I bought a new 10 inch chainsaw a couple of weeks ago, looks well made, cost $89 delivered. Cut through about 3 branches and it threw the chain. When I looked closely at the chain it had about 9 pins that I believe had been pressed too tightly and this was the problem. I will inspect the new chains when they arrive before I fit them. Apart from that the saw was only intended to do one job and I after that probably never used again, but it is easy to justify buying stuff at this sort of money if the use is only occasional. I have a new view on the cheap small mowers after last weekend where I witnessed the fact that the only way to get the mower into the back yard of a unit was to take it through the house with probably 5 mins mowing time out there.
