Hand held battery powered mini chain saw. Great gift.

[underpants]

I had to trim a bush around the mailbox. Our HOA is fanatical about mailboxes.
Due to the rain yesterday I didn’t want to use my electric hedge trimmer (really old one) or my trimming chainsaw that extends to about 10 feet.

I’m out there hand clipping it and I go to get a hacksaw and the mini chainsaw I got for Christmas. Finished in minutes. Also cut down a holly tree/bush that was growing back. I hate holly bushes with the fire of a thousand suns.

Battery was charged and I’ve never charged it.
I did have to reset the chain but now I know there’s a screw parallel to the blade that allows easy slacking and retightening.

[Mister Ed]

1. We have one. A couple of suggestions:

1: Be careful of your other hand! Wear an armored glove if you can.

2: Keep the bar and chain well-oiled as you work.

[underpants]

6. Yeah I had on glasses but not safety glasses. Next time I will.

I learned my lesson on the electric trimmer. It’s really old. Totally open teeth. Basically two double sided combs (best description I can come up with) that slide up and down parallel to each other. I got tired and sloppy. It’s a two hand operation but my left hand ended up reaching. If I hadn’t had work gloves on I’d at least had a bad cut on the end of two fingers. I could have lost a bit of each. I still have the gloves. Was using them today.

[erronis]

16. Some of the trimmers require both hands on the handle/control

It can make getting hard-to-reach areas difficult when you need to reach way out to get that twig.

I've heard tell that some people (don't know who, exactly) will tape one of the switches if needed...

[underpants]

17. This trimmer so old it's just a trigger. No thumb held safety switch.

[KPN]

24. I see what you did there.

[underpants]

12. The instructions (such as they are) make to mention of blade oil

See post 7. Bad translation

[Lemon Lyman]

21. Yup

i just spray mine with WD40 or WD40 Silicone every 10-15 minutes while I'm working. And make sure when the chain starts to loosen that you screw it tight again. If you let it get too loose it pops off. Not THAT hard to get back on, but easier to just keep it tight'ish.

[Traildogbob]

2. Can you imagine

If big oil went all in years ago to stop battery powered hand tools like the war they are driving on battery powered cars.
We would still have AC power cords on our hand drills, and lots of drop cords to do a simple drill job.
(Power cords are those things you plug into a wall for power, all you youngun’s out there)

[happybird]

27. My ears still burn with the foul curses

spewed from my Mom’s mouth as she used a weedeater hooked to like 4 extension cords.

[Beartracks]

3. Need!

[Beartracks]

4. Need!

[CousinIT]

5. What is the brand of yours? n/t

[underpants]

7. The batteries say Wisckey

But there’s no other brand name on the case or in the manual. The instructions appear to have been written in Mandarin and translated into English (badly).

such as “do not run out of all the power in the soap tank, otherwise it will damage the battery”

There’s no mention of a soap tank anywhere else.

“Use oily cloth to wipe the blade and absorb the metal to protect the fog”

[Hermit-The-Prog]

31. I bought a set of drill bits which came with the warning, "Do not use to sweep ashes!"

[underpants]

9. See post 8. I'd go with a name brand like Stihl or Wood Ranger.

[CousinIT]

11. Thanks!

[Lochloosa]

14. Ill second the Stihl recommendation.

I work for the largest tree company in the US. All they use is Stilh. Pricey, but worth every penny.

https://www.acehardware.com/departments/lawn-and-garden/gardening-tools/pruning-tools/7008545

[rockbluff botanist]

8. My favorite tool

I'm a botanist and a Master Gardener. I have a two acre garden of south eastern native herbaceous plants, native shrubs and native trees.

My Stihl hand held chainsaw has really made spring cleanup work much easier. I have quit dreading pruning needle palms. My husband bought it for me last year for my birthday. I can't recommend it enough.

Be aware that it is for woody stems only. And for goodness sake, do not try to prune your roses with it!

[underpants]

10. Thanks. It must be a great help to you.

[1WorldHope]

13. I have one and I love it. I also have a small wood chipper

that I feed the wood into to make mulch and dump it right back where I got it.
One problem that i have is when the chain gets loose it is really hard to tighten it with out taking it apart. But I still love it. I also love my battery operated hedge trimmer. I can't tell you how many extension cords I've cut in half.

[Voltaire2]

15. I've got a larger electric one that is great for small jobs.

My gas saw is sitting on a shelf. I hope to never use it again.

[usonian]

18. I use a 12 inch DeWalt chain saw for anything bigger than the lopper can handle.

Lopper does wonders for those biceps! I've got a gun show going on here.

But if that's your work above, it's too big.

The wonder of that chain saw is that it requires NO FREAKIN TOOLS to open up and none to adjust (OR REPLACE) the chain.

There's a big hand knob with torque limiter to take off the housing and put it back on, and a big hand knob to tension the chain.

I've cleaned acres of brush here (the kind of brush that grows like 10 feet high, excepting the poison oak) and my neighbor remarked that I did it in "stealth mode". Otherwise, everyone else around here announces their work with the buzzing of gas chain saws.

[Mosby]

19. I gave up on chainsaws.

I use a recip saw with carbide pruning blades, I have one that's 12". Cost more than the recip saw, lol. I use a plug in version because of the power and run time (forever).

If my grevillea robusta loses another large branch I will rent a chainsaw from HD or wherever.

Next week I'm tackling an overgrown sumac, only using the recip saw with the pruning blade.

[StarryNite]

20. Those little ones are great.

I gave one to my husband and it really comes in handy when he doesn't want to lug out the big one. He really like it. It's amazing how powerful they are.

[getagrip_already]

22. Would one of these work on a body?

Oh, no reason. Whistles coyly, shuffles foot sideways in dirt, looks away quickly....

[underpants]

26. Wear safety glasses

It seems femur worthy.

[Wonder Why]

23. That's nothing to write home about.

With my mini-saw, I cut down a three foot oak.

Okay, so it was only half an inch in diameter.

[underpants]

25. Lumberjacking

👌

[Alliepoo]

28. May I ask you why you hate holly bushes?

My poor boxwood are kaput from some kind of boxwood blight. I’ve been looking for shrubs to replace them and I found some cute little holly- I think it’s called globe holly bush- Supposed to be fairly compact in size and disease resistant. I know nothing about holly and if it’s a pain in the patootie I guess I’d rather look around for something else!

[underpants]

29. I like to go barefooted

Holly bushes are not conducive to bare feet.

We had a holly tree at our last house. Cut the arena in two for me. We did have an endearing most though. We got a dusting of snow and underneath was a large group of birds. Small birds. I don’t remember if they were orioles or what (if that makes sense in Richmond) but they found a recluse. Holly trees are like an umbrella.

I understand holleys need a male and female. Don’t know where the other one is but if I find it…..bzzzzzz

Holly trees/bushes and brussel sprouts. The fire of a thousand suns.
😡

I wanted to give you a full response.

[Quakerfriend]

30. My husband got me the Stihl and I absolutely

Love it!

It has allowed us to do so much that we would otherwise had to have wrenched our wrists & shoulders doing. 😂