Stihl v Lidl. (Yer gets wot yer pay for)

[Baldbloke]

"Yer gets wot yer pay for"

 

Usually true but I did once pick up some some heavy duty jump leads for £12 at Lidl that I reckon were identical to a £50.00 set I needed to buy a month earlier from an agricultural outlet. But for the writing on the bag I reckon they were made by the same company. The hardware on offer from Lidl can be absolute shite but occasionally it is worth a quick look. 

[openspaceman]

On 4/12/2018 at 06:21, Billhook said:

The Stihl had been used a bit but the "Florabest" Lidl was straight out of the sealed packet!

Then it's not surprising the Stihl did better, the blade was hollow ground with a finer finish and the points on the teeth were well formed, the florabest one was coarser finish and you can see burrs on the points. Now if the steel is as good as the Stihl's you may be able to bring the Lidl saw back into shape with the judicious use of a diamond feather edge file.

[Billhook]

6 hours ago, openspaceman said:

Then it's not surprising the Stihl did better, the blade was hollow ground with a finer finish and the points on the teeth were well formed, the florabest one was coarser finish and you can see burrs on the points. Now if the steel is as good as the Stihl's you may be able to bring the Lidl saw back into shape with the judicious use of a diamond feather edge file.

That may well be part of the problem but an old man of the woods came round today and observed that the teeth had not been "set" or whatever the term is for introducing a little splay to widen the cut enough for the main blade to pass through easily.  The wood grabbed the Florabest making it nearly impossible to saw.  I expect that the steel is good enough to maybe take to a saw master to correct, and the handle and fold out mechanism are sturdy enough.

"Spoiling the barrel for a ha'pence worth of tar"  comes to mind.

[openspaceman]

1 hour ago, Billhook said:

T an old man of the woods came round today and observed that the teeth had not been "set" or whatever the term is for introducing a little splay to widen the cut enough for the main blade to pass through easily. 

a major feature of this sort of saw is that it has no set, the clearance is given by the fact the blade is thickest at the teeth and tapers to the back. Thus initially every tooth is cutting exactly as its neighbour on the same side, hence the exceptionally smooth finish.

[Billhook]

11 hours ago, openspaceman said:

a major feature of this sort of saw is that it has no set, the clearance is given by the fact the blade is thickest at the teeth and tapers to the back. Thus initially every tooth is cutting exactly as its neighbour on the same side, hence the exceptionally smooth finish.

I will try and find my micrometer screw gauge and check both blades for taper.   The Florabest sticks like the proverbial in green wood!

[Stere]

 Samurai v silky zubat would be a good test.

 

or Aldi v stihl cordless long reach trimmer

 

Aldi trimmer is £59 including batteries  v sthil hla58 £385 bare unit

 

 

 

 

 

[bmp01]

Bought 2 of those Lidl folding saws for the children to stop them from playing with my Silky Zubat - and to teach them how to be careful with folding saw .

So I bought those ones over a year ago and i can see some differences to the one in this post but i have to say they work perfectly fine, they certainly don't jamb in the cut. And for the price, fantastic. 

Worth cherry picking the best looking blades....

 

In contrast the Lidl full length pruning saw (from a year or so ago), had teeth 'set' to cut a wider kerf than the blade thickness and looked cheap and nasty. 

 

[Billhook]

1 minute ago, bmp01 said:

Bought 2 of those Lidl folding saws for the children to stop them from playing with my Silky Zubat - and to teach them how to be careful with folding saw .

So I bought those ones over a year ago and i can see some differences to the one in this post but i have to say they work perfectly fine, they certainly don't jamb in the cut. And for the price, fantastic. 

Worth cherry picking the best looking blades....

 

In contrast the Lidl full length pruning saw (from a year or so ago), had teeth 'set' to cut a wider kerf than the blade thickness and looked cheap and nasty. 

 

I will go back to the Lidl store with a lump of wood and keep cutting until I find a good one or until the store manager comes along looking bigger and fitter than me!

[bmp01]

8 minutes ago, Billhook said:

I will go back to the Lidl store with a lump of wood and keep cutting until I find a good one or until the store manager comes along looking bigger and fitter than me!

Let us know where and when, we'll sort out some backup !

 

Maybe we could do a nationwide test day or something,  that ought to be popular. ..