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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- My mom always says if you can't say something nice... etc.
But this might be a teachable moment.
That... and I'm sad.
Let's talk about Milwaukee's new cordless pruner, shall we?
Music: Hookah Bar - Silent Partner
At this point I think ToT is just seeing how far he can push the limits of making videos on deep dives on random esoteric subjects. And I'm here for it. Clearly, since I just watched 20 minutes on pruning shears.
Yeah, but the next time you hit the tool store you're going to "hmmm" in the pruner aisle...
This was the Tot video to show my wife... she handles the bio stuff (meaning plants and trees) in our household, I'm the machinist/technician/electrician.
I was thinking if TOT made a Hollywood movie . What would it be like?
He's testing the waters
And probably laughed ending with a good smile on.
At this rate I don't care if Tony develops a fascination for hand knotted rugs or wood fired stoves. I wanna see what he's up to and hear what he thinks about stuff.
Don't talk about stoves... It might get the algorithm wizards to shut him down! 😆
@@SigEpVet nah wood stoves are fine they just want to ban gas stoves lol
Same
I'm seriously surprised he's been as witty, silly, and informative. These videos must take a monumental amount of effort, that or he's just insanely "Dad Joke" funny. Like a gift.. like a Prophet of lovable cringe jokes
The number of TOT is doing a video about (insert here) and I'm like "gosh I could care less" then 25 minutes later I go "not the wrap up already?? I was really enjoying that!"
I love this video so much. It must be really nice to have RUclips pay you for thousands of people watching a rant you try to give your wife and friends before they interrupt you 3 minutes in to change the subject. So relatable.
There’s only so much you can do with just your hands (not that we were getting bored), but you’ve opened a whole new world by introducing feet as well. What a neat concept.
+1
The possibilities multiply. What if he added another appendage!😳
You are a scream!!! Shared with my wife who is a Master Gardner. She shared it with ALL of her local (Waco, Texas) Master Gardeners. They shared it with hundreds more. Most are ladies, but not all. I understand they all howled around the point "you got it off your chest!" Thanks man!
My family are fruit farmers and the electric Felcos are the gold standard. Analog Triggers and fast as hell. The speed a professional pruner can achieve with them is mind-boggling. Ergonomics is also key if you do it weeks on end in the winter.
Having started my horticultural career on a vineyard, doing months of pruning with electric Felcos, I second this comment.
@@FFLFFS Why stop at mere finger removal, when you could easily do entire ~~limbs~~ appendages.
I used to have felco too and i switched to Infaco and there will be no turning back. The pruning force is unrivaled on the Infaco. Give it a try, you will be surprised.
3 infaco 3015 here too. Very good tool!
@@FFLFFS well, how would you do that without a battery?
For one, you need a fuel/Air mixture, and this needs to be able to ignite. Might be possible with an electric push Spark like in lighters, but only in ideal conditions.
Ever have a 2stroke not start on the first 20 pulls?
Old Tony, you're the best. Really nothing more to say. You just hit all the right spots for this shop hound. The subject matter, the humor, the videography. Top notch. Always have been. Always will be.
Agreed, but you forgot knowledge (wisdom perhaps) who knows there are specific names for shear designs- much less their names.
To be honest pruning shears aren’t my fav topic, but Tony makes it interesting.
Great comment! I've felt for a long time I'm gonna be tired of ToT ... seems it has not happened yet!!
Yep 100%
Unless he has a power pruning shear accident...
I thought to myself, "those jeans seem tight to get over his boots" then the concept of ToT wearing skinny jeans with the emo hair over covering his one black eye-lined eye popped into my head. I laughed at that idea for much longer than I am willing to admit.
*flips hair back* thanks for watching BeBo!
@@ThisOldTony If you aren't wearing skinny jeans and have a straight-edge X on your hand next video, I will know this was just a phase and you will have proven your parents right.
I subscribed for machining content but you have a way of explaining and a sense of humor that I enjoy. If your hobbies have steered more towards gardening and you wanted to make more content covering it, I would watch it. Even if it was a second channel.
About the nr 2 Felco: I used to work at a rose grower's. We had Felco shears which also came with an aluminium lip at the top blade, which enables you to cut a rose and hold on to the stem at the same time. Maybe that's why the bottom lip is designed the way it is.
My wife had a thing for sleek foreign sounding focus-group tested pruning shears. I bought her a Falco #8 (a decade ago now) and the smile on her face after the first time using it was worth every penny. Now that arthritis is setting in, it's either I take over the pruning or find something electric for her to use to put that smile back on her face.
Thanks Old Tony.
Look at the Bosch Easy Prune!!
@@JH-tc3yu They're to quiet. I think she wants something with a bit more of a buzz.😛
Well step on the gas and get her a pair of the kebtek shears before the price goes up ;-)
@@CrestRising "Find something electric for her to use to put that smile back on her face."
@@CrestRising whoa whoa, this is TOT, not AvE
Glad to see the little Bahco in your lineup. I'm a vegetable farmer with a recreational tree pruning addiction and tool collecting habits that seem like they'd be familiar to you. The small Bahco (P126-19) is my all-time favourite for delicate work. I have a pair of Felcos, (yes a present from me) that I'm also plenty fond of but those little all-metal Bahco secateurs are totally unbeatable for the $, quality and ease of maintenance. Thanks for making the best videos on RUclips.
Tony sir, you are a treasure. Never stop what you are doing please. Most well adjusted person I've seen for sure.
Electric pruning shears are the next leap on technology after the rolling-hand pruning shears. As someone who has spent years pruning vineyards, each fellow worker would almost always have the same gear. When you're making thousands of cuts a day the little improvements make a huge difference. It took only two days after the first belt-pack pruner took a skip on a job before we all bought them😅
I am a landscaper, so you are so right about this topic, as always. I e been watching your channel for years and I always find you far funnier than you need to be, and I love it. keep up the work sir.
That’s the reason we all watch till the end!…..Oh and the fact it’s always interesting too.🇬🇧
There is always room for a fart joke.
By far my favourite Chanel of all times!
ToT is always a great source of inspiration.
Always a fan of the Mad Max Thunderdome disarming sequence. That cordless pruner there looks like it's been taking ergonomics cues from the Warhammer 40k universe.
I bought a pair of these last spring and OH WOW! The have saved me so much time, especially when cutting up branches to fit in my garbage can. Like your manual shears, they do seem to reproduce. Shortly after my neighbor saw mine, he ended up with a pair (nicer then mine, of course). I have be keeping mine in the garage at night. I don't want too many in the neighborhood. 😉
The felco I got from the electricians I worked side by side with.
Wonderful tool.
Cuts branches, steel supports for roofs, piping, nails and noses.
Best thing ever!
[Fx: Sound of cork coming out of a whisky bottle.] Noses eh? [Sound of shot glasses on table.] I guess you'd better pull up a chair and tell us about that time. [glug, glug, glug]
@@ianmason. Aaah excellent!
*grabs a glas and drinks*
*does it again*
Well you see.
Now, that was excellent whiskey friend.
But,
Well.
I haven't actually cut a nose with it.
But it would be my tool of choice if I ever had too!
*hat salute*
Tony, thx for getting me involved into machining, i got myself a Logan 820 10" last week, and it's been amazing.(besides the worn out chuck that drives me crazy)
Making scrap material has never been easier
Jury Duty Joe: If you happen to see this, thanks so much for recommending this channel to us! It's great!
Those klebtek power shears are amazing. I am shocked. I prune back some small trees and bushes in my front yard every year. I use manual sheers. Each season, I make at least a few questionable decisions to prune back some bigger branches. If they're maybe 25mm in diameter, I can sometimes get by with a bigger set of manual bypass shears that have long handles for extra leverage. I don't remember the brand. I probably bought them at the orange big box store. The extra leverage makes a big difference. When those aren't cutting it, I pull out a hand saw for those few cuts, and it's fine.
However, in my back yard, I have a walkway going to a deck above my garage. My neighbors have a jungle in their back yard. I don't know what kind of trees they're growing back there, but each season, they completely overhang my walkway with new branches that make my walkway impassable. It's always a pain to prune back these branches, which can get pretty thick. Those klebteks would be amazing for this, although the other advantage of having manual sheers with long handles is that they give you a longer reach. So I can reach over my fence and cut the branches in my neighbors' yard rather than cutting them in my yard. That buys me a little time at the start of the next season before they grow back into my yard.
I own many tools from Milwaukee's M18 and M12 tool lines. So I also have the batteries. I think Milwaukee tools are generally pretty durable and powerful. However, I gotta say that some of them can feel a bit klunky. I bought a few 18V Makita tools, and I think the ergonomics of Makita's tools are generally better. Their subcompact 18V drill is my go-to drill because it's incredibly light, surprisingly powerful, and it fits into tighter spaces than any Milwaukee drill that I've ever seen. I also own and prefer Makita's circular saws.
Sometimes those cheap mystery-brand Chinese tools can be amazing. I own a tiny battery-powered no-brand made-in-China air blower. It's lightweight and tiny. Can I get the PSI that I get from my 40 year old extremely loud and heavy plug-in air compressor? No. However, the little battery-powered air blower is very useful for blowing out sawdust from the air filter in my shop vac. I think it was $20 on amazon. It charges via a USB cable. It works fine. In this case, it's very useful to have a tool that is cheap, lightweight plastic than something heavy-duty so I can hold up my shop vac over a garbage can with one hand and blow the dust out of the filter with the other hand.
TOT is one of those youtubers that release the "Mythic" rare videos that you absolutely HAVE to see every time.
Finding that there's a new ToT video is like surprise Christmas. And it means I can take a break from re-watching all of the old videos.
Thanks!!!!
Their 90° die grinder is my most used tool. As a machinist, it's so nice to not need air to cut, grind, or debur.
Do you find it powerful enough? I have been thinking about getting one, but the info on the Torque Test channel was somewhat lukewarm.
@@qcnck2776 it's got a pressure cut off if you use it too hard. Power won't be a problem
@@qcnck2776 with 2in rolocs I've never had it cut out. I've never really needed to apply that much pressure honestly.
@@qcnck2776 It works perfectly fine. I use one all the time and it will go through metal way faster than you would expect with a 2" flap disk. They are measuring power when under load, but you shouldn't be loading a die grinder with much force. The whole test methodology is flawed by the concept of "More power, more better" since it is more nuanced. You let the speed of a die grinder do the work for you. Powers main objective is to make sure it doesn't stall at a moderate pressure to keep contact with the material. The only time mine ever stalls is towards the end of a battery.
@@qcnck2776 If you have shop air, I'd recommend staying with the pneumatic tool.
The electric die grinder hasn't equaled or surpassed the air tool.
I'll wait until the electric beats the air for one of these.
My favourite pruning channel has uploaded again!!!! *-*
I've used Corona bypass shears for decades now. Originally made in Corona, California for citrus grove workers, they're durable, easy to maintain, and used to be reasonably priced... not sure about now that they've been bought up by a conglomerate.
Their most basic design is very similar to those Toshibo shears.
A quick Google search finds them in the $25 to $45 range, depending on the model and seller.
The Bacho ERGO is the go. I've had a set for 10 years and have used them heavily as a Vineyard manager. The roll handle helps with fatigue as well as the large size so you can get both hands on big cuts. Lowe anvils in size 7 are what you need for lots of small cuts, say trimming canes or any detail work. What you have there are for weekend warriors.
I’m having a really hard time finding any ToT videos that I haven’t watched yet. I’m looking back several years at this point. My thirst cannot be quenched.
Bosch makes pruning shears in their 12V lineup. Form factor very similar to your orange ones, $100 w/out battery I think. I do almost zero pruning and yet I had those in my cart at checkout before I regained consciousness and backed off :D
At the start of this video, I was ridiculing the mere idea of battery powered pruning shears. But, then you showed that thing just slicing through those big, honkin' branches. And, I thought about the last time I pruned the tree in the front yard (with manual pruning shears). My hands were blistered, bleeding wrecks (and my gloves ruined - gasp!). I might actually look into buying one of these newfangled things.
Have you tested electric pruning shear? Thanks for your feedback~!! 🤭Welcome to share with us about your using experience.
From one Tony to another, I've , missed you!! And since seeing this have bought my wife the 30mm version (she gardens, I make stuff and grow veg) which arrived today and she loves it :) Thanks ToT
nice! prune with caution! that thing don't mess around.
i don't watch other machining channels. or know anybody who does machining. the closest thing i've ever done to machining is drilling holes in a skateboard for mounting the wheels. which i did terribly, it blew out the back so i taped over it so you couldn't see.
and yet, these videos are just riveting, it doesn't matter what they're about, my brain just eats up anything this guy says. i would watch an in depth tutorial on how to give a colonoscopy if it were voiced and written by tot. in fact, i would probably watch it twice, just cause the rewatch value of tonys videos are so high.
i dont want to put any pressure onto tot, i know how it feels when people have high expectations. but they've already been met, the videos on this channel are an achievement on their own. thanks for making cool stuff tony.
8:05 sooo close to being able to legitimately say "baby rubber buggy bumpers"
I work at a vineyard during the winter pruning the vines so we're talking over a thousand cuts per day between a few mm and about 3/4 of an inch, 6 days a week for 2 months or so, to say it'd be a poor idea to test my handshake in the early spring would be an understatement.
My surprising recommendation for bypass secateurs would be the humble Wilkinson Sword 1111363W, they're dirt cheap (£10-12), bombproof plastic construction, comfy in the hand, have standard adjustments and hold a reasonable edge. I sharpen them twice per day but this is mainly because of encounters with the trainer wires, some days they won't need a touch up at all. The springs can wear out occasionally but they're cheap and easy to replace, I've never snapped a blade despite some fairly ambitious cuts involving both hands and the occasional caveman hammer (a big rock). My preference is down to the fat handles which cut down on bruises and blisters and the top slide lock which is way better than those annoying ones by the hinge or even worse the ones that hang off the back, those things disengage/reengage as and when they feel like it.
My boss keeps talking about getting us some automatic pruners but having had a look at the ones available it's generally a case that they're just not suitable for the job, they're either too flimsy and have a small battery which won't hold up to the work load or they're huge and bulky to the extent that they'd be more tiring than manual secateurs to use. My carpal tunnel and tendons pray that a solution can be found.
Oh and always wear gloves, blisters and calluses are no fun, look after your money makers.
I'm in the same line of work, we have the Infacto Electrocoups. They make literally everything else by every single other manufacturer look like a Fisher Price toy. I spent 5 weeks pruning hectares of vines last year with them with absolutely zero fatigue. Pass a diamond hone over the blade every couple hours, oil them periodically and they will pay for themselves in a season. The sheer speed you can work at when you're just twitching your index finger on a trigger instead of having to line up and squeeze over and over is amazing. They'll also go through inch-plus dead wood and spurs without blinking so reworking vines is just as easy as pruning canes.
Just sitting here waiting for the day they release the MilwaukeeTalkie, a radio for construction workers who still buy stuff at the local DIY store 😛
Why would it matter where someone had bought it? I think you forgot part of the joke, because that doesn't make much sense, and isn't funny..
@@mikemulligan5731 Uh, i hit a sore spot there. Sorry bud 😀
I bought the Kebtek 40mm, 25v model. Yes, it goes right through 40mm with no problem. It also has a half opening mode when working on thinner branches so it cycles faster. It also has a cut counter on it so you know how many cuts you've made on a charge. After 200 cuts I still have a decent charge left on the first battery. I love these things.
Yes, it will eat your thumb or anything else you get in the jaws in a second flat. Not for children or anyone accident prone.
Now Kebtek have new 40mm electric pruner model: KT940. Would you like to have a test ?😊
Gardening tools/implements of destruction are not commonly found in my repetoire of assorted mechanical devices but a cheap pair of ratcheting anvil secateurs from my local aldi reduced a blackberry bush to bite-sized, easily transportable/compostable chunks and made short work of the, inch-or-so thick, scary-spiky-wild-shoots™ from below the graft line of my lemon tree. Its even earnt a place among my bedside table tools.
2 TOT videos in a month ??? .... This is gonna be a good year 🤘
That's like...50 more videos!
I bought the huge version of those (>$200). They're effing amazing. Saw the recommendation on the survival podcast. Agree about the scary digit removal propensity. Great video as always!
The one perfectly-placed fart sound is so juvenile but so absolutely hilarious
I could be falling down the stairs and still get excited about a new ToT upload. Love to see it
Pick whatever brand hand pruners you want, as long as the brand starts with an "F" and rhymes with schmiskars or schmelco... I'm a $10k+ invested red-blood, too (auto tech). I look forward to Mil letting me down for many years to come with the wank-factor superceding decency and functionality.
P.S. $5 says the TOT shop will have a Kebtek banner in the background from here on out.
Milwaukee is big on hype but comes up short on real world performance.
I like how other companies do a better job of giving repeatable power specs.
The Milwaukee batteries always have the most BS promises of "50% more power and 70% longer runtime" only to find out it is exactly the same as the old battery.
The Milwaukee pruners clearly say "brushless." They're only made for brushes, not trees. Mystery solveded!
I bought a pair of Kebtek cordless pruner because I watched this video. I didn't have a chance to use them until this week and I LOVE THESE PRUNERS!!!! They are everything that this Old Tony raved about. THANKS This Old Tony!!!
Whilst anvil bladed secateurs crush both the waste and plant side of a cut (which, for you non-gardener toolheads, is bad), they do have a very specific application they're ideal for.
And when anyone works out what that is, we'll let you know.
I'm not sure if these are available everywhere, but I have a cutter with a (very) long handle and a mechanism to increase the power that let you manually cut 5cm (2") thick branches. No battery needed.
at this point I don't know if I watch the videos because of the topics covered or for the delicate and hilarious jokes, definitely one of the best creators
I learnt a couple of things about the intricacies of pruners, which I hadn't really thought about before. I mean, you grab 'em and go, right? But Old Tony, Sir, thank you so so much for the laughs 🙏🙏🙏. Today I am thoroughly appreciating the smile you've put on my face. Thanks brother 👉👉👉. 😎
The attempt to cut through the inch thick branch with manual hand shears (chefs kiss) The grunting, the fart, the giving up.... so good. Been there.
From the ergonomic/injury prevention POV of someone whose job used to be keeping athletes from injurying themselves, whenever possible, the nippers w/ the cushioned end point of closure are the better choice.
When TOT become This Ancient Tony, his wrists will praise the cushioned type.
Having already reached ancient status, any time I trim a branch, crimp a wire end or any other similar action, my wrist screams at me, if I'm not using the correct tool.
It's not the actual squeeze, it's the abrupt motion stop at the end. It's why I transitioned to cantilevered, mechanical advantage wire crimpers; the pain got so bad, it was necessity.
Don't do much pruning, have a pair of ~30 yr old Fiscars, (anvil & bypass), I keep sharp enough to shave with, & several size loppers for all else. Oh, plus a wife I pawn as much pruning off on, as I can get away with.
Diamond 'stones' make short work of the annual tune-up, w/ light touch up & lube in the between times.
Do like the look of the 'lectric; may chk put.
Re: your Milwaukie habit, (addiction).
Nearly 15 yrs ago, I was forced into a bi-coastal life style; wife took a NY job due to financial peril. I stayed at the Oregon homestead, 3 months here, 3 there.
Having nothing to do in NY, & no $ for touristing, I improved the function of the hovel we were forced to live in. Materials were free via sidewalk shopping, ( unlike OR, where garbage collection is per can, & 2nd hand store are like cockroaches, Long Island is an all you can carry to the curb smorgasbord, only ONE 2nd hand store I could find on the western 1/2 of the island; not Goodwills, etc, most is clothing & housewears.
With materials abundant, the need for tools was next.
After 35+ years as a builder, I had, at least 6 different brand chargers & hated it.
I wanted one brand, and interchangable batteries, no compromise. Did my research, test drove & abused every brand possible; hey, what else did I have to do but be at Home Depot, Lowes, or independant shops at 8:02 am? lol
My 1st objective was learning when the manufacturer's reps were there, then the mission started.
After about 3 weeks, the jury was in. Given price, ergonomics, performance & innovation, the hands down winner was Ryobi.
I have never regretted my choice. They always seem to be the first w/ stuff you never knew you needed, (1st w/ a small air compressor by 3-4 months.)
Their combo stapler/nailer is a dream, (this is from someone who has 5-6 small stapler/pin guns, 6-7 mid size staplers/pin guns & five,(?), 16d guns, a 1/2" crown sheathing stapler, two wide crown staplers, (roofing & genr'l use) &, at least 1000 pounds of 'bullets' for all these pneumatic guns.
They have their purpose, but the battery tools have theirs, as well.
Air tools can be a Heinz 57 of brands, but take it from me, whether you're just getting started, or looking to replace here & there, find one brand of battery type, & stick w/ it.
You can frequenty get great deals on new or 'opened box', no charger &/or no battery tools, especially used.
Take my advice, your charging station will be a 2-3 ft shelf. Mine? At least 8' ft, that's just chargers; another 4-5 for waiting to be charged & charged, ready for use.
One last pearl: learn how to rebuild the batteries. 99% of battery pak failure is due to internal electronix circuity pukage, NOT bad batteries.**
** Battery University, (THE best resource for help & learning about batteries, rechargable or non-regharge. (Don't believe the mainstream 'wisdom' about lithiums.)
I am currently using a half dozen 18650's from a laptop I sold in 2000, then got back, for parts in 2006. The parts & batteries sat in a box until 2015, when I started my lithium education at Battery U. The Sony laptop batteries had 90% of their full charge!
Also, don't believe the hype that lithiums discharged too far are dead. Get a 'dumb' charger; one that doesn't care what the beginning battery charge is. You may have to run the charge cycle 3-5 times, but it will come back 90% of the time.
It's the higher priced, (better?), chargers which refuse to work if the battery voltage is too low.
The best quality, 'dumb' chargers are those sold as vape bat chargers, $5-10 on eBay.
Holler if this info catches your brain, & you want nore info. Glad to help anyone. Know lots of other inexpensive, low volt tricks & real life solutions.
(IE: How to use ONE Pentium Ii era computer power supply to provide a 1200-1400 sq ft home w/ all your lighting needs; AND have better lighting. Using 80% free, used or obsolete computer components.)
Be happy to share, for no cost; not trying to get rich, just save the planet.
Please pass on my message.
Regards,
GeoD
I have one of those so called dangerous chainsaw carving tool. But I must say these power pruners look to be far more dangerous to handle. The fact that just a squeeze of the trigger gets a full cycle. I see a lot of possible finger amputations.
Just a heads up. I got an odd response from I think This Old Tony? But it only shows on my phone and it wants me to respond on a different app called Telegram?
"before these, you'd need an axe to lose your finger this fast"
Sometimes it's impossible to guess how one of these sentences would end
ToT really understands his wife in a way I wish I could understand mine. Wow
Wives going bananas is perhaps the scariest ending you've ever had.
The distance between the blade and the trigger on the M is just insane.
The only way you gonna make any kind of precise cuts is by directly guiding the branch with your other hand which just calls for lost fingers.
Built in wirecutter on the felcos is awesome. I clip my felcos on before i tie my boots and I used it for more than I should have.
a big difference on going bananas (loving it) or going bananas (hating it), what a lovely valentine's day gift ...
I'm not sure what I'm more surprised by...
The fact that I just watched a very entertaining video about pruning shears
Or
The fact that TOT actually has legs!
"I asked my wife and she said no".
Dying laughing over here
After all this time I finally get what my granddad was talking about. I just thought that he was old and constipated when he was waxing about the virtue of good prunes. But now I finally understand what he was talking about. Thanks, Old Tony!
I saw there was a new ToT vid, and felt the tears well up in my eye. tears of joy or of pain, is to be decided after watching it
My idea of using tools is putting my feet up on my desk and drinking a mug of coffee. I will never own this tool, i will never need this tool, But i will watch every second of this video and be excited about this old tool. bravo great job once again
I have the ryobi and love it. I’m not a professional landscaper, but I do maintain several properties and use them all the time and they work great for my needs.
Am I the only one reloading and reloading this channel on April 1st? This Old Tony has the best April fools ever, but instead I get this Milwaukee thing as latest... c'mon This Old Tony, I barely made it to this April 1st
My pruners are a small brand, Jorge. It's illegal to buy them outright, you can only rent with a weekly payment. But they do all the pruning while I sit in my livingroom. Very convenient.
I started perfecting a skill I have dealt with a lot. And it requires a lot of cutting with sharp scissors. A RUclips creator said to get "these cheap cordless scissors". " they will be your new best friend". Fast forward 4 months and I have 2 pair and have gave 2 as Christmas gifts. Worth every penny of the 35 bucks!
I nearly fell off my chair with laughter when you squeezed hard on the pruner and farted🤣
Thanks man!
You really missed the boat when it comes to anvil cutters. I’ve got a set that use a utility blade (razor blade) which you can buy in bulk. They’re razor sharp, and you never muck about with trying to hand sharpen anything. They’re amazing.
as you were pulling out all the pruners, all i could think is: "Stay strapped or get clapped" -Sun Tzu or some shit
Wait until TOT finds out about concave cutters and spherical knob cutters. Bonsai is a rich source of amazing pruning tools.
8:32 Those Tobisho pruners look like they were commissioned by a now aging Yakuza boss with a secret penchant for bonsai.
My buddy picked up the DeWalt pruner, and for cutting up branches on trees we just cut down, it's pretty nice. For ornamental pruning on living trees, yeah, it's way to big, like Milwaukee's variant.
I feel like "Appears to be jaws of life" was possibly in the design specifications
Those cordless shears remind me a lot of a parrot I was once scratching on it's head. same amount of power too... and with a degree of HaHaHaHa and head bobbing...once I freed my bloody stump from it's maw.
Interresting video, as always.
One important thing I've learned with pruners, is to keep the blades clean. Sap and resin residues will quickly dull aswell as bend the blades so they don't work properly anymore.
After use I give them a cleanup with some tissue paper and a bit of isopropanol alcohol and that does the trick.
I'm a semi-new Milwaukee convert. Switched to their tools about two years ago.
Being a professional mechanic, in the diesel world; tools get used hard and put away wet. I got tired of Snap-on garbage breaking every few months and needing to be warrantied. I've only had to warranty one of my Milwaukee's, and that's only because I drove over the drill over. It still worked though, even with the battery exploded and missing a 18650 cell, and the clam shell in 4 pieces.
Welcome to the club. Now all you need to do is have your paycheck redirected directly to Milwaukee's bank account and we can go ahead a finalise your membership to the cult...ah I mean club.
dude you’re ridiculous. i don’t use pruners. ever. only you could make me watch a video on pruning shears comparisons. i have zero use for this information. but you delivered it so beautifully. my life is better now. thank you for all you’ve attributed. now i will stop the medication and therapy. you’ve completed me.
Last year, I've used the "bosch easyprune" shears for the first time, they function like a normal prining shear, but if they dedect a harder cut, they assist you. They look very normal.
The humour never fail... love it...
That orange electro shear is so stupid looking you'd expect Billy Mays was selling it
I will say that the anvil style although recommended for dead wood, they are very fun to use for live as with the bypass they do that scissor slow cut where the anvil does almost a pop like the branch is popping apart. The best clean cuts I ever gotten for live were from my anvil style loppers. You sharpen the blade like a knife and what I find is if you get stringy green branches the bypass can not always cut straight through and can slide over it where the Anvil will just pop it right in too. I have a pair of hand pruners that are anvil but they were a very cheap pair and have been annoying to use but the anvil and blade of it works just the same as the loppers. The fit and finish is whats cheap, stamped and folded steel in that discount 80-90s style of tools instead of cast or solid steel forged. They don't have too much jar unless you are cutting rather large stuff and need to really put some force into them, more than likely cutting stuff far bigger than recommended but hey it works. The anvil really absorbs a fair bit of that shock. You can use and Anvil to pinch through a very large piece like nip half way into it because its far too wide for it to sit in the throat, then rock the blade handle out and then push it forward and can get the rest of the limb into the throat to finish cutting. Its a lot easier to do than bypass as the blade will stick a lot more easily.
I have never had to use pruning shears for their intended purpose but still felt the need to watch this entire video.
I can't believe I just spent 21 minutes watching a video on pruning shears and electric pruning shears. Or, that I was thinking of going to Amazon and order a pair of the orange shears. The wife and I do actually trim some low hanging branches off of our trees about every other year, but I actually pay some one else to cut the grass and I replaced all the flower beds with river rock. That should tell you how little I am into doing yard work. I sure enjoy looking at a nice manicured yard, just so long as I don't have to do the work.
My Paleozoic era lawnmower finally went extinct last fall but since the lawn is playing dead again this winter until late March or April I was looking for something to replace it. I wasn't looking forward to choosing from Red Japanese, Green Japanese, Black and Red Chinese/American or some Korean off brand.
Now I know what to replace the mower with: *_ELECTRIC SHEARS_* for the win. Thanks Tony! The demonstration cutting the paper put the shears over the top.
Nice video- thanks. I bought my Felco pruners for something like $3 in 1980. Still going strong, parts still available and fit like a glove. My daughter has some new #14s that fit her smaller hand very nicely. For me with arthritis starting starting to rear its ugly head I was very interested in your information about electrics but I guarantee I’ll take something vital off unless I get a “saw stop” version.
Oh god, Tony! You amped up my concern every time you handled that trimmer and had you fingers near those blades. I loved the video but PLEASE be careful!!!
LOL!! I think you have a gift. Or just a knack for buying really good show-and-tell toys. Long story short, I'm fighting the urge to buy cordless pruning shears... and I live in a small apartment. Maybe I can re-purpose them as sheet metal shears? Thanks for enabling my youtube addiction, and making me smile!
I always wanted to be a tree surgeon, but I couldn't stand the sight of sap
If you are worried about the spring in your step, try changing socks, they usually get tangled up in those.
We're through our 4th season of pruning about 150 yards of muscadine vines with one of the cheap Chinese models. Zero issues so far, and trust me when I say I'd let you know if it were otherwise.
Wife walked in while I was watching and I just got authorisation to buy me some fancy pruning shears 🤩👍
I think what you experienced with your Kebteks is how I felt about the Milwaukee copper pipe cutter. Also nearly lost a thumb learning how to use it but once I did, ecstasy! Not the MDMA type, just real unpharmaceutical joy.
Thanks for the laughs. So funny Tony. Oh, and a good review too.
This would be great for that folding Firebox biomass stove I got. Those nice 1"-1.5" sticks are perfect for that. Curious to see how they hold up for you.
Tot's best video so far. I've watched it three times
It may be slow. But, torque is present to cut the harder things. Fast isn't best on many applications. Torque is more likely to snip iron wood.
I love the callback to The Great Escape...
I never thought I'd be so entertained by pruning shears. Although, I'm surprised I didn't see those shears take on a chunk of 4140 bar stock or something... You know, some of those clever "cuts" ;)
The entire B plot about you wife's reactions was hilarious.