Safety features are there for a reason!!!

[Nitroman]

Yeah I started to get into the bad habit but thought its easier to stop the saw and restart it than get fingers sewn back on

Wisdom.

 

[CoreyB]

Good thing you didn't have a blade on! That does look painful way to learn a lesson
I hope I can remember it. Rather learn from your pain then my own.

 

[Chainsaw Jim]

I found this somewhere...

 

[Evanrude]

Ouch! I've gotten my foot a couple times with canvas shoes on and it stings a little bit. Like said above, good thing it wasn't a blade or you would've had a really bad day.

 

[radio]

Ouch!

I would like to know how many people pick noodles out of the chain cover when it jams up while the saw is running and the chain brake off?

Not me! Sometimes I put the chain brake on and am still scared as chit pulling those things out! Chainsaws scare me!!!

But weedwackers pose no fear. Like the OP and others, I do stupid things with the string trimmer head while it is running. After seeing Milkman31's hand in post 1 I think I'll start cutting the power before I fix string jams ...

 

[stihl saws]

I don't reach into the clutch cover. I've found if you pull loose what is exposed and pull the chain across a log a few times it'll free up.

I do the same thing myself, very carefully with the bar resting on a log.

 

[stihl saws]

Good thing you didn't have a blade on! That does look painful way to learn a lesson
I hope I can remember it. Rather learn from your pain then my own.

That was my first thought seeing this. I use a blade pretty often. I won't be tipping it up and grabbing tangled vines anymore.