation.

Cut is just over 2 seconds so noise exposure to a onlooker is very short (same as going to the drag races but much shorter total time period) - operator has earmuffs.

3/4" harvester chain is near indestructible so chance of breaking chain or chain coming of bar is very low.

Chainsaw kickback - upper 1/4 quadrant of nose of bar not in use so it can't kick back.

Woodchip could fly into operators eyes, it looked like he had glasses on to me, but it would probably have been best practice to wear a full face shield.
Wood chip energy diminishes rapid with distance, and probability of being hit is low because cut times are very short.
Yeah, maybe the spectators could be standing back a few more feet.

Chainsaw chaps would be a complete waste of time - not that I can see how anyone could get cut with this machine while its running.
The operator is even further away from the bar than a normal CS operator.

The most likely thing to happen is the operator is going to brush on those hot exhausts - he'll only do that once.

All up, as far as the operator is concerned I would judge it as being significantly less dangerous that using a 50 cc saw used to prune some shrubs.

Spectators - they could stand a bit further back.

Gee we're an inventive bloody lot

Steve