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I explained my case to the wife as we have a 90 year old bush with a trunk nearly a foot thick and an old pine tree that had to go. Instead of going for a chainsaw I decided to get something I could use for other things such as metalwork.
the next day this arrived & made easy work of the tasks at hand :rockon:
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Quick glance: That doesn't look that big, looks a bit like a large dremel.
Second look: Hmmm, so the handle is bigger than a hand, OK that's a chunky bit of kit! Would make my jigsaw look like a childrens' toy.
I only had hedges to trim back so got a (surprisingly good) battery powered hedge trimmer from Screwfix (as well as a strimmer so a spare battery for long jobs). I didn't plan ahead as when I got tired of cutting loft boards by hand a bought a jigsaw. Still, nice to have more toys :)
It's 3.6kg & 50cm long, a beast compared to a jigsaw :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YYXjTMFzdQ
I bought one a few months ago they are great
How much was it as I'm thinking of getting one?
£93.50 https://www.campbellmillertools.co.u...40v-060164c870
30cm wood blades £12.90 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252251753689
Progressor Sabre Saw Blades for Wood and Metal £6 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/182136761583
Wood blades from the same seller £6 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/182136769819
Thats the kit I have, considering these for metal due too the dirt cheap price http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BOSCH-S427...-/401121946138
Campbell miller next day anything ordered before 2pm, good company.
Remember to register the saw for the 3 year collect and repair warranty.
Bought the lot, many thanks.................I think :)Quote:
Originally Posted by GoNz0
It makes you smile when you use it, if you are cutting thick wood (my 10" pine trunk) you need to rock it up and down to clear the shavings or it doesn't get far (and makes the wood smoke!)Quote:
Originally Posted by jimborae
I did find many things to cut after felling the tree and "thing" that was once a bush just for the fun of it.
My 6 year old daughter looked at me and said "Can I have a turn now Daddy?"
Mortified when I said no!
I bought the screwfix titan brand one for £30 from £60
http://www.screwfix.com/p/titan-ttb5...saw-240v/17639
I used to buy the Titan branded stuff ,I still have a 12v drill I use to stir paint as the chucks so loose it's a joke & the hammer action switch just moves around making it's own mind up (batteries last about 8 minutes), the angle grinder blew up, the heat gun stopped heating, the circular saws not able to cut the depth it is rated at. Hence making the jump to bosch blue :)
I wonder how the titan would stand up to a 10" pine trunk?
I didn't clip the dust box onto my bosch sander & emailed support for the price of a new one, free of charge during the 3 year warranty as they said it must have been faulty if it fell off!!
I get you got it because of being able to keep it for other uses so I'm not going to go down the 'you need a £1500 niche tool to get this screw in properly' path, but woodworking tools are usually sub-optimal for working on green wood, hence the smoking (that on a chainsaw means the chain is badly in need of sharpening).
If it's something you'll be doing a lot of, a Silky hand saw is hard to beat for tree pruning - even branches a few inches thick can be chopped through in a few seconds. Just be careful as they're razor sharp, a gentle tap is enough to draw blood.
Also in case you're not aware of the rules-of-thumb for pruning - don't chop more than 30% of the foliage in one go or you risk killing it, and cut up to but not into the branch knuckle so the tree can scar over properly and not leave a bit of deadwood sticking out.
I have some blades for green wood, this was not green but a thick dead pine trunk that I used it on 1st with the 30cm blade thats just classed as standard, hence it clogging when I didn't work it. And tbh if I wanted another hand tool I would have got one :)
My mission was kill and destroy!
Yeah that was my point, I wasn't recommending a specific, expensive tool to do one job. And TBH I didn't know about the green wood blades for that saw.
Go on a lot of forums and ask what you should buy to tighten one screw and you'd end up thinking anything but a set of CK VDE screwdrivers and an impact driver as backup was wholly insufficient. xD
CK, nah, Wera all the time! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by watercooled
I do like the CK snips though! :P
Fruit trees will require pruning this winter. They are getting big again.
Just a heads-up but that Bosch recip saw is offer at Amazon today for £75. Bargain!
Tempted to get one, have some garden type stuff to sort out, but also I have access to pallets and have several jobs that I could use them for. A reciprocating saw is the best way to take them apart. Will probably hang on and see if the screwfix one comes back down in price, they are pretty good on sorting any issues out, they tend to just replace. For big garden stiff I can grab a chainsaw.