DeWalt is the Sears premium line. Craftsman is the basic, no-frills line. Same company though. I sometimes buy DeWalt but I also buy Delta, Porter-Cable, Milwaukee and Hitatchi. It all depends on the tool and the job but I must agree that you get what you pay for. I always say, buy the quality...you'll rarely be disappointed.


Brian

That, I believe, is a Swiss brand and is top 'o the line. Home Depot doesn't sell them but Lowe's does.

I stupidly bought a Poulan - well its not that bad but its a little toyish.

My wife and I and a helper from our neighbor to the South just cut and hauled eight and one half tons of fallen trees from our back yard. They weighed the truck at the landfill every trip ($32.00 per ton in Fairfax County).


The Poulan did admirably for a while but living out here - I need a real chain saw. I think I'll be stopping by Lowe's on the way home tomorrow. There's at least 5 more trees I need to drop. The ones we hauled off - they dropped all by themselves.

Oh... I was cutting up a small dead tree that had been down for who knows how long and I smelled the unmistakable scent of cedar. Turns out we have several downed cedar trees (±6" diameter) which I promptly moved into the garage to dry.

Maybe this is a good place to ask this...

I have a 1950s era Black & Decker electric hedge trimmer. What do I lubricate the blades with...should I have to lubricate the blades?

It sounds like it's binding, but could that be something like when an electric starter goes bad on a car and fails to make good contact? Could binding blades cause the electric bits to do that...could it hurt them permanently?

I just used the thing one time, and it started making an occasional high-pitched noise near the end, like when an electric hair trimmer binds up.

chain oil. for chain saws.....or high viscosity motor oil

yes, you should lubricate it.

I picked up some 3-In-One oil. Will try that. It did sound like a missing starter though.

Nope. I think thin oil for that, because it's not used much. IMHO

30 weight oil.

and dont forget the gauze pads and ball bearings

it's all ball bearings nowadays

You must do a lot of screwing Zippy.

Sweden, I think.

I've learned that first rule. :LOL:

I am working on the second.


My rule is. Quality over quanity when buying groceries.
That is something I had to learn.

Correct. I keep confusing chain saws with chocolate. I've found that between the two I can solve just about any problem that comes along.

Camping gear. With few exceptions, any camping gear worth having is going to be expensive.

Good thinking, cheap camping gear can be more than a pain in the ass, it can be dangerous.

When on a college road trip to Vegas, upon arrival in town you should always spend your FIRST $20 on gas for the trip home. [/voice of experience]