Chainsaw driven Swingblade?

[Ianab]

Yeah... my 090 has simply been modded as Harold suggests, a pully welded in place of the sprocket. The only time the clutch is "worked" is when you throttle up at the start of the cut and the blade isn't loaded at that time. Once the clutch is engaged, feed her the gas and start the cut. So long as the revs are kept up the clutch stays engaged and should not suffer any wear. We have a company locally that will rebuild most any clutch plate and can bond new pads onto the 090 clutch plates once they do wear down.

Ian

[Bruce_A]

Has anyone looked at the way a cutoff saw blade attaches to a chain saw.

[Danny_S]

I would just be worried about balance, rpm'ing at near 10,000 that little clutch pully cant be wobbling.. But I think it could be done without problems. I was thinking that I could probably turn down the complete clutch out of a peice of solid round stock but I dont know for sure if regular steel would stand up to the rpm's or the heat.

Bruce, good point, could learn some from how those concrete saws are put together. Probably buy one of those clutches and would save alot of work.

Fla. , I assume it would have to be geared down from the speed of the chainsaw wouldnt it???