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General Forestry => Chainsaws => Topic started by: mtnman on December 02, 2012, 12:56:12 PM

Title: Chain Brake
Post by: mtnman on December 02, 2012, 12:56:12 PM
What year did they start putting the chain safety brake on chainsaws?
mtnman
Title: Re: Chain Brake
Post by: sawguy21 on December 02, 2012, 01:41:50 PM
Around 1982. The first one I saw was the Pioneer P-28 which also had anti vibe. We couldn't give them away. :D
Title: Re: Chain Brake
Post by: Al_Smith on December 02, 2012, 01:49:03 PM
Exactly when I have no idea  but this link goes to a  saw I once owned made some time between 1970-71 .http://www.acresinternet.com/cscc.nsf/ed1d619968136da688256af40002b8f7/61f60e13d19afbf288256b62001a10e6?OpenDocument
Title: Re: Chain Brake
Post by: lumberjack48 on December 02, 2012, 03:22:03 PM
I'll have to do some deep thinking, i can't remember the yr. The first one a had was way to touchy, the vibration from the saw would kick it off. It was the first thing to be unhooked on our saws, it drove you crazy, every 30 seconds you had to reset it. After running saws about 15 yrs with out one it was hard to get used to it.
Title: Re: Chain Brake
Post by: Al_Smith on December 02, 2012, 04:06:39 PM
 :D I think that happened a lot .I had the brake fly apart on a Mac PM 610 and the last I saw it was sitting on a stump in Knox county Ohio . Might still be there for all I know .
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