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| Adam |  Cordless SawJuly 2nd, 2008 01:17 AM I just finished using a great "cordless" saw on a little fence job, in the back yard. It takes a pretty good stretch of extension cord to get to the back edge of my yard (Murphy's Law - the longest distance/ rolls to the center of the vehicle). So, I decided to use one of my many cordless saws. Voltage? No, a 26 inch/8 point Carpenter's cross-cut saw. Worked real good. Didn't have to string no cord or charge no battery. Just, Got her done... Sears still sells these type of saws. Just don't ask them for a "rip" saw. You'll most likely get that "Dear in headlights" look. I don't think many people even know about the circular rip blades Craftsman DOES still offer. |
| Joe | Recip Saw July 2nd, 2008 07:50 AM The above tool makes fast work out of exhaust jobs. I borrowed this once from my neighbor (an older Dewalt made "900" Sears unit) and the next week I owned one :). I have one of the last US made "900" B&D saws. Quality piece. |
| Adam | Pruning July 2nd, 2008 04:39 PM Them reciprocating saws make AWESOME pruning saws (with the right blade). The only thing you've got to remember (don't laugh) is when you're cutting something flush with the ground, don't lay the saw's intake port next to the DIRT. Took me something like 25 minutes to disassemble and blow out my saw. A sheet of card board, Masonite or plywood does the job of blocking dirt intake nicely. The largest thing I've "pruned" so far was around 8 inches. |
| Adam | Pruning July 2nd, 2008 04:39 PM Them reciprocating saws make AWESOME pruning saws (with the right blade). The only thing you've got to remember (don't laugh) is when you're cutting something flush with the ground, don't lay the saw's intake port next to the DIRT. Took me something like 25 minutes to disassemble and blow out my saw. A sheet of card board, Masonite or plywood does the job of blocking dirt intake nicely. The largest thing I've "pruned" so far was around 8 inches. |
| Paul | pruning w/ recip saw July 6th, 2008 03:19 AM Once, while at the Orange Monster, or "tha depot" as I like to call it, I saw recip saw blades specially designed for pruning. Sears may sell them, too. The teeth on the blade were like the teeth on an old bow saw. Rather large, and spaced apart. I believe the set I saw was made by Skil. |
| Adam | That's them July 6th, 2008 12:30 PM Bow-saw like blades, with the wide gullets are the ticket for cutting "green" wood. |
| Joe | Saw blade July 7th, 2008 09:18 AM Going to have to look into this for my grandfather's property. Some of the brush got overgrown, and my mother and I cut it down this weekend. She was Paul(ette) Bunyan on the trees, and I was Paul Bunyan on the old garage door with the recip saw :). BTW: She used a "curbside find" 70's B&D hedge trimmer to do the job. Worked like brand new. A virtual twin to the one my late father fixed in 1980 (which we still have and works great) for $3 at a yard sale. Guy said, "You'll probably not get it to work.....stopped last year, probably shot". A new wire and a brush later, it was a working trimmer. 28 years later, it's still working....... |
| Adam | More Power July 7th, 2008 01:08 PM A hedge trimmer... That reminds me of one of the latest returns. A Customer brought back a hedge trimmer that "didn't have enough power". That's odd. My Craftsman 3.2 Amp hedge trimmer cuts BLACK-BERRY VINES! What Amp rating is his? Wait here, just one minute. It's a gas-powered trimmer! Ah! We have a "rental" return... May your hedge yellow and turn BROWN from over-pruning "renter". |
| Paul | since we're on this topic July 7th, 2008 03:32 PM Joe, any leads on getting a new sets of blades for a B$D hedge trimmer? Got mine from a pawn shop for $5-$10 a few years back. Works like a charm even though I abuse the heck out of it. The only thing it lacks is sharp blades. I give them a shot of WD-40 every time I take it out, so the sap of my holly bushed won't gum it up, but they're dull, nevertheless. Guess I should try harder to keep the blades from getting entangled in the chain link fence while cutting back those pesky wisteria vines. LOL |
| Joe | Blades July 7th, 2008 07:58 PM No Paul, I haven't looked. Then again, I have no fewer than THREE of them now. LOL. Can't you sharpen the originals? |
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