Without much inherent strength and without anything holding them in place, the branches will just bounce around on the chain.
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This is,for all practical purposes, the length of the chain along the bottom of the bar that is available for cutting. However, lets look at a few over arching principles and then we can get into a few specifics. Of course a big factor in making your decision will be what you are intending to prune! What specifications should you be looking at to decide how suitable a mini chain saw would be for the job? Do you need a particular type of mini chainsaw for pruning plants in your garden?