any suggestions for a relatively decent, budget gas chainsaw?
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Honestly depending on what your doing either something used or something battery powered and skip the new gas ones. It is often just another engine that needs to be maintained when unless your cutting down fully mature trees a battery one will do the job.
I need gas...and probably 4-stroke (I know this likely precludes 'budget' as an option) as I HATE the smoke 2-stroke engines pump into your face. probably something in the 60 - 70cc range that can run a long bar.
Mostly just spending time organizing and getting shop ready. Organizing is like my to go 'hobby' these days
. I had just started working on a workbench. But realized using my little benchtop jointer was useless. So tomorrow I'll go buy a thick sheet of melamine to make a jig to flatten them w/ the planer.
Some recent yard tools.
DeWalt 60V mower and 20v edger have been my two recent outdoor tool additions. The mower doesn't like overly tall grass but it works well and basically doesn't weigh anything even with a 60V 9AH battery in it.
Just the idea of using an edging spade to do the lawn made me feel uncomfortable.
With the two 9ah batteries that came with the mower. I can edge, mow, weed eat, and use the leaf blower to clear any grass from the walk ways.
DeWalt 60V mower and 20v edger have been my two recent outdoor tool additions. The mower doesn't like overly tall grass but it works well and basically doesn't weigh anything even with a 60V 9AH battery in it.
Just the idea of using an edging spade to do the lawn made me feel uncomfortable.
With the two 9ah batteries that came with the mower. I can edge, mow, weed eat, and use the leaf blower to clear any grass from the walk ways.
Just get electric if you don't like smoke. Most good gas chainsaws are two stroke.
If you aren't doing big work, electric works great.
Gas is for cutting up big logs and lots of them.
I have 2 gas and one electric pole saw and when sharp either cuts a branch just as fast.
lumber. custom milling.
Went from feeling like I got scammed on FB to feeling like a million bucks. Bought a Mastercraft planer off FB like 2 years ago on FB. Didn't test it. Yes I know better now. Have realized people are scummy af.
Anyways I'm getting ready to sell it. So better try it. It is skipping. Internet says to clean the rollers. I cleaned the snot out of them. Still skipping. I find it does seem to work better on one side than the other. So I start taking it apart. The chain seems awfully loose. As I'm fiddling with it, a torsion spring pops in to place. And chain is tight.
So either Mastercraft left the torsion spring locked in the position to remove the chain. Or the dumbass took the chain off for some reason, left it without tension, and couldn't figure why it didn't work. Either way it works perfectly now. I paid $75 for it. It is the current model that sells for $530.
www.canadiantire.ca
Hopefully can get $200 for it.
Anyways I'm getting ready to sell it. So better try it. It is skipping. Internet says to clean the rollers. I cleaned the snot out of them. Still skipping. I find it does seem to work better on one side than the other. So I start taking it apart. The chain seems awfully loose. As I'm fiddling with it, a torsion spring pops in to place. And chain is tight.
So either Mastercraft left the torsion spring locked in the position to remove the chain. Or the dumbass took the chain off for some reason, left it without tension, and couldn't figure why it didn't work. Either way it works perfectly now. I paid $75 for it. It is the current model that sells for $530.
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www.canadiantire.ca
Hopefully can get $200 for it.
Well then you are stuck with two stroke. Husky or Stihl. Can't go wrong with either brand. My big saw is a jonsered which is just a husky with red plastic. I used it for 10 hr days bucking in the bush for years without issue.
Kreg is finally making a replica of the festool domino jointer. $499 which is a damn steal compared to the $2K Festool version.
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