Silky saw vs rope

[pete mctree]

Messing around today. Promised myself i'd film this ages ago but never got around to it.

Bit serious, but at least you get to see me bite the dust

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[beaker]

"Right, that's bad. Okay, alright, important safety tip, thanks Egon."




-mike

 

[blue]

Should have tried it from MUCH higher up
Obviously use a back up(like a noose round your neck)

 

[Thor's Hammer]

Great video pete. Highlights the danger of cutting near your rope...

 

[MasterBlaster]

One word - FOAM!

 

[pete mctree]

One word - FOAM!

Keep the foam for your hemaroids


Here's the reason. Brand new lifeline last week

 

[Bounce]

I used to work for a guy who would do this demonstration at the company picnic every year. He would tension a line with a z-rig and then show how easy it could be cut with a handsaw. Just resting the teeth on the rope would usually do it if the tension was high enough.

 

[inztrees]

Just think what achain saw would do.

 

[pantheraba]

And that is why we like tits when using our tool (saw)....



tie in twice, stupid!!!

Excellent demo, Pete.

 

[OTGBOSTON]

You should do the test and video it for us Scotty...

 

[inztrees]

yeah this is what happens when you cut your rope w/ a chain saw and this is that you look like when you run the saw into your face when you land

 

[inztrees]

Ithought I had a pic of you Greg

 

[woodworkingboy]

That's one fallacy in the statement that people are more likely to get injured by dull cutting tools.

 

[lumberjack]

Hahaha.

I thought it was going to be Silky + Rope= Ropes or 2(Rope)

 

[Wagnaw]

good lesson. I've scared myself bad once when I was single lining up a spruce and hitting the dead branches on the way up with my hand saw. ...luckily, I was still using an old 20+ inch saw with the gullets and a closed wooden handle. It was no silky....

 

[High Scale]

Those gloves rule.

 

[NickfromWI]

I wonder how beeline or HRC would handle that test...

Thanks for posting, though! IT's a great reminder.

 

[Bounce]

I bet the high modulus fibers would probably cut easier than polyester.

 

[lumberjack]

Depends on the fiber. Dyneema cuts easy, kevlar/technora cuts like a bitch.

Still, either one would be severed by a full length, full pressure stroke from a Silky.

 

[NickfromWI]

Dyneema has great chafe (but not heat) resistance. I think they all would have a higher resistance to being cut.

Who's gonna try!

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I just bought a Sugoi tonight... And I ain't gonna try it... well maybe but I ain't gonna be hanging off it when I do. I have some damaged rope lying around here somewhere I could play with

 

[top hopper]

Ive got some extra HRC and Beeline laying around. No vid cam though.

 

[Buzz]

Pete did you land on your head wehn you cut your own rope mate ? I hope so, at least we'll know your ok then

 

[MasterBlaster]

Nice dog, Matt.

 

[Buzz]

Cheers mate, Scooby's replacement, i think you have the only picture remaining of my old dog on the rotator