Development of diamond-tipped chain saws for slot cutting in welded tuff

This paper describes the development and performance evaluations of two chain saws, one with a 1.1-m bar and the other with a 2.1-m bar, that were used to cut thin (less than 15 mm) planar slots in a jointed, welded tuff in G-tunnel on the Nevada Test Site as part of the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations Project.