diff --git a/code/game/machinery/cloning.dm b/code/game/machinery/cloning.dm
index 7683082567a..22ab01630dd 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/cloning.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/cloning.dm
@@ -311,9 +311,9 @@
 	if (subject.brain_op_stage == 4.0)
 		src.temp = "Error: No signs of intelligence detected."
 		return
-	if (subject.suiciding == 1)
-		src.temp = "Error: Subject's brain is not responding to scanning stimuli."
-		return
+//	if (subject.suiciding == 1)
+//		src.temp = "Error: Subject's brain is not responding to scanning stimuli."
+//		return
 	if ((!subject.ckey) || (!subject.client))
 		src.temp = "Error: Mental interface failure."
 		return
diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/weapons/surgery_tools.dm b/code/game/objects/items/weapons/surgery_tools.dm
index d3369524cd0..27d7b0bf045 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/weapons/surgery_tools.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/weapons/surgery_tools.dm
@@ -788,6 +788,12 @@ CIRCULAR SAW
 				var/datum/organ/external/S = H.organs["head"]
 				if(S.destroyed)
 					return
+				for(var/mob/O in viewers(H, null))
+					O.show_message(text("\red [H] gets \his [S.display_name] sawed at with [src] by [user].... It looks like [user] is trying to cut it off!"), 1)
+				if(!do_after(rand(50,70)))
+					for(var/mob/O in viewers(H, null))
+						O.show_message(text("\red [user] tried to cut [H]'s [S.display_name] off with [src], but failed."), 1)
+					return
 				for(var/mob/O in viewers(H, null))
 					O.show_message(text("\red [H] gets \his [S.display_name] sawed off with [src] by [user]."), 1)
 				S.destroyed = 1
@@ -873,6 +879,12 @@ CIRCULAR SAW
 		var/datum/organ/external/S = H.organs[user.zone_sel.selecting]
 		if(S.destroyed)
 			return
+		for(var/mob/O in viewers(H, null))
+			O.show_message(text("\red [H] gets \his [S.display_name] sawed at with [src] by [user].... It looks like [user] is trying to cut it off!"), 1)
+		if(!do_after(rand(20,80)))
+			for(var/mob/O in viewers(H, null))
+				O.show_message(text("\red [user] tried to cut [H]'s [S.display_name] off with [src], but failed."), 1)
+			return
 		for(var/mob/O in viewers(H, null))
 			O.show_message(text("\red [H] gets \his [S.display_name] sawed off with [src] by [user]."), 1)
 		S.destroyed = 1