$99 chain saw

[fatcat]

hi all any one get any of those $99 chain saws from harvey norman.

if so how did it go. they are getting more in. i only have a few cuts to do. then i guess it will be one more thing to unpack after a camping trip thanks all

[rovercare]

:eek:Oh no:(

[rovercare]

I hope you got your chaps.........................and face mask...........................and gloves............................and hearing protection.............................and steel caps..................................and testies in cotton lined handbag:wasntme:



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[Disco95]

I bought a $75 chinese jobbie off Ebay, I've pretty much cleared my block and it still goes "GGGGGRRRRRRAAAAHHHH.....GGGRRRRAAAHHHH" Really well.
6 months of use and I can easily compare that to $100 a day from the local hire mob:D
I even got to use it on some home renos the other day, pretty soon I'm gonna do a Homer Simpson and use it for everything including changing the channels on the T.V.:D
Hang on...that cost me 3 grand, if the chainsaw gets near that I'll kill it.:eek:
I'd better leave it a note before work in the morning, I'd hate for it to get up to no good while i'm at work:eek:

[Blknight.aus]

hi all any one get any of those $99 chain saws from harvey norman.

if so how did it go. they are getting more in. i only have a few cuts to do. then i guess it will be one more thing to unpack after a camping trip thanks all

your welcom to come and borrow one of my old faithful mccullocks or invite me for a beer to make the cuts for you.....

cuts first beer later for those of you who will no doubt pick that...

I might be able to swing it this friday arvo if that helps.

[953]

No probs, Ive used mine on a weekly basis 4 the last 4 months.
Dont expect 2 drop a mountain ash, & dont believe all u read:D.
For its intended purposes its great value 4 the dow;).
Cheers Dean.

[V8Landy]

:eek:Oh no:(


I hope you got your chaps.........................and face mask...........................and gloves............................and hearing protection.............................and steel caps..................................and testies in cotton lined handbag:wasntme:



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:D


:Rolling::Rolling::Rolling:

[long stroke]

We have bought three ebay saws, they are still going strong, bloody great machines, done alot of work and havn't mist a beat:)

CHEERS TIM.

[dirtdawg]

this is going to get good lol

[rovercare]

No probs, Ive used mine on a weekly basis 4 the last 4 months.
Dont expect 2 drop a mountain ash, & dont believe all u read:D.
For its intended purposes its great value 4 the dow;).
Cheers Dean.

And you've even still got all 1 1/2 legs:eek:







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[JohnE]

this is another one of those oops moments

maybe a subject change is in order

or better still how about someone with some qualifications on paper do the talking for a change.

Carpark experts have been done to death on here!!



john

[mcrover]

this is another one of those oops moments

maybe a subject change is in order

or better still how about someone with some qualifications on paper do the talking for a change.

Carpark experts have been done to death on here!!



john

Im a qualified Mechanic, Im the OH&S Rep at work and I have done the course, I have done 2 Chainsaw useage courses 1 for general cutting and 1 for felling, we run 4 Sthil saws, I make all my own chains and have a set up similar to a shop when it comes to saw maintenance.

We have all the safety gear and we use it all the time and if you take a saw out of the shed without the safety gear you get a written warning.

Safety isnt just a joke for cowboys like Rovercare and 953 to flame me over, it's there to save YOU from injury and maybe death.

Yeah it's possible to use a saw without the gear but it's not responsible and no matter what the excuses are it is shear lazyness, short sightedness or false economic reasons why people dont use the safety gear.

A certian coment made by Jim Richards after winning Bathurst comes to mind right now but they already know that and are just posting this rubbish to fire up a reaction.

To answer your queston, Ive looked at it, it is rubbish and I wouldnt own one but there are a couple of people who have bought one that are happy with it and if it were for just pruning light stuff then it may be fine in the hands of an experienced user.

Ive said my peice, fire away....:mad:

[waynep]

And you've even still got all 1 1/2 legs:eek:







:angel:

Dean (953) was looking a little lopsided on the weekend, but that might have been the beer ;):D

[Xavie]

Hey mate, I tried to get one of those GMC ones as a pruning saw but the guy at Bunnings said they didn't sell GMC stuff any more and any thing else was just clearing the warehouse of GMC stuff. I needed to get the job done and couldn't afford a husky saw so ended up with a Homelite one.

I have to say I am rather impressed. Cost $160-ish and has easily knocked off branches 5 arms thick. It has probbaly had 6 hours or thereabouts of running so far and it has taken a lot of weeds and branches down.

I'm happy with it. And I see absolutely no reason why it is not safer then the Stihl or Husquvarna I was using when I was away. I would prefer a husky but that's another story.

Xav

[mcrover]

Dean (953) was looking a little lopsided on the weekend, but that might have been the beer ;):D

Much like when he fell on me at sheepyard one night, that saved him from landing in the fire though.

That was also Beer induced :D

The funniest thing was watching him trying to walk away to take a leak and he was litterally walking sideways and backward more than forward, took him about 5 mins to walk 3 steps lol :D

[mcrover]

Well if my opinion doesnt count thn this bloke has some sort of idea of what he is talking about.

The second one shows how easy it is to stuff up even when your experienced.

There are some interesting injuries on Youtube but I thought it may be just a bit gory for a G rated site.

YouTube - Cut a Tree Down Safely Part 3 - Personal Protective Equipmen (http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=v_exjMtd0aQ)
YouTube - Benni`s little chainsaw mistake (http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ian-GvsKksQ)
YouTube - Cut Down a Tree Safely (http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj1d85CLDOQ)
YouTube - Cut a Tree Down Safely Part 2. Bucking & Cutting (http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=GmrDr78xubU&feature=related)

Doesnt matter what saw brand you have, chainsaws are not a toy in any respect.

[George130]

I got one of those GMC ones.
Still have 10 of my 12 fingers:eek:.

It has worked better than I expected it to.

[rovercare]

Well if my opinion doesnt count thn this bloke has some sort of idea of what he is talking about.

The second one shows how easy it is to stuff up even when your experienced.

There are some interesting injuries on Youtube but I thought it may be just a bit gory for a G rated site.

YouTube - Cut a Tree Down Safely Part 3 - Personal Protective Equipmen (http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=v_exjMtd0aQ)
YouTube - Benni`s little chainsaw mistake (http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ian-GvsKksQ)
YouTube - Cut Down a Tree Safely (http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj1d85CLDOQ)
YouTube - Cut a Tree Down Safely Part 2. Bucking & Cutting (http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=GmrDr78xubU&feature=related)

Doesnt matter what saw brand you have, chainsaws are not a toy in any respect.

Oh look, virtual chainsawing from your puta:cool:

I much prefer the real thing in my hands:D

[isuzurover]

Oh look, virtual chainsawing from your puta:cool:

I much prefer the real thing in my hands:D

Haven't you done enough McRover Baiting Matt ;) :D

I think the vids above could be quite useful to the average joe who just bought a bunnings saw.

[mcrover]

Oh look, virtual chainsawing from your puta:cool:

I much prefer the real thing in my hands:D

Hey Matt, take note at mainly the 26 second mark.:D

YouTube - "Pack of Arseholes" Bathurst 1992 Jim Richards (http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=k_ATwXUtxPA)

Sorry to everyone else, I couldnt find one more specific.

Hey Matt, got some qualifacations to put up that you know what your talking about?

All we know is that you havnt cut you leg of yet.........:p

Doesnt mean you know what your doing :D

[isuzurover]

Hey Matt, got some qualifacations to put up that you know what your talking about?

All we know is that you havnt cut you leg of yet.........:p

Doesnt mean you know what your doing :D

No need to antagonise him any further. If/when Matt injures himself with his chainsaw you get the right to say "I told you so" - how's that?

No need for another 10 page thread going over the same stuff.

[mcrover]

No need to antagonise him any further. If/when Matt injures himself with his chainsaw you get the right to say "I told you so" - how's that?

No need for another 10 page thread going over the same stuff.

Yeah no worries Ben :D

[incisor]

AMEN to that!

[JDNSW]

Just to change the subject, but still on cheap tools - I noted in Aldi at Wentworthville on Sunday that they have stick welders including safety gear for $49.

John

[mcrover]

On a different note, Happy Bday fr tomorrow Dave :twobeers:

[mcrover]

Just to change the subject, but still on cheap tools - I noted in Aldi at Wentworthville on Sunday that they have stick welders including safety gear for $49.

John

Just a rule of thumb, the better the welder, the better the weld.

Well really the easier it is to get a better weld.

Im sure it would work for medium duty but with the price of copper I doubt it would have copper windings and is probably steel meaning it will be prone to over heating under heavy work and wont hold a stable current in light work.

For a couple of hundred you can pick up small inverter welders which are a similar size but are a much much better machine to use and is way more versatile.

[JDNSW]

Just a rule of thumb, the better the welder, the better the weld.

Well really the easier it is to get a better weld.

Im sure it would work for medium duty but with the price of copper I doubt it would have copper windings and is probably steel meaning it will be prone to over heating under heavy work and wont hold a stable current in light work.

For a couple of hundred you can pick up small inverter welders which are a similar size but are a much much better machine to use and is way more versatile.

In general, I am sure you are right - although I doubt anyone winds any transformers with steel - probably aluminium like most, but undersupplied with core and as you indicate, prone to overheating and with poor current regulation. And certainly the inverter types you refer to are better, but then at four times the price they would want to be!

I was not recommending this machine, about which I know little, but just mentioning it. It may well be suitable for occasional light work, although probably not for a beginner.

And for quite a few people, particularly those on superannuation or pensions, the difference between fifty dollars and a couple of hundred is the difference between welder or no welder.

However, I suspect that keeping your eyes open at garage sales etc should bring some excellent bargains for stick welders, a better machine, a lower price, and probably a bunch of rods thrown in.

John

[mcrover]

In general, I am sure you are right - although I doubt anyone winds any transformers with steel - probably aluminium like most, but undersupplied with core and as you indicate, prone to overheating and with poor current regulation. And certainly the inverter types you refer to are better, but then at four times the price they would want to be!

I was not recommending this machine, about which I know little, but just mentioning it. It may well be suitable for occasional light work, although probably not for a beginner.

And for quite a few people, particularly those on superannuation or pensions, the difference between fifty dollars and a couple of hundred is the difference between welder or no welder.

However, I suspect that keeping your eyes open at garage sales etc should bring some excellent bargains for stick welders, a better machine, a lower price, and probably a bunch of rods thrown in.

John

Yep I agree there that it would probably do the job....at least for a while, I think I basically said that in my original post but I also agree that a garage sale would be a much better place to pick one up or even better, for $50 you could hire an Inverter welder and get a small pack of rods, auto mask and gloves as well as chiping hammer from Kenards for a day but then again it isnt there for that quick tack up for the trailer but if you were to buy a cheap welder and needed to do a bigger job then that may be an option as well.

I know of 3 older type ARC welders that need new homes, 1 I know works ok, 1 isnt working at the moment but was just lose bolts inside that put it out of service and the other is 3 phase WIA which is throwing sparks out at me when I plug it in so I need to find out whats wrong with that one.

The WIA I think we will be keeping (although not much use to me seems I have a MIG and it's not really a portable welder being 3 phase but the other 2 I will probably be getting rid of soon.

I will put up a post when I know more.

[953]

Dean (953) was looking a little lopsided on the weekend, but that might have been the beer ;):D

Thanx 4 organising an enjoyable & productive W`end on the hut Wayne, it was 1 for the do`ers, not the talkers;).
Cheers Dean.

[rangieman]

Thanx 4 organising an enjoyable & productive W`end on the hut Wayne, it was 1 for the do`ers, not the talkers;).
Cheers Dean.
All these unconstructive comments , You guys are realy starting to sound like a scratched record :mad:
Give it a miss and move on:angel:

[rovercare]

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Hey Matt, take note at mainly the 26 second mark.:D

YouTube - "Pack of ********s" Bathurst 1992 Jim Richards (http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=k_ATwXUtxPA)

Sorry to everyone else, I couldnt find one more specific.

Hey Matt, got some qualifacations to put up that you know what your talking about?

All we know is that you havnt cut you leg of yet.........:p

Doesnt mean you know what your doing :D

Haha, thats actually funny:)

Only Quals I got are the 20 metres of wood I cut p/a for home and the other 15ish I cut while camping;)

With beer in hand, of course:D

[rovercare]

Haven't you done enough McRover Baiting Matt ;) :D

I think the vids above could be quite useful to the average joe who just bought a bunnings saw.

When my bait stops working.............I'll stop casting;)

[isuzurover]

When my bait stops working.............I'll stop casting;)

Surely fishing in an aquarium gets boring pretty quickly???


In reference to the Bathurst vid. I personally lost most of my interest once the variety was excluded and it became holden vs ford v8s. The days of the mini, the XU1, the Charger, the sierra and the nissans were 1000X more interesting than watching 2 almost identical types of vehicle going round and round for hours...

Rally racing is much more interesting IMHO. Speaking of which - at the perth WRC show races in 2006, I saw a datsun 1400 beat a V8 commodore :D - by a country mile.

[rovercare]

Surely fishing in an aquarium gets boring pretty quickly???


In reference to the Bathurst vid. I personally lost most of my interest once the variety was excluded and it became holden vs ford v8s. The days of the mini, the XU1, the Charger, the sierra and the nissans were 1000X more interesting than watching 2 almost identical types of vehicle going round and round for hours...

Rally racing is much more interesting IMHO. Speaking of which - at the perth WRC show races in 2006, I saw a datsun 1400 beat a V8 commodore :D - by a country mile.

:DYea, see your point

I don't watch go kart.............I mean touring car Racing either, the same cars, just body shell dependant:(, plus you'd have to sit inside on the couch

[moose]

Couldn't agree more isuzurover, the dinosaur racing we get now has a very limited lifespan, and all they did by killing off the variety was kill off any chance of holden and ford developing anything that could compete on a world stage.

[DeeJay]

A 5 in 1 thread:eek:
Chainsaws, welders, safety, Bathurst & self appreciation society:D
With the usual suspects baiting, & the other usual suspects biting.
Ho Hum.