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I was on the hunt for a drill last weekend that would turn a 12mm drill bit for quite a lot of holes without driving me nuts (the ozito battery drill I have is quite gutless .... ). I didn't realise I must have burnt out the last of my 240volt drills years ago (other than the giant dinosaur .... that can stay where it is. if the drill bit grabs, I'll start spinning if I'm dumb enough to use that).

Guess what I ended up buying. I figured I'd find a cheap 240volt drill somewhere.

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I read the reviews and went and got another crappy ozito drill. Fortunately it has quite a sensitive cut-out. so it senses in the blink of an eye if the drill bit has grabbed and stops. 'Cos it remarkably grunty, if you slowly load it down, it just powers on. Any sharp grabbing will cut it out (so you don't sprain your wrists). I haven't tried it on the slow speed yet, I'm guessing it'll be far more brutal on the wrists if it grabs at low speed.

It must need quite a bit of bracing at low speed as the supplied handle that you can clamp on is very long to give you leverage against its torque.

Is it just me, or are the battery tools these days far more powerful and useful than mains powered tools. The last few 240volt drills I've owned I let the smoke out of as soon as I tried drilling big holes with them :whistle:

seeya
Shane L.
 
DoubleChevron said:
How on earth did you only use 2.5litres of fuel? I don't think I've used anything as thirsty as the chainsaws here. I'm always "gobsmacked" at how quickly they empty there tanks!
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Dunno, it says "Euro 5" on the box, whatever that means for a chainsaw?
But I was mixing the fuel in a 1L bottle, and I've got half of the 3rd one left.🤷‍♂️
It was munching through the bar oil though.
 
Greenpeace said:
Dunno, it says "Euro 5" on the box, whatever that means for a chainsaw?
But I was mixing the fuel in a 1L bottle, and I've got half of the 3rd one left.🤷‍♂️
It was munching through the bar oil though.
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Some saws have an adjustable oil feed. Any mention of it in your manual?
 
309B6D said:
Some saws have an adjustable oil feed. Any mention of it in your manual?
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Yes it does have an adjuster.
However the manual says the oil tank should be near empty when the fuel tank is empty.
Which is pretty much what was happening.
The bar and chain never looked to be dripping with oil at any stage either.
 
I thought my old Stihl 039 was about 1x oil to 3x petrol tanks.
I must dig out my manual.
Maybe it is running the bar too lean, but it doesn't seem to run hot or stretch the chain.
 
309B6D said:
I thought my old Stihl 039 was about 1x oil to 3x petrol tanks.
I must dig out my manual.
Maybe it is running the bar too lean, but it doesn't seem to run hot or stretch the chain.
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all the junky old saws here pour oil out at about the rate that they guzzle fuel. I must admit I just put whatever is the cheapest oil I can find in as bar oil. Not proper bar oil ..... as it would cost a fortune :ROFLMAO:

I've heard of some people using used engien oil as bar oil.... but could you imagine the mess 🫣 None of my saws run expensive chains or bars though. You would probably feel differently if you spent a lot of money on bars, chains and equipment :)
 
DoubleChevron said:
all the junky old saws here pour oil out at about the rate that they guzzle fuel. I must admit I just put whatever is the cheapest oil I can find in as bar oil. Not proper bar oil ..... as it would cost a fortune :ROFLMAO:

I've heard of some people using used engien oil as bar oil.... but could you imagine the mess 🫣 None of my saws run expensive chains or bars though. You would probably feel differently if you spent a lot of money on bars, chains and equipment :)
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Like with motorcycle chains I find it better to use a high tack oil so it clings better on the sharp turns around the sprockets.
Maybe it feeds slower through the outlet because of the higher viscosity. I might find mine pumps at a 1:1 ratio if I use a thinner oil.
 
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