How do you proceed after hitting a nail?

[Shane¹]

Who on here has one of these bar fixing gadgets lol?

 

[P.M.P.]

Who on here has one of these bar fixing gadgets lol?

 

[Duce]

Hate hitting stones and concrete. As people have said, only happens with a new chain.

 

[BlacknTan]

Remove chain A... replace with chain B.

 

[Cat 525]

Remove chain A... replace with chain B.

And then mash on it!

 

[chiselbit]

Yep. It was a new chain.

 

[Funky sawman]

I throw the saw on the ground, kick some dirt, say a few choice words and pack my saw and what's left of my dignity back to the truck and go home

 

[davidwyby]

I'm gonna try to finish the cut with some shorter junky semi chisel chains...some day.

 

[jakethesnake]

Yes finish initial cut if possible. Switch to beater chain try to finish job. Barbed wire is what I typically find. Old fence rows I suppose

 

[davidwyby]

Broke it off with wedges and found nails

 

[davidwyby]

Finished the cut with the wicked 2159 @Benwa ported for me and some junky old 20” semi chisel I got from @Woodslasher…on an 8 pin. Super fast angry little beaver!

 

[Wilhelm]

You're best off missing the nails.
I missed this one in a 28" log by about an inch.



There were two more smaller nails in the same log that I found, I missed them all.
Lucky day I guess.

 

[davidwyby]

@Wilhelm in one of these I found I barely missed a ceramic electrical insulator.

 

[TreeLife]

There's usually a bit of cursing, finding the worst cutter and repairing the chain with a handfile and depth gauge plate til its correct. Files are cheap compared to chains.

 

[Dieselshawn]

I throw the saw on the ground, kick some dirt, say a few choice words and pack my saw and what's left of my dignity back to the truck and go home

Gently put the saw down, get back up, cuss at the log, then proceed to punt the log you were cutting.

Dirt is too soft and moves to easy to vent any anger.

Once all done, then gently pack up the saw and go home