Covid

[tjb]

Over here in Ohio we have a lot of Kobalt stuff from Lowes. It looks like Kobalt is a rebranded Greenworks.

Oh, nice! We have a local Lowes here.

Thanks

 

[mmcmdl]

Back to work starting tonight . I was tested on Tuesday and haven't received my results as of yet . Work called and said they needed a fire watch tonight and Friday so I volunteered . Only one other person will be in the plant so we can social distance ourselves .

 

[Aukai]

See you at work tonight

 

[Aaron_W]

I hear you on the ethanol. I use it, but I burn it all out when I use it. I've never been a fan of battery powered tools, but the new stuff seems to be much better. My wife just got a battery powered weed wacker and, I have to admit, it's way better than the older battery tools I've ever handled. I've been told the newer style battery chainsaws are pretty nice for stuff in the 2 to 4 inch range. They better be: they're anything but 'cheapy'. All my battery powered hand tools are DeWalt and I've been extremely satisfied. But there's a whole lot of difference between an impact wrench and a chainsaw. Sure would like to run into someone whose actually used the stuff before forking over a few hundred dollars.

Regards - and thanks for the input.
Terry

I am a bit of a tool snob, but I have come to like Ryobi tools, only because my wife bought a Ryobi hedge trimmer about 8 years ago, and then a weed wacker. Since we had the batteries I've added a few more interesting tools I wouldn't normally have bought.
I have a Ryobi battery powered caulking gun. This was almost a joke. My Dad was helping me put a new tin roof on the carport, and this was on sale for like $40 so I bought it because it amused me, "hey Dad, moving up in the world I have an electric calking gun" . I love that caulking gun, and will probably never go back to the old hand squeeze type. After the project my Dad was impressed enough with it that when he went home he bought one for himself.

The first weed wacker was kind of wimpy, (and too short for me), but it worked fine as an edger. Now Ryobi offers a full size weed wacker, and it works well, cleared the weed patch I call a backyard quickly and easily. Not up to the power of a name brand gas weed wacker, but it works well much better than the old corded one I had before. Again quite reasonably priced, I think it was about $100 so comparing to a gas it is cheaper than even a no name gas trimmer. Ryobi has introduced some 40v yard machines as well, but I stick to the 18v because those are the batteries I have. I'm only on about 1/5 of an acre so I don't need really heavy duty serious yard tools.

I never would have thought I would consider an electric chainsaw, but I'm starting to. I have two Stihl chainsaws, an 041G (old gear drive) with a 25" bar and a 390 with a 20" because I used to cut wood for heat, but now I just use the smaller one when I need to cut stuff around the house. The 041G just sits around being cool, it was one of the last gear drive saws on the market, so a bit of a collectible. I rarely need more than a tank of gas for anything I do, so I end up buying the pre-mix ethanol free fuel. $10 for a quart of fuel just sets off the cranky spendthrift in me, but it makes no sense to mix up a gallon of fuel, when I'm unlikely to even use a quart in a year.

I'd never consider it for "real" saw work, but for the light stuff I use a chainsaw for these days (limbing trees, and cutting brush and saplings) I imagine it is just a matter of time before one of those Ryobi chainsaws comes home with me. I used to laugh at the idea of an electric chainsaw, now I think, that looks pretty handy.

 

[tjb]

I am a bit of a tool snob, but I have come to like Ryobi tools, only because my wife bought a Ryobi hedge trimmer about 8 years ago, and then a weed wacker. Since we had the batteries I've added a few more interesting tools I wouldn't normally have bought.
I have a Ryobi battery powered caulking gun. This was almost a joke. My Dad was helping me put a new tin roof on the carport, and this was on sale for like $40 so I bought it because it amused me, "hey Dad, moving up in the world I have an electric calking gun" . I love that caulking gun, and will probably never go back to the old hand squeeze type. After the project my Dad was impressed enough with it that when he went home he bought one for himself.

The first weed wacker was kind of wimpy, (and too short for me), but it worked fine as an edger. Now Ryobi offers a full size weed wacker, and it works well, cleared the weed patch I call a backyard quickly and easily. Not up to the power of a name brand gas weed wacker, but it works well much better than the old corded one I had before. Again quite reasonably priced, I think it was about $100 so comparing to a gas it is cheaper than even a no name gas trimmer. Ryobi has introduced some 40v yard machines as well, but I stick to the 18v because those are the batteries I have. I'm only on about 1/5 of an acre so I don't need really heavy duty serious yard tools.

I never would have thought I would consider an electric chainsaw, but I'm starting to. I have two Stihl chainsaws, an 041G (old gear drive) with a 25" bar and a 390 with a 20" because I used to cut wood for heat, but now I just use the smaller one when I need to cut stuff around the house. The 041G just sits around being cool, it was one of the last gear drive saws on the market, so a bit of a collectible. I rarely need more than a tank of gas for anything I do, so I end up buying the pre-mix ethanol free fuel. $10 for a quart of fuel just sets off the cranky spendthrift in me, but it makes no sense to mix up a gallon of fuel, when I'm unlikely to even use a quart in a year.

I'd never consider it for "real" saw work, but for the light stuff I use a chainsaw for these days (limbing trees, and cutting brush and saplings) I imagine it is just a matter of time before one of those Ryobi chainsaws comes home with me. I used to laugh at the idea of an electric chainsaw, now I think, that looks pretty handy.

Aaron,

You might want to look through the following thread on Cordless tools started by Tozguy. Quite a bit of good discussion on cordless tools in general, gravitating toward cordless chainsaws in particular. I ended up buying a DeWalt because of a great price. Skim through the entire thread, and you'll see why that brand made sense for me (much like Ryobi will make sense for you). I give a rather unofficial consumer's critique on the DeWalt at post #44. Good commentary from others after that point as well. My experience essentially confirms your beginning statement in your last paragraph.

Cordless tools, the next level

Most of us have been using cordless hand drills and drivers for many years now. Many of us have experienced the leap in performance and durability from NiCad to lithium-ion batteries. Moreover, with the recent proliferation of battery powered bikes and cars, we are facing developments far beyond...

www.hobby-machinist.com

Regards,
Terry

 

[Tozguy]

Would never have thought of a cordless caulking gun but the idea is growing on me.

 

[mmcmdl]

I was tested on Tuesday and haven't received my results as of yet .

Results came back today , negative . Guess it's back to the overtime .