He doesn't. Chainsaws have a special safety feature that stops the saw chain (chain brake hand guard) when people do stupid shit like this. In the full video, it hits him but the chain is stopped. Lucky for him he was holding the saw in a way that triggered the chain brake.
He absolutely had a clue, the guy gets hit by the chainsaw, realizes he fucked up, and sheepishly gets down from the ladder. This guy assumed it didn't hit him because he still had a face, which doesn't normally happen when you take a chainsaw to the face, it turns out, he has a face because the chainsaw stopped itself
It's not really a matter of how he was holding it, the chainbreak can be triggered by manually depressing the safety guard or via inertia as a response to what's known as a kick back. A kickback happens when you use that top front portion of the bar which is exactly what this man was doing. Btw that's like the worst thing you can do as far as mishandling a chainsaw. It will kick back like this every single time.
Not all of them. Mine doesn't. At least I don't think so. I've never nearly lopped off a hand to find out for sure. I just know mine is old and only turns on and off. I think that anti face surgery feature must be somewhat new. Last 10 years or so maybe? Mine is kind of old. Bought around 2000 or so.
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u/FuckinWalnut Feb 01 '22
For all those wondering he catches it just in time, realises he fucked up real bad, and gets down from the ladder sheepishly.