SUGGESTIONS FOR BEST CORDLESS VARVING TOOL
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Mike Corazzi
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Hard to substitute for a Dremel.
I'd be lost without this.
A....CORDLESS.... Dremel would probably be my choice.
I'd be lost without this.
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A....CORDLESS.... Dremel would probably be my choice.
Frozentreehugger
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Coming from engine modification past . The top of the line tool also used by serious bonsai and wood carvers . Is a Foredom Which is a motor unit . Then a flexible shaft to a small head unit like a large pen . The advantage is power . Changeable heads ie collet size 1/8 inch 1/4 inch or 80 degree head . Easier to use less fatigue . Fits in tighter spots . Last I checked about 450$ American for the. Base unit . Like a lot of people I use a cheap knock off same principle . Shaft drive once you use one you won’t go back . As for a cordless. Most people chose a manufacture . Then you can get multiple tools that all use the same battery and charging platform . Saves on tool cost . Example I use Dewalt. So I would get that . Only have to buy the tool .
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How much you wanna spend? and how big are the trees you're working on? The bigger the tree, the more wood you will likely have to move...
Frozentreehugger
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Hand tools 1/8 collet Dremel 1/4 collet due grinder 4 1/2 inch grinder. 7 inch grinder. Chainsaw 
Gabler
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You know what are surprisingly great? Electric chainsaws. I've used Milwaukee's version, but I'm sure one brand is much like the next. The batteries last an hour or two, depending on the nature of the work, which is comparable to a gasoline-powered unit, and the saw is less likely to bog down at a low RPM, since the torque on the motor has a wider optimal RPM range.
Frozentreehugger
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Quality chainsaw is almost a thing of the past . The best were always made in North America . Then quality manufacturing moved to Europe . Now even top Europe brands are . Made out of cheap Chinese parts . Assembled in Europe at best . Need to buy a top of the line pro saw to get anything any good . Homeowner level saw junk . So your right I would go electric if I needed a saw . But I think I will stick with my 35 year old Rebuilt saw . Hard I. Fuel and I’m sure it’s emissions are bad . But the large 73 cc low rpm engine will stick the full of the 20 inch bar into hardwood and spit out chunks not sawdust
Gabler
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I second that. About five years ago my dad’s old chainsaw was worn out to a point it was no longer reliable. He bought a new one. Less reliable than the one it was supposed to replace. He returned it, thinking it was defective. Another saw from a better brand proved to suffer the same reluctance to start and run. The electric saw is a lighter-weight tool, but it starts and runs every time, and it can handle any job, clean and smooth, so long as you aren’t in a hurry.
Edit: I should add that the solution to his problem was a chainsaw repair specialist in south-central Pennsylvania. It’s right off the Turnpike at the Ft. Loudon exit, though I forget the name of the place. Other repairmen couldn’t handle the job.
I appreciate all of the help guys but chain saws?? My trees are 1-3" in diameter and a chain saw would immediately eat them up. I am thinking a corded or cordless Dremel or something like that. Does anyone use these?
Colorado
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I use a dremel, will get a cordless model when my cord model dies.
Frozentreehugger
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Read my first answer . About the flex shaft tool . 1/8 collet size is what a drenel uses . That style tool is way better to use . The work handle gets in amongst branches . And normally have a foot speed control . Lots of cheaper knock off Tooks avail . Also as was suggested don’t overlook hand tools simple and rewarding to work with I spent Saturday removing dead bark from my tree in my Yama beaver thread . I have not pulled out the power Tooks yet just blades
Paradox
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If your trees arent too big, a dremel is just fine. If you have large carving jobs, you are going to want something bigger than that, like a die grinder.
The only issue I have with a cordless is they just dont seem as powerful as the corded ones.
I own both and while the cordless is nice for lack of the cord, its just not as powerful as the corded one and I sometimes have to break that one out anyway
The only issue I have with a cordless is they just dont seem as powerful as the corded ones.
I own both and while the cordless is nice for lack of the cord, its just not as powerful as the corded one and I sometimes have to break that one out anyway
Frozentreehugger
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First pic is the real thing Fordom second is a knock off . For 30 bucks more than a dremel a much better tool . For the record a larger tool pays for itself in cost of use . And wear . For example a 1/4 inch collet tool . The burrs are more plentiful often the same cost or cheaper than a 1/8 collet burr and will do 5 times the work . Before wearing out . Flex shaft tool 1/4 handle and a 1/8 handle fir detail work a few manual carving blades abs your set
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Gabler
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Even the knock-offs can be solid tools.
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+1 for corded. 1/4" makita die grinder to remove the bulk and 1/8" ryobi rotary tool for the finer detail work
penumbra
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I have Foredom and a couple dremels. Foredom has all kinds of torque. Dremels, not so much. Foredom is not cordless.
Paradox
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2nd the makita if you ever need something to do larger work with. Very durable tool. I have one with the optional side handle for better control. HIGHLY recommended
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Milwaukee and Dewalt make great cordless die grinders and Dremel style tools. Milwaukee is what I'm using for my deadwood carving. Works amazingly well and even the smaller batteries have enough power and longevity to really dig in. On larger trees you may need two charged smaller batteries but I did about a half hour of carving on a medium size tree yesterday on only one 12v Milwuakee battery. And they do make larger 18v die grinders. I'm a general contracting woodworker and am almost entirely battery based now from table saws to framing guns. The new cordless tools are up to the task.
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Frozentreehugger
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Modern cordless is great I’m a drewalt guy ford master technician fir a living . So even where we have compressed air I use cordless . Plus great for where there is no power . Like collecting wild trees . Latest purchase is a SDS rotory hammer drill . Enlarging rock pockets . Lots use reciprocal and rotory saws . I don’t yet recip is next
Frozentreehugger
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So they poach protected species .
