Aldi saw

[KingoftheRing]

I bought the saw (got a relative to get it for me) For the money, was well worth a punt.

 

Will post pictures when I return to UK in a few weeks.

 

Anyone else????

[djbobbins]

I got one of these about four years ago (given to me by my father, who has never got on with petrol tools).

 

It is not a patch in build quality on my baby Husky 235 but has got enough grunt for the 16" bar (IMHO).

 

I've done all my firewood for a couple of years, cleared some bits of roots, sawed up chunks of kitchen worktop and it still goes okay (after sharpening the chain!)

 

Downsides:

 

- when it was about six months old the recoil on the starter cord packed up; I opened it up and found it had been "oiled" with some kind of vegetable oil at new, which had cloyed with age - after uncoiling the chain, cleaning with petrol and re-oiling with 20/50 it has been fine ever since

- it will start okay from cold and hot, but put it down for about 20 minutes and then try to get it going again and you'll be struggling

- it is nowhere near as easy to start as the Husky, mainly I think because there's no primer pump on the carb

 

Upsides:

 

- I paid nowt for it, which makes it even more of a bargain than the Aldi version

[Steve999]

Yes, got one today, I'm going to strip it down and have a look at the build, then try it out.

[Steve999]

Had one but it's back with Aldi now. I was overtaken by the price and bought on impulse, but looking at it out of the box I could see it was a cheap Chinese saw. The chain brake seemed a bit stiff too so thought don't want to mess with something which may be ever so slightly iffy.

[Hoggin]

I've got an older one. With its narrow kerf chain it cuts well when its running. It is tiring to use though and the clutch gives up after half an hours use. Apparently, they aren't regarded too highly in the criminal world either. When my other stuff was nicked they left the Aldi saw behind.

[Rich2484]

I've got an older one. With its narrow kerf chain it cuts well when its running. It is tiring to use though and the clutch gives up after half an hours use. Apparently, they aren't regarded too highly in the criminal world either. When my other stuff was nicked they left the Aldi saw behind.

 

I'm going to get some green paint and do all the stihl saws in it. Never get stolen again

[Scott Walker]

Id love to see a video of this saw cutting some timber just to have an idea what it's like.

 

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[fergusonforestry]

found this not much to go on dunno is it blunt or is it just cos hes only using about half the throttle range [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wthut91C-MU]My Chainsaw - YouTube[/ame]

[Rich2484]

I dunno but starting it with the chain break off on full throttle tells me he hasn't had much training????

[Dan Earp]

I dunno but starting it with the chain break off on full throttle tells me he hasn't had much training????

 

I believe that's the way you started a saw back in the day, as I almost failed a interview by not doin that. Lucky enough I grabbed my old college booklets and called nptc for conformation . They then changed the assessment lol