Anybody tried battery secateurs?

[Mesterh]

5 hours ago, kram said:

Hmm well we can do thousands of chainsaw cuts a day. Perhaps we should ask HSE to make those flappy top guards mandatory on all professional top handle climbing saws?

 

Sod off !

 

I've got three of the secateurs and have used them all day long. Its very simple, if you want to keep your fingers whilst using dangerous tools, you have to respect it, and follow basic rules. The most important is turn it off when your not cutting.

 

You wouldnt walk around carrying a chainsaw, its running with the brake off, idle set very high or pinned throttle so the chain is spinning. Thats exactly the danger level of the secateurs, if they are turned on.

I suppose you could remove the chain brake from a chainsaw and go old skool style. If youre using the saw correctly then surely there isnt a need for it. Ditto the dead mans handle and chain catcher.

 

 

 

 

[openspaceman]

1 hour ago, Mesterh said:

I suppose you could remove the chain brake from a chainsaw and go old skool style. If youre using the saw correctly then surely there isnt a need for it. Ditto the dead mans handle and chain catcher.

 

 

 

 

Well the saw I first used had none of those things, nor AV, didn't cut myself with that.

I'd be very uncomfortable without those items now, as I am without a seat belt in a car (my tractors haven't got them).

[Mesterh]

Well yeah, loads of people drive around without a seatbelt and dont have an accident or fly out of the windscreen until they do. There is a fairly good reason why these safety devices are in use. And its not because Big Seatbelt, Big Chain brake or Big White Finger are cashing in.