An electric powered chainsaw is the ideal piece of powered garden machinery for general logging, prunning, and cutting back work in the garden or workplace.
Although the use of this type of saw is restricted somewhat by the need for the tool to have a trailing electric power cable it more than makes up for it by having far reduced maintenance needs than its equivalent petrol powered models.
After fitting a chain bar and loop chain an electric chainsaw only needs filling with chain saw oil and its power supply connecting to be ready for use. No engine warming up is needed, no fuelling or mixing petrol with oil, no choke setting adjustment before use, you can virtually instantly get to work sawing, chopping, logging, and pruning.
A wide choice of electric chainsaws are now available to buy including budget priced models for occasional use, branded home user ones aimed at the home gardener, and also top end price models such as those manufactured by Makita and Stihl as examples.
The majority of electric chainsaw are powered by a 240v electric power supply. There are a few machines however that are available in 110v variations for use on site when it is neccessary to run off off a standard power tool transformer.
Most chain saws of this type are fitted with a chain bar and cutting blade of the size range of 12" to 16" in length. This is the ideal ratio of cutting capacity matched to an electric driven saw of this type.
A large advantage for the home gardener that only needs to use this type of powered garden machinery occasionally (perhaps once or twice per year) is the lighter weight of an electric chainsaw when compared to an equivalent petrol fuelled model. The weight saving is a real advantage especially when the saw is used for repeated periods of pruning and trimming back work in the garden.
When you are looking to purchase a chainsaw perhaps the best question to ask yourself is how often you will use it? For the home user that is undertaking cutting work close to the family home or other property the best consideration has to be a straight forward electric chainsaw.
Monday 7 March 2011
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