Thread: Chainsaw Without a Chain Safe?

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Is using a chainsaw without a chain relatively safe? If not what are some good alternatives?

Yep. They use them all the time at the bigger haunts.

Just don't knock anybody out with one and it should be fine.

I'm no tool expert in the least...so I'm not sure if it's relatively safe. Will the saw be used as a static prop? Or for a costume? Did you want it to actually function?

Well here's a quick fix if in a pinch : Came across this a few hours ago and will be making one of these for my dummie!

This isn't necessarily a perfect saw, BUT a TOTALLY safe alternative. It's made from a laundry detergent bottle and some cardboard. It'd be great for a costume, or just a static prop to hang from the ceiling ect...Lol

http://www.instructables.com/id/Chainsaw-Static-Prop/

I use one of these with a wireless mic mounted on the side facing the speaker on the chainsaw. It gets wirelessly amplified through the pa system in our haunt.
Very convincing once it is amplified!
http://www.frightcatalog.com/Hallowe...Sound-1005516/

Wow, that is definetly cheaper than the other site.
We have used the real ones without a chain, but the problem with that is the exhaust fumes inside the building. So then the electronic one is a better deal and cheaper!!!

Don't forget it makes exhaust and you don't want to fill your haunt with toxic "real" fumes...
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Most chainsaws will run faster without the blades on them since there is no resistance. This will void the warranty and shorten the life of the engine. Be careful not to overrev it.

You also have to be careful of the bar on a real chainsaw. They can develop burrs along them where the chain rides. I have been scratched pretty good before changing the chain on mine. And the muffler could cause some burns especially to the operator. But if you use some common sense, and the chainsaw doesn't come in contact with anyone, you should be pretty safe. One bad thing about using a real chainsaw is that they don't always start when you want them too.

The alternative hauntcrazy showed is also available through Halloween Express (saw it yesterday for about the same price in their store which just opened - ah, autumn). Garden Ridge has carried it before too. Very lightweight, instant sound, and no fumes like others have mentioned.

i use a chainsaw at the haunt i work at its a warehouse but it is very well ventilated a chainsaw without a chain is safe if its been checked cleaned and all that good stuff before the haunt season especially check the fuel lines and the gas tank cause leaking fuel in the haunt is a VERY BAD IDEA..
though if used responsibly and not raced non stop you will be fine and if the saw does heat up alot let it cool down before you rev it up again.
-Connor