# Is this topless chainsaw wielding women handling the saw properly? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 29, 2012, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-topless-chainsaw-wielding-women-handling-the-saw-properly/633008 "2012-08-29T05:09:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-topless-chainsaw-wielding-women-handling-the-saw-properly/633008/1 "2012-08-29T05:09:28Z")
NSFW - Her technique looks questionable. Taking a lot of cuts to get through that post. Replace the two asterisks in the address below with two t’s. h\*\*p://superchief.tv/pussy-riot-gets-2-years-in-prison-femen-toplessly-chainsaws-a-cross-chess-champ-bites-cops-and-gets-beat-up PUSSY RIOT GETS 2 YEARS IN PRISON; FEMEN TOPLESSLY CHAINSAWS A CROSS ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-topless-chainsaw-wielding-women-handling-the-saw-properly/633008/2 "2012-08-29T05:15:34Z")
Tough piece of wood. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-topless-chainsaw-wielding-women-handling-the-saw-properly/633008/3 "2012-08-29T05:18:28Z")
Doesn’t look like she’s doing anything too particularly wrong, it’s just a tough piece of wood, the chainsaw is heavy, and she’s not too buff. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-topless-chainsaw-wielding-women-handling-the-saw-properly/633008/4 "2012-08-29T05:36:04Z")
Nothing at all wrong with the way she’s using that saw. I think she should do a series of chainsaw safety films. I’d like to see her demonstrate how to buck logs. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-topless-chainsaw-wielding-women-handling-the-saw-properly/633008/5 "2012-08-29T05:47:24Z")
Seems like a lot of those cuts were unnecessary duplicates. A proper cut goes right through the tree (or post.) It’s okay to make two cuts to create a wedge-shaped cut. (It’s bad to cut into a tree so that it falls and squeezes the blade and cutting bar.) It looked like the saw was a little too heavy for her; she shifted her grip more than she ought to have. Nice that she wore eye-protection, anyway… ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-topless-chainsaw-wielding-women-handling-the-saw-properly/633008/6 "2012-08-29T06:08:19Z")
My first thought was, stop pushing, let the blade do the work. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-topless-chainsaw-wielding-women-handling-the-saw-properly/633008/7 "2012-08-29T06:48:17Z")
my first thought was “what chainsaw”? then I thought, “what is the woman so mad about? What’s the protest?” but to answer your question, yes. it depends on who you talk to, but she is holding that saw way to high for her to handle it properly. that is a big reason you see all the bad start cuts. Also, you need to let the saw do the work, so for all her pushing , it didn’t get her very far. also, if you have ever had a chainsaw buck back on you, you wouldn’t want to be standing that close, naked with your boobs and head the first things the saw is going to come back on. Personally, unless you can handle the weight of a saw, I would never recommend holding it like she is, above her head. she can lose it but she ultimately cut it down, so I guess for what she needed to do, it was a success. She sounded Russian. What was her beef with Jesus? ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-topless-chainsaw-wielding-women-handling-the-saw-properly/633008/8 "2012-08-29T06:54:06Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Replace the two asterisks in the address below with two t’s. You do realize that the “http://” part of a web address is totally not required, right? If no protocol is specified HTTP is assumed. You can just copy the part after it. ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-topless-chainsaw-wielding-women-handling-the-saw-properly/633008/9 "2012-08-29T08:25:45Z")
I was worried about her hair being so close to the chain. ---
**Author:** ![ticker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@ticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ticker)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-topless-chainsaw-wielding-women-handling-the-saw-properly/633008/10 "2012-08-29T08:27:36Z")
She is holding it totally wrong, she has it in the wrong hand. Right hand should be on the trigger and left had on the handle by the chain brake so the bar is always to the right of her body. The way she has it the bar comes across her body. They don’t make left-handed chainsaws. ETA: would be a lot easier to cut lower down in a more relaxed posture. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-topless-chainsaw-wielding-women-handling-the-saw-properly/633008/11 "2012-08-29T08:56:50Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I’d like to see her demonstrate how to buck logs. You’d like to see _what_?! Oh. Buck. Right. ---
**Author:** ![Fir\_na\_tine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-topless-chainsaw-wielding-women-handling-the-saw-properly/633008/12 "2012-08-29T13:11:45Z")
That’s a great looking chainsaw. It’s being badly handled by an unskilled operator. Fortunately she does have a couple of redeeming features. I’d be glad to counsel her on proper technique. As many times as necessary. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-topless-chainsaw-wielding-women-handling-the-saw-properly/633008/13 "2012-08-29T13:20:18Z")
Ah, so that’s where _lumberjack_ comes from. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-topless-chainsaw-wielding-women-handling-the-saw-properly/633008/14 "2012-08-29T13:27:30Z")
> [@Fir\_na\_tine](#): > > That’s a great looking chainsaw. I have a Stihl Farm Boss at home. A larger version of the one she is wielding. I love it. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-topless-chainsaw-wielding-women-handling-the-saw-properly/633008/15 "2012-08-29T14:43:47Z")
You guys are such nit pickers… I had to watch it over, and over, and over, and over just to see the things you were complaining about. But, ultimately… yup… she was holding it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![slitterst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@slitterst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slitterst)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-topless-chainsaw-wielding-women-handling-the-saw-properly/633008/16 "2012-08-29T16:18:03Z")
I agree she was holding the saw too high. Also, she needs to have her hair tied back. At the very least in a pony tail, but ideally in a bun or somehow held up so it won’t get in her face or caught in the chain. Also, she shouldn’t have that floral headpiece on her arm, it’s another potential distraction. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-topless-chainsaw-wielding-women-handling-the-saw-properly/633008/17 "2012-08-29T16:29:03Z")
Anyone who thinks she isn’t using the saw properly please send in a video of you using a chainsaw in the proper manner. We’ll look all the videos again and hold a vote. It will be a fair vote, but if you’re not a topless chick I don’t think you’ll win, ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-topless-chainsaw-wielding-women-handling-the-saw-properly/633008/18 "2012-08-29T21:57:27Z")
I’ll have to show that to my mate the tree surgeon. My guess is that he’d give -10 for saw technique, +5 for the roping off, and +50000 for tits.