Chainsaw attachment question

[KostasVolos]

Would it be possible / feasible for a
"wood chipper " chainsaw attachment ?

I just have this idea of an attachment where
it attaches directly to the chainsaw clutch
( thus having its own "clutch drum" and it will
accept branches at the front ( where the bar used to be ) and exert the chips downwards ( pretty much the way a standard chainsaw does) .

Ok,it may need two persons for the job
or a special " stand " and throttle control .
Or a single person can drive the saw to
"suck" the branches .

Working principle is pretty much like the
standard wood chippers . Two ,three or four
blades attached to a rotating axle .


Or is it just another drop in the Stupid Ideas ocean ?

 

[OM617YOTA]

A human weilded chainsaw isn't powerful enough to chip more than small branches. I'm sure something like that could be built, but it wouldn't do any better than the 6.5hp homeowner chippers, and that's if you powered it with something in the 660 range.

 

[KostasVolos]

A human weilded chainsaw isn't powerful enough to chip more than small branches. I'm sure something like that could be built, but it wouldn't do any better than the 6.5hp homeowner chippers, and that's if you powered it with something in the 660 range.

The idea was not based upon making something better than a standard wood chipper ,but was around the convenience of carrying a chainsaw attachment on hard ground to chip branches ,rather a bulky and heavy wood chipper .

But yeah ,you're right.
Chipping branches needs plenty of power.