Chainsaw magnetic cutting guide - photo

[hemmjo]

It would be very dangerous for the guide to "pop off" the top of the bar while the chain is running. The chain would very likely grab the magnet and fling the thing away.

A better place to mount a guide, if you must use one, would be on the saw handle where it will never contact the log. Since the user would be unskilled, else they would not need the guide, mounting the guide properly on the handle would allow them to use the guide for length as well as to assure nice square ends on the log.

I would also not buy a temperamental saw, I have had my Husqvarna 65 for over 40 years. All I have had to replace is the bar and a few chains.

[Wildwilly]

It would be very dangerous for the guide to "pop off" the top of the bar while the chain is running. The chain would very likely grab the magnet and fling the thing away.

A better place to mount a guide, if you must use one, would be on the saw handle where it will never contact the log. Since the user would be unskilled, else they would not need the guide, mounting the guide properly on the handle would allow them to use the guide for length as well as to assure nice square ends on the log.

I would also not buy a temperamental saw, I have had my Husqvarna 65 for over 40 years. All I have had to replace is the bar and a few chains.

I'm with you on mounting on the handle. I used to use just a SS wire with one hose clamp, easily adjustable & never in the way.