Thread: Great Chainsaw Prop!

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I had been shopping around for a fake chainsaw for our homehaunt this year and hadn't been impressed with any I had seen. They all looked like toys, even from a distance, and what little sound they produced sounded nothing at all like a chainsaw. Then in a review, I read about a "deluxe animated chainsaw with sound" for around $40. I found a couple of videos of the thing in action and liked it enough to go ahead and order one. I got it from FrightCatalog.com along with a clown mask w/wig and a clown costume.

I LOVE IT!

I'm going to have to replace the batteries before Halloween because I can't stop playing with it! It looks real, it sounds real, and the (rubber) chain moves! There is a simple on/off button under the handle. The sound is loud enough, and not just Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. It is a recording of someone revving and running a real chainsaw, much like an actor would do with a real one. The rubber chain moves at about an inch or two per second - just enough to appear to be moving fast (I forget what that effect is called, but it is the same effect that makes a car tire look like it is turning slowly backward when it is racing forward).

Anyway, I rate it 9 out of 10. The 1 missing point is due to feature/safety stickers on the side of the "blade" and "motor" that defy peeling and required scraping.

Also, ordering from FrightCatalog.com was completely painless. I will order from them again (today, in fact).

I tried to find a fake chainsaw last year. Yours sounds good but i couldnt find anything like that so i just got a small used 30cc chainsaw and put a slightly longer bar on it. Did the job and continues to do do. Took the chain off of it of course.

I thought that was the standard chainsaw that you see everywhere. I've never seen that cheaper one before.

Chainsaws come in all different sizes and cc's. Im pretty sure you can get a saw from anywhere around 25cc's to 60cc's (or around there). The bigger you go the larger your engine will be plus louder. As for mine is a 30cc which is noticeable and loud but its not at all deafening. It came with a 10" bar on it but im planning on putting on a 14" just to make it look a bit more scary.

While a real one would be ideal, we need one to use inside our house. Thus, the fake one.

That makes sense.