Chainsaw class this weekend
. . . and more!
This looks interesting. From the Hay River Initiative TellAll email group.
This Saturday the 11th, at Pioneer Park in Prairie Farm, I will be hosting two chainsaw safety classes. Due to insurance reasons, please leave your saws at home. These are demonstration classes and cannot be hands on classes. If you have not registered yet, please come anyway!
Chainsaw Basics for Beginners - 10:00 am to 11:30 am
This class is geared toward people who have never picked up a chainsaw before or toward those just starting to learn. We will cover the operation of the saws themselves, both electric and gas powered, safety gear and considerations, concepts of tree falling, limbing and bucking, judging the lean of the tree, kickback, and what all these terms mean. We will go over the basic falling cut and, if time allows, how to use an ax to chop the wood you just cut.
Chainsaw Basics and Beyond - 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
This class is designed for those who are experienced or those who have just taken the basics class and wish to go further in their knowledge. We will cover tree lean, the basic falling cut, the humboldt cut, the open face cut, and the bore cut, and what situations dictate their use. Please bring your experiences to share in this class! The more we share the more we learn!
I hope to see you there.
Chris Koszalka
The above probably will not be covered, unfortunately, even in the advanced class. :)
Check out other classes offered this summer for $2 each through the Hay River Initiative. Many involve skills for self-sufficiency.
UPDATE: "Due to the chance of heavy rain in the morning hours, the Chainsaw Basics class will be combined into the afternoon class, Basics and Beyond. We will meet even with rain, under the pavilion, at Pioneer park in Prairie Farm from 1:30 to 3:30 pm.
If you participate, please do not bring your own saw. Due to insurance reasons this can only be a demonstration class. I will be running a saw and it will be loud under the pavilion. If you have ear protection, please bring it. Otherwise, sticking your fingers in your ears should do the trick."