Identifying the Parts of a Chainsaw

Before you even think about touching a chainsaw you gotta know what you are actually touching. A chainsaw isn't a toy and knowledge can keep you safe from harm while operating a chainsaw, not to mention this is the basics of basics for a lot of chainsaw maintenance. To  make things a little easier we have down a quick picture for you identifying the parts:

and now that we have identified the chainsaw parts we just need to know what they all contribute to the machine which this excellent blog post "Chainsaw Parts Explained" ahem explains,