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28th August 2016, 09:07 AM #31
Ratbag
An excellent summary and you have honed in on the important distinction between the two categories of electric.
To my mind cordless tools are a convenience for when there is no alternative. The only real exception to that statement are the cordless drill drivers, but there again compare them to pneumatic or corded ratchet gun (only a valid comparison if you have attached a socket to the tool) and you appreciate the difference in power.
I must look into corded chainsaws myself one day.
Regards
PaulBushmiller;
"Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely!"
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28th August 2016, 09:11 AM #32Member
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Yeah I will agree with that. I have had a circular saw kick back many more times than a chainsaw. Especially if you are cutting something big and hard that is near its limit. And this is only a crappy gmc 180mm saw.
I have a 50cc 20" and have done lots of cutting and never felt like something went wrong or regretted anything.
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28th August 2016, 09:18 AM #33
As noted above, it is definitely a case of 'horses for courses'. Late last week I had an urgent chainsaw job. I am having the house roof replaced with Colorbond and, as a result, the builders had cut back a lot of substantial tree branches to get access to the roof . These branches were in the way of the impending delivery of a skip to take the old concrete tiles and I had to cut it up QUICK! I tried to start my old and faithful SOLO petrol chainsaw but the fuel bubble had perished and burst and bled raw fuel over me and the saw. I rushed to Bunnings with no real plan but had decided to include an electric chainsaw in the search as the job was right beside the house.
Some months ago I was cutting aluminium insect screens at my daughter's place and bought a luridly coloured Ryobi cordless docking saw with battery charger and spare battery and so, when I saw a similarly lurid Ryobi cordless chainsaw for only $149 ..... I took it!
The saw is only 250mm and therefore classified by most as a toy but it quickly and quietly cut green branches up to 150mm diameter and got me out of trouble. Since then, I moved onto the privet branches that DaveTTC cleared for the carport and it did a similar quick and quiet job of those drier branches....
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I will get the SOLO fixed but there is definitely an ongoing place in my armoury for a cordless chainsaw for jobs near the house and in the shed.
fletty
PS, my dyed-in-the-wool-petrol-chainsaw-using neighbour has already borrowed the little Ryobi to trim branches from a large tree because he was impressed with the quietness and didn't want to alert his wife that he was up a ladder cutting branches!a rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
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28th August 2016, 11:29 AM #34
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