Eccentric
Mister Wizard
For me it's honing a chain to perfection so she throws the prettiest chips, then just ever so slightly bumpin' the fence right beside the tree your working on.
Sent my daughters boyfriend and brother haulin' butt for safer ground after one of those episodes yesterday. Was pretty funny later though.:hmm3grin2orange:
Did that one a couple weeks ago. Finished a cut on an oak that'd fallen over a tree (pulling the fence wire with it). Chain was winding down as it JUST caught the wire at the bar tip. Thank God is was slowed down enough that it only slightly buggered up that one cutter. Made me cuss however.....
Yesterday I was putting a freshly rebuilt Tillotson HC carb back on an ancient Bolens Thrifty 3010 saw and cussed MANY times at the right side carb nut. Ain't no damn way to hold the washer and the nut in there while tightening the bolt. No removable covers or brackets for easy access. The lower handle brace is all part of a very intricate drivecase casting. Couldn't even remove the whole intake manifold to make carb installation easier (I tried) as the engine needs to be removed from the drivecase/lower handle brace casting in order for the manifold to clear the studs on the block (why couldn't they have used bolts there???). Managed to get the nut back on (without the washer.........I'd STILL be trying to get it together if I hadn't said "#### the lockwasher") and could JUST hold the nut with my finger while getting the bolt started.
Tightened it down...................and COULDN'T GET MY HAND OUT. Had pinned my hand between the carb and the drivecase/lower handle casting (carb had tilted up enough for my hand to get in, but tilted back down when the bolts were tightened). More cussing. That took some work to get my meathook out of there. Went to start the saw (as it was getting dark...........I'd killed a couple hours trying to get ONE bolt/nut/washer back in), and it had somehow 'lost' spark (had spark supposedly when my friend gave it to me to work on). More cussing, and it's waiting for the next weekend when I have time to pull the flywheel and sort out the points and condensor......................:bang: