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I think about these things every time I fire mine up. One thing I could mention is to stay out of the trajectory of the chain and bar, as much as you can. Safety apparel, hearing protection and eye protection no question there, I don't own a pair of chaps, but will at some point soon, as I will be doing more wood. In the interim, I take my time, also have a good feel for my saw and keep the cutters sharp, am aware that when you start filing down those rakers, it increases the kick-back potential, not sure what kind of chains are more prone for this to occur. I think it's highly important to clear your work area and clean an area around a tree that your going to cut down before you start cutting. There probably is no limit to safe practice with these things. Many times I don't run the saw wide open on the smaller diameter wood, I let the saw do the work, a sharp chain really helps, so if it did want to kick back at least I'm not going full bore, but by the same token not so slow it binds, catches or presents a danger, feels like you have more control than cutting through too fast and bumping the tip into something that could cause a kick back etc.. I use as much throttle as it seems to need for what I'm cutting. I find those annoying little saplings will easily catch and toss a chain at slow speeds, especially if it's loose, had that happen quite a bit with a Husquavarna farm boss my friend had. My Stihl ms390 seems to be a good match for me and has not tossed a chain yet. One thing to toss the chain off, but I cannot imagine breaking one. I took a gouge out my shin from the chain once, the saw was not running I bumped into it !
Good reminder about safety !
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