Who needs manual mechanical brush cutters and why
Manual hedge trimmers are designed for cutting hedges and bushes in a small area. If you have a small plot and a few meters of decorative fence, do you need to buy a special electric or gasoline tool? A city dweller does not move much, coming to the country house is an opportunity to improve health in the fresh air. To work in silence and non-vanity with your hands, inducing beauty and pleasure. One condition is that the instrument must fit well in the hands and be sharp.
Requirements for a mechanical brush cutter
Manual mechanical brush cutters always have non-slip fiberglass or rubber pads on the handles for a comfortable grip. The material of the cutters is of great importance. They need to be sharp to reduce the stress on the wood. At the same time, unlike secateurs the cutters are wavy, which prevents the blade from slipping. If each knot is trimmed with a pruner, the scissors equalize the plane, and the length of the cutters determines the performance of the tool.
An electric hand hedgecutter will do the job faster, and it will take a little effort, but this tool is more expensive, there is a risk of wire damage or electric shock.
Petrol models make a lot of noise and gas exhaust, which is not very welcomed by others. You cannot relax while working with mechanisms. Still, for a Sunday active holiday in the country, it is better to choose simple garden shears.
Varieties of mechanical brush cutters
Usually on the shelves of garden shops you can see a garden hedge cutter with a total length of 50 cm, with scissors up to 25 cm. Moreover, the surfaces of the cutters are wavy. However, there are scissors with ratchets, with cutters like secateurs. Manual mechanical brush cutters with telescopic handles are designed to work with tall shrubs. Traditionally, the best is the specific tool of the companies Gardena, Grinda, Rago. This is not a complete list, we invite you to get acquainted with some of the best products. All garden shears are used for trimming thin twigs, less than 2 cm in diameter. Shears are available with straight blades and spring return to reduce the force, such as the Rado model.
Gardena manual brush cutters are presented on trading platforms in the form of mechanical, battery, electric and gasoline scissors. The most inexpensive tool is a power scissor. They are lightweight and fit comfortably in the palm of your hand. The cutters are made of high quality steel and stay sharp for a long time. If necessary to work with tall trees, the handles are extended.
When working with hand tools, the load falls on the hands. It is important to choose a convenient device just for yourself.
It is imperative to remove the packaging and test the brush cutter in your hands. If after a few movements your hands are tired, then this is not your instrument.The fastening of the scissors at the meeting point of the panels should be without play, but the cutting edges should be tightly adjacent.
An interesting model is the Fiskars rotary manual brushcutters. Such a tool will allow you to cut the grass without bending over. The angle of inclination of the bar is adjustable, adjustable in height. Blades turn 900which provides maneuverability. There is a special support at the bottom for a complete cut with the entire plane and a lock to lock the scissors. The manufacturer guarantees the performance of the rotary shears for 25 years.
There are many unusual models in the line of manual loppers from this manufacturer. Reinforced ratchet lopper, pruner-like pruner equipped with pressure intensifier. The blades are Teflon-coated, which reduces the cutting resistance during cutting. Only these manual loppers can cut branches up to 3.8 cm in cross-section. But models have long handles, up to 68 cm, and for pruning large trees, the bar reaches 241 cm.
Tools with contact and plane cutters have a number of new developments:
- a mechanism that enhances the strength of the hands by 3.5 times;
- thick knots up to 50 mm are cut in several stages;
- handles are covered with cork, fiberglass, creating a comfortable grip.
Mechanical manual brushcutters Brigadier have a wave-like sharpening. The gap between the planes is adjusted depending on the thickness of the branches. The blades are made of hardened steel. There are shock-absorbing stops and a self-opening mechanism. The tool is designed to work without a heavy load, since the blade length is only 15 cm. The weight of the tool is just over 500 grams, the good design and comfortable grips will suit female hands.