Gentlemen, start your chain saws. Starting Friday (Aug. 4), the competitors of Carve Wars will set up at Purgatory resort for a weekend of speed-carving competitions. And this isn’t any old, who can ...
As a former ranger in the Weminuche Wilderness for San Juan National Forest, I was ecstatic to learn of the agency rescinding the approval to use chain saws in the wilderness area to clear trails. I ...
Some early hand-cranked saws driven by chains were invented in the 18th century for the "symphysiotomy and excision of diseased bone respectively." In some cases, these saws were used to break through ...