Thread: O dear

Originally Posted by doug3030

A fool and their fingers ...

Hmmm...
Money and fingers knees and toes, knees and toes.... [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

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I felt like wasting a few minutes of my life so I decided to down load the manual and see what it says.

In the general instructions for use of power tools it says, "use both hands to steady the saw" but where can you put your other hand? - a second handle like on an angle grinder might be useful.

In the "specific" instructions about this saw it says nothing about the other hand, and my guess is most of the time the user will be holding onto the branch/twig being cut.
This is a complete no-no when using a chainsaw - both hands on the chainsaw at all times, just leave the branch being cut fall.

When using a CS, 30 odd percent of injuries occur when the eedjet decides to hold onto the branch being cut - if the operator is not balanced, wood is hard, chain is blunt etc the saw blade can skate along the top of the branch onto the users fingers/hands. Young fit user with half a brain and a skerrick of reaction time can usually adjust for the movement and may be able to stabilise the saw or get their hand out of the way. Elderly operator like my mum, maybe not so likely?

What I would like to see with this saw is the pressure plate (hilt) at the base of the blade have a micro switch attached to it. Unless there is pressure on that hilt the saw won't operate. This would make it a bit safer because it would be less likely to skate along the branch/twig.

If any of you decide to buy or give one as a gift maybe add the instruction of keeping both hands on the saw at all times while it operating.

Would kickback still apply for the top half of the tip of the bar? If so is there any mention of this in the instructions?

Matt

Don't listen to those who would poo poo this product. That is a serious key chain ornament. Alternatively I could see it going into high end Christmas crackers. Actually they could include the manual instead of the joke card.

Regards
Paul

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

Matt

Don't listen to those who would poo poo this product. That is a serious key chain ornament. Alternatively I could see it going into high end Christmas crackers. Actually they could include the manual instead of the joke card.

Regards
Paul

Paul,
You have given this thread a fresh look.
You have view this through the wisdom you bring here and some other stuff.
We could look at this as a business venture together if you like.
I'm sure it won't take long to loose all assets.

Cheers Matt

Originally Posted by Simplicity

I'm sure it won't take long to loose all assets.

Cheers Matt

Matt

I am a bit of a whiz at that. You have chosen well partner.

Regards
Paul

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

Matt

I am a bit of a whiz at that. You have chosen well partner.

Regards
Paul

I get all my cant do with out them, assets wrapped in grease proof paper and buried.
And I be in touch.

Originally Posted by BobL

Perhaps I should explain a little more. We live on a long narrow block about 10m wide and 60 m long. Down one side of our house the 30m long gap between the house and the fence is 750mm wide at soil level, and because that fence leans over towards our side its about 700mm from the house at the top of the fence. There's no access to the gap from the front of the block as it is sealed up with a 2m high fence. The fence alongside the house is 1.8m high for about 20m and then there's a 750mm drop in the ground level so the fence along that part is 2.55m tall. The gap is not wide enough for the base of my 3m high ladder so I have lean it either up against the lining fence or up against a house which means a steep angle of use. In short access is awkward and limited and working in that space is a PITA. The only things that go up that part of our property or a regular basis are our dogs when they think there might be something to bark at up there. So I go up there only when the neighbours vines have got out of hand and they need a prune.

To add to the the complication the previous neighbour from some 15 years ago didn't like the 6ft high corrugated painted asbestos fence (that would have been installed in the early 1970s) and wanted us to put up a new fence. They wanted a 3m high brick fence that was going to back then cost $25000 - I said we would pay for have the price of a sheet metal or fibre cement fence so it came to naught. However they did install a wooden trellis fence 4m high immediately on the inside of their fence and grew various vines that have always grown through the trellis and high up over the trellis into our property. This means I have to get up to over 4m high to cut some of the vines. So when I say I reach into the neigbour's year all I really doing is pruning the long vines high above the tops of his trellis, which otherwise will in weeks be over on our side and for which he is thankful because he doesn't have to get up and prune it.

Bob

I think you need one of these



also available from Sthil

I did lots of internet searching after seeing this in the local Mitre 10 store and wondering what exactly is this?
There's a youtube video of someone in the USA taking one apart to see how it is constructed.
The most positive reviews come from people using the pistol-handled version to prune tree branches - apart from that, it didn't seem to have any advantages over other tools

the first examples I recall seeing were either hydraulic or air powered (I think hydraulic) and was used by a bloke in a cherry-picker to trim trees near a power line

They have identified an unserviced market niche - every honest burglar will need one!