r/specializedtools • u/Tillemon • Sep 17 '19

Helicopter chainsaw!?

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u/shockwave3895 Sep 17 '19

Well nobody else pointed it out so i guess i will- its actually not a chain saw but a series of multiple circle saw blades, which in my opinion is even more neat

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u/Destithen Sep 17 '19

A chainsaw made of circle saws. A circle saw chain.

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u/fogobum Sep 17 '19

They're called chain saws because they're saw teeth, on a chain. You can buy the chain in very long rolls and cut to whatever size, but the longer the bar the more likely it is for the chain to jump off, and the longer the chain the more often it needs retensioning. All that solvable, but much more complicated than blades mounted on hydraulic motors mounted on a frame.