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Anvil pruning shears are heavy-duty hand pruning shears designed for pruning plants, bushes and small tree branches. Anvil pruning shears are designed to last for many years, but older or heavily...
Part of properly caring for your yard tools is sharpening them from time to time. Tools like saws, shears and hatchets all require regular sharpening if they are to give you their best service. A...
Maintaining sharp cutting edges on your Stihl chain saw will make your work easier and faster. Dull saws also have more of a tendency to catch and kick back, so keeping your saw sharp is also a...
A reel lawn mower is a fun alternative to gas or electric powered lawn mowers. Reel mowers cut grass more cleanly than rotary mowers. Over time, however, reel mowers can become dull and need to...
Many people don't keep up routine maintenance of their pruning shears, even though it is very important. Keeping your pruning shears cleaned and sharpened helps you when it comes to cutting and...
For small pruning and wood cutting jobs, it's hard to top the utility of a small electric chain saw. When compared with their gasoline powered brethren, they are relatively lightweight, easy to...
A tree trimmer consists of a sickle-shaped blade on a long pole with an accompanying blade beneath it to form a scissor. The smaller blade is attached to a long rope and pulley that runs down the...
A clean and sharp lawn mower blade provides a clean cut for a great looking and a healthy lawn. After all of the time and money spent on fertilizer, watering and weed control, spend an extra...
Winter garden tool care involves cleaning, sharpening, sterilizing, lubricating and safely storing them to prevent rust and prolong their useful life. Clean, sharp tools make garden work easier,...
Stihl is a well known manufacturer of both chainsaws as well as chainsaw accessories. If you need to sharpen the blades of your chainsaw, you can buy a Stihl chainsaw sharpener. The sharpeners...
A good quality set of hand pruners, known as "secateurs" in some parts of the world, can make your gardening tasks far more enjoyable than inexpensive tools. Cheap secateurs may last a season or...
Sharpening the Chainsaw chain can be a little daunting. If you're like me you don't know anything about engines or equipment, let alone, how to maintain it. I was always more interested in...
Trying to trim your garden plants with a pair of dull scissors is not efficient work. If the blade of the scissors is not sharp enough to go through the stem, it will tear the plant rather than...
A sickle is a cutting instrument with a half-moon-shaped blade. In former times, sickles were the tool of choice for cutting down brush, vines, tall weeds and any other plant that stood in the...
A well sharpened chainsaw is important for not only proper cutting, but for safety as well. The majority of "kick backs" are caused by a dull or improperly sharpened saw chain. Kick backs are...
A sharpening stone is essential to a sharp knife. To keep your sharpening stone in good shape, it's important to clean it adequately. You should clean your sharpening stone after each use.
Hand saws are generally inexpensive and easier to replace than they are to sharpen. Manually sharpen a hand saw when it is an antique or holds other value to you. Manually sharpening a hand saw...
With so many gardeners forgetting to properly store their tools after use, sometimes the blades will become dull or perhaps rust. Here are a few simple and easy tips on How To Sharpen your...
Nothing's worse than getting ready to start chopping wood and discovering a dull axe blade. Having a dull axe blade makes the work longer and harder and it can also become dangerous. Sharpening an...
Using a dull axe blade is dangerous and must never be attempted. There are many ways to sharpen a dull or deformed axe blade, and all can be done in a short amount of time. Use the following tips...
Sharp blades make your pruning chores go faster and easier; and the neat, clean cuts they deliver keep your plants healthier.
Nobody likes to hoe weeds. But believe it or not, your job can be made easier simply by sharpening the blade on the tool. A sharpened hoe will cut through even the toughest weed as if it was butter!