David Phyall, 50, used string to tie the Black & Decker power tool to a leg of a snooker table in his sitting room.
He then taped up the on button and plugged it into a timer, Winchester Coroner's Court was told.
Mr Phyall, who had had a small amount to drink but had not taken any drugs, then lay face up under the snooker table and put the chainsaw against his neck.
He used a piece of the tool's cardboard box to cushion the blades from his neck and then set the timer - usually used to turn lights on and off - to start up the chainsaw for 15 minutes.
When it started, it sliced three-quarters through his neck and into his right shoulder, only stopping when his T-shirt was dragged into the blades.
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Odd but ingenious.
I once chain sawed my way through several fallen trees after the big storm of the late 80's. Proir to beginning I consumed 6 pints of lager. It says something about my ability to drink that there were no casualties... ;-)
Got to hand it to him for the ingenius way he went about it.
I was gonna say take your hat off to him but....
Reminds me of something that happened to my mates dad. But that's not for here.
Cappy.
...at least he wasn't on drugs...that would have been shocking!
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