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[email protected] · 21-02-2012, 08:28 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:20:12 +0000 (GMT), wrote:

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On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:03:58 +0000, Janet Tweedy
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Can anyone recommend a small chainsaw for light work. Not to cut tree
trunks but heavier branches that are pruned and so on so i can use them
for the fire/ Sawing manually on a saw horse is definitely tiring if not
exhausting!!

There's too much to go wrong. IME, chainsaw blades stretch and blunt
quickly. Sharpening them is a right PITA - maybe a good occupation
during an Alaskan winter - and replacing them is expensive. Get a
good bow saw, a spare blade or so, a good hard file and a saw set. I'm
sure that there are saw doctor videos on U-Tube.

There are, but modern bowsaw blades are highly hardened, keep their
edge for a long time, and are not intended to be resharpened or
reset. You just replace them, which doesn't cost a fortune.

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Even better. I *hate* saw doctoring!

JonH