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HF shows the uninitiated the right way to use a saw.


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Nothing like "plunge cutting" plywood for kickback!
Even worse, chip board. Probably kicked like a mule. Good thing he's wearing socks.

I didn't know HF sold old Stihls????? Maybe he's using his chainsaw because his cheap harbor freight circle saw burned up.:hmm3grin2orange:
 
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This is when you can use roto zips jigsaw or something else

Remember the right tool for the right job :biggrinbounce2
 
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Years back there was a crew tearing an old house down in my heighborhood. They had to demo by hand because of power lines and such. We would go in there after hours and raid the dumpster for lumber and were taking the old pine siding off the place to build my shed. We were there on a Saturday and could smell a real bad gas odor coming out of the basement door. We thought it was a failed attempt to torch the place, and we called the cops. They went into the basement, and there was an old chainsaw pinched in the floor joices upside down. It had leaked most of its gas out onto the floor. I could only imagine the guy running the thing upside down with all that weight bearing down on him. I guess they were in a hurry because it was a friday, and they figured no one could get the saw out to steal it.
 

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Nothing wrong with using a chainsaw on a demo job, but this guy appears to be using one to cut openings in a new subfloor. No carpenter worth his salt would ever pick a chainsaw to do such a task (piecework framers notwithstanding), they'd choose a wormdrive (or sawzall) for plungecutting such a floor, as a good carpenter can cut circles with a wormdrive...thats how good they are with them. Ditto for sawzalls.
You're obviously looking at a HVAC or plumber in this instance, although plumbers don't generally wear toolbelts (lol!). I'm betting HVAC.

FYI, you hear a chainsaw fire up on your jobsite, you'd best go take a look, as its usually one of the aforementioned trades hacking up joists that they shouldn't.

Right larry? :)
 
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Nothing wrong with using a chainsaw on a demo job, but this guy appears to be using one to cut openings in a new subfloor. No carpenter worth his salt would ever pick a chainsaw to do such a task (piecework framers notwithstanding), they'd choose a wormdrive (or sawzall) for plungecutting such a floor, as a good carpenter can cut circles with a wormdrive...thats how good they are with them. Ditto for sawzalls.
You're obviously looking at a HVAC or plumber in this instance, although plumbers don't generally wear toolbelts (lol!). I'm betting HVAC.

FYI, you hear a chainsaw fire up on your jobsite, you'd best go take a look, as its usually one of the aforementioned trades hacking up joists that they shouldn't.

Right larry? :)




It's common practice around these parts for residential HVAC installers, dip-sh*t!!!!!!!






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It's common practice around these parts for residential HVAC installers, dip-sh*t!!!!!!!

Like I said, only on a hack jobsite. I'm sure he's making a nice clean vent opening in the subfloor with that chainsaw too. When he's done it'll no doubt look like a dog chewed the hole through.
 
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