Whats wrong with one of these from Bunnings. 3 years replacement warranty from somewhere you know.
www.bunnings.com.au/ozito-254mm-18v-cordless-chainsaw-kit_p0035933

jade46 wrote:

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Whats wrong with one of these from Bunnings. 3 years replacement warranty from somewhere you know.
www.bunnings.com.au/ozito-254mm-18v-cordless-chainsaw-kit_p0035933

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 There is nothing wrong with the Bummings one per see. The other ones mentioned by the OP are attractive to those who wish to have something more compact.

Hi LW recently purchased the 6 Inch Chainsaw below for $77.79 with 2 batteries. It does not have the trigger or saw guard that your item shows. ( which to me is a lot better)

Has no way to oil the chain in with this item, so have oil in a Tomato sauce bottle to apply as needed.

Purchase a separate chain, guide bar and pinion for $21.

Seems to work ok, keep it without battery connected in the box it came in.

www.ebay.com.au/itm/402831573931

Have a standard 18v Ozito or? that is a lot bigger for home use.

iana wrote:

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One handed chainsaws are not recommended for general work, two handed give a better grip, and in the case of a kick back are safer. The one handed chainsaws are for arborists high up in the trees.

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 The chainsaw in the OP can definitely not be used with two hands unless you use the two handed pistol grip.

iana wrote:

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Just had a look, that's a strange toy.

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dangerous toy for the untrained

I have been away camping since April (about 19 weeks) this year mostly up in W.A's North West.   While camping  at Mary Pool (Halls Creek area)  we estimated about 100 +/- vans  overnighted there each day.   We stayed twice for a few days each time. One morning we counted 71 vans leaving  from 0600 till 1000 hrs and still 20+.  in the campground

The afternoons were increasingly filled with the sound of chainsaws  doing their thing to the surrounding bush. 

I'm with "Whenarewethere" and use a single handed bow saw when i need to cut wood.

I remember being out with the 4x4 club when we were stopped by a small tree across the track.  The chainsaws were being got out and prepared,  while I cleared the tree with the Bow Saw.  

 

 

A tow rope & extension if needed are quick to remove obstacles.

You can get chains made to any length you require, just go to a chainsaw repair place.

Re ( but I did wonder about replacement chains when needed.)

I purchased similar to below for my 6inch saw, plus a pinion gear for around $22.

www.ebay.com.au/itm/353439365048

Whenarewethere wrote:

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The other day I cut down the remains of a tree, up to 110mm diameter into small pieces to fit into two 240L wheelie bins with a bow saw. Two weeks earlier I did the first half of the tree. So all up 4 wheelie bin loads.

Amazing how quick the old bow saw is!

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 Yep, bow saw does the job. It's just about how much you need to cut.

 

When away we only have the occassional camp fire and often scrounge wood. So it's good enough for me and very light weight.

dogbox wrote:

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Mobi Condo wrote:

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As a long time wood / timber worker who is able to sharpen a great variety of tools, I recently spent a few weeks with older and seriously ill Sis in law and not so seriously ill Bro in law and assisting around the yard etc. One task was to keep his chain saws sharp as we worked. He had a few chain saws including a very small single hand battery powered chain (you know a few $$ off a Face Book ad type) saw badly in need of sharpening and chain servicing. This was quite manageable, but I did wonder about replacement chains when needed. What I had thought was a cheap toy type tool was quite robust for pruning etc up to 100mm dia branches.

Any body solved the problem of obtaining new chains or is it just a buy use - throw away, buy use - throw away etc scenario

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a dull chain is much more dangerous than a sharp one

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 precisely dogbox, that is why I did all of the sharpening for Bro-in-Law

MC re (a very small single hand battery powered chain (you know a few $$ off a Face Book ad type) saw badly in need of sharpening and chain servicing.)

Have one of those 12v chain saw sharpeners for my petrol CS hat I sold on gumtree and now can use it on my Bunnings Green18V CS. have the spare chain for the 6inch but may in future want to sharpen said chain, ( when I get home), what size file did you use to sharpen mates small saw 5/16 or.... so will buy the appropriate fitting for the 12v unit.

Thanks

The thought of a one handed chainsaw is too scary for me, give me a bow saw any day. do they supply a steel hard hat with those saws? I only ask as I've seen photo's of the results of one handed chainsaw work.

 

Re (Recently I put wood/plastic cutter on my Bosch 10.8v angle grinder to trim small branches off a tree)

I looked at similar, but was told about kickback if cutting dried wood ( because of the high speed cutting action??), so did not go down that track. ( Don't know how factual)