Looking to buy an electric chainsaw, simply as it'll be quieter than my Stihl petrol one
for cutting logs up at home. I personally don't mind the noise but just want to be a bit
courteous to the neighbors.
Considering the Bosch or Makita 35cm ones but open to suggestions.
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I bought a cheap power devil one 10 or more years ago for one job for my Dad. It gets irregular use, but 6months ago was used to rid our new house of
a couple of dozen trees. It has had a fair few new chains, and the bar is beginning to show signs of use, but has served me very well.
So, I would say most probably do a good job.
I have a titan electric chainsaw which I got from scewfix, which I use to cut up logs and old pallets at home, its on its second chain, but I cant
fault it , still going strong!
Keep the bar oil topped up, remember to turn the bar over occasionally and sharpen the chain and you will get good use out of most makes. When the
chips start to turn to dust then it's getting blunt and will burn the bar and wear the chain faster.
yours, Pete
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I'll post my comments about Ryobi saws when I've put the new motor brushes in and tested it. One of the originals had a chunk crack off it
and it was sparkling like a catherine wheel when I tried to use it last. New brushes arrived today so we'll see what happens........
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posted on 7/9/13 at 04:34 PM
i have got a makita one havent managed to kill it after a lot of heavy use. on the other side of the coin i had a titan one from screw fix and
managed to burn it out in a day.
buy once buy the makita.........................
p.s the makita comes with an oregon chain so you should be able to sharpen it with your current chain files if your running an oregon blade on the
petrol one
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Slightly off-topic, replaced the brushes in my Ryobi and it's still sparking like a bloody catherine wheel!!
Looked at the receipt and it's not a year old so I'll take it back and see what happens. They'll probably tell me that becasue
I've taken the end cover off and replaced the brushes trhat it's all my fault and I've invalidated the warranty.
I'll go off an sulk now
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