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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!! -- Janet Tweedy |
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Janet Tweedy wrote: 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!! You have probably heard this before but, if you find manual sawing difficult, you do not have the strength to use a chainsaw safely. Admittedly, using one for straight, simple lengths on a sawhorse is by FAR the safest way of using one. I probably still have the strength to do that (just), but have no difficulty using a bowsaw. How big is your bowsaw, and how new the blade? Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On Feb 21, 6:03*pm, Janet Tweedy wrote:
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!! -- Janet Tweedy An electric chainsaw is lighter than petrol and a lot less trouble. You can get quite a small one. However it needs maintenance every few hours,chain sharpened and retensioned etc & you really need some training/advice/demonstration. They are a deadly bit of kit, so easy to have a serious accident. |
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On Feb 21, 6:03*pm, Janet Tweedy wrote:
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!! -- Janet Tweedy The Ryobi and Bosch stuff is pretty good BTW. Avoid B&D |
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Janet Tweedy wrote:
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!! Have you looked at electric saws? With the right blade i've found them useful for firewood... L |
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Another John wrote: You have probably heard this before but, if you find manual sawing difficult, you do not have the strength to use a chainsaw safely. With all due respect: rubbish! Using a bowsaw utilises different muscles for a start. Sigh. Even if you didn't need the same muscles to control a chainsaw SAFELY, it is EXTREMELY rare to have a few arm muscles very weak and the rest quite strong. What I said is correct, unfortunately :-( But the main point is _time_ (as well as muscle power): ... That is a completely separate matter. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:03:58 +0000, Janet Tweedy
wrote: 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. Regards JonH |
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wrote: On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:03:58 +0000, Janet Tweedy wrote: 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. |
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On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:03:58 +0000, Janet Tweedy
wrote: 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!! Reading all the replies leads me to suggest what I've suggested to others before. OTOH, I have a small electric chainsaw somewhere up in the attic and will happily despatch it to you if/when I can find it. The only requirement apart from sharpening blades is a copious supply of vegetable oil as lubrication. I will mention that as a chainsaw it was crap. Anyhow, the advice I've given others (and those who have followed have thanked me) is to fork out for one of those multi-tools. For about £170 you get a pole pruner (chainsaw sort of thing), hedge trimmer, brush cutter and strimmer. For your log cutting use, you'll be far enough away from the logs to avoid personal damage. You just let the"pruner" attachment lie on the log. It'll cut through it and all you need to worry about is stopping it from falling when it reaches the other side. And it will make the lopping off of branches from the trees easier in the first place. I've cut down a tree with a 14 inch trunk with a pruner - just cut from both sides. They're lovely little tools. Cheers, Jake ======================================= Urgling happily from the dryer end of Swansea Bay. I'm having a panic - noticed some water in the pond in between the frog spawn. |
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On Feb 21, 6:03*pm, Janet Tweedy wrote:
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!! -- Janet Tweedy I have a Makita DCS3501 35cm petrol chainsaw. £239.99 from http://www.angliatoolcentre.co.uk/ma...aw-bid490.html If you can get away with an electric one it is cheaper by far. I wholeheartedly recommend this chainsaw as well priced and lightweight. It replaced a heavy, poor quality B&Q one. I have an electric chain sharpener that makes light work of sharpening. I have always found Makita tools to be reliable and spares easy to get when required. Cheers, Comp-in-Caithness |
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"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message ... 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!! -- Janet Tweedy Take a look at the Bosch electric saws, don't get a petrol one it will be too heavy, something with a shortish blade should be fine. I tend to work over the branches with loppers first then zick up the last bits with the chain saw. -- Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella and Lapageria rosea cvs http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk |
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