The chainsaw, a portable power tool that cuts wood via a fast-moving chain that rotates around a guide bar, can make short work of pruning, felling, limbing, and bucking trees. It also ranks as the ...

Using a dull chainsaw comes with certain risks; get in the habit of monitoring the chain tension and sharpening the blades every 2-3 hours of continuous use, or if you're using a gas-powered ...

Unless you regularly use a chainsaw to cut firewood, chances are pretty good that your saw won’t be up to the job if called on in an emergency. The typical suburban chainsaw sits around day after day ...

I love primitive and colonial tools like stone axe heads, bucksaws, and such—but I also love a modern chainsaw just as much. For many years, I have used chainsaws for farmwork, firewood cutting, trail ...

Everyone who uses a chainsaw has been there: You’re at full throttle, the beautiful two-stroke symphony at max RPM, but you’re only seeing fine dust exiting the log, and you aren’t getting anywhere.

Chainsaws are incredibly powerful tools, and an home care essential if you have trees on your property. Their wood-ripping chains allow you to turn logs into firewood, and drop trees damaged by storms ...

I heat my home with firewood, so a chainsaw is an essential power tool for me. But the reality is that the qualities that make them great at efficiently ripping through timber also make them hazardous ...