Garden Tool Reviews
6 Passes with a Diamond Card File Restore a Silky Zubat 330 Cutting Edge
A dulled Silky Zubat 330 can usually regain its bite with about six light strokes from a fine DMT...
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Oregon 91PX Chain: Why It Dulls Fast on Sandy Willow and How Depth Gauges Help
The Oregon 91PX uses a 3/8 low-profile pitch and a 0.050 inch gauge, but sandy willow can dull it...
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Bahco P51 vs Okatsune 103 Secateurs for Deadheading a 40-Stem Dahlia Bed
A 40-stem dahlia bed can mean about 120 to 200 cuts in one deadheading pass, once spent flowers,...
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19 Litres a Week Saved by a Gardena Micro-Drip System on a 14-Bag Potato Bed
Fourteen grow-bags of Charlottes across a 2 metre run, watered by hand at maybe 45 litres a week,...
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Sharpen a Silky Gomboy 240 Pruning Saw with a Feather Edge File in Six Passes
The Silky Gomboy 240 carries hard chrome over impulse-hardened teeth near 62 HRC, so filing it is...
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Reseat a Wobbling Head on a Wilkinson Sword Border Spade in 4 Bolt Turns
On the Wilkinson Sword border spade sold through many UK garden centres, a shifting head usually...
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Stihl HSA 40 vs Bosch EasyHedgeCut for Trimming a 20-Metre Beech Hedge
A 20-metre beech hedge shows the split between the 18-volt Stihl HSA 40 with its integrated...
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Sharpen a Draper Bypass Lopper Blade with a Norton Whetstone in Eight Passes
A Draper 41957 bypass lopper can lose its bite after roughly two seasons on 25mm hardwood stems....
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Kärcher WD3: Why the Filter Clogs on Sawdust and How a Foam Sleeve Fixes It
A Kärcher WD3 can lose suction after only a few cuts from a mitre saw, even though its 17 litre...
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