BOLTR: DeWALT Chainsaw | Engineering FAIL

Plenty of torque, but throws the chain. A. LOT.
Thanks for helping me make corpo-bs-free vjos! / ave

[@StephenAlston]

I never thought videos of a grizzled pair of hands aggressively dismantling power tools while a disembodied voice with a weird accent curses and uses weird words would bring me such joy, yet here we are, video after video. Keep on pushing through the skookem, whatever the hell that is

[@c31979839]

Dewalt will have a hell of a time trying to sue him. They're never going to figure out whether the words he was saying is actual criticism or just jibberish.

[@charliegoodson8247]

Pulling and pulling and it just won't chooch - AvE

[@rossmanngroup]

Today I learned when you saw a tree trunk ants jump out of it.

[@gandsnut]

There is not ONE KZbinr who can effortlessly use 1) juxtapose, 2) skookum, and 3) weeble-wobble in the same video. Love it!

[@johnpossum556]

The spring in the tube is a very old engineering trick. Many of the old V-8 car engines had a spring in the lower radiator hose to prevent it collapsing during vacuum conditions. The DIY home mechanic would often throw the spring away thinking it was just part of the packaging and then the motor will continually overheat because that lower radiator hose would collapse, no fluid cycling, be stuck at the side of the road. A few minutes later it'd work for so many miles. Lather, rinse, repeat.

[@Brettjnash]

Ave is gonna use this in the next texas chainsaw massacre remake,

[@stevenbrace8579]

I recently purchased the DeWalt saw. Since this initial review on it they have gotten rid of the ratcheting bar attachment system. They integrated a metal nut into the plastic securing plate for the bar, and you can further torque it with an Allen wrench. I have logged a few hours of cutting on the saw with no issues of any kind. Cutting done on logs approx. 12-14” in diameter down to sectioning the small branches. I can update this if I have any issues. I also commented on his video comparing to the Milwaukee.

[@Matt0x00]

The question we all want answered is how does it do at opening boxes?

[@playereric7538]

Can you say they lowered the bar

[@karlx-1]

The Fisher- Price "My First Chainsaw" toy.

[@rianmach9043]

“Kick back arrestor” back in my day your kick back arrestor was your femoral artery

[@Dustysa4]

DeWalt must keep a Google alert for your videos. I just picked up their smaller 12" (20v max) chainsaw, and they've done away with the tq-limiting plastic ratchet crap. It can still be tightened by hand, but they've exposed the metal nut in the center of the plastic hand-tightener. The nut? accepts a 5/16" hex wrench for better tightening, and it makes direct contact with the bar. So at least that one nut can be tightened up good, even though the rest of the bar is still clamped by the plastic housing part. I am unable to find any images of the change online, so it's probably a recent update.

[@psil8600]

AvE and a chainsaw, I see no way this can end badly

[@philipthalmann9216]

Fun dissection! One minor note.. that angled gear has a pin that goes right into the saw body so it's actually held reasonably well.. plus you're not really wanting to put a pile of force on the chain when tightening anyways.. probably going to be fine. I have one of these saws (and was always a gas guy) and I have to say.. it's pretty damn great for the right job!

[@DhimanAhir]

As an Aussie, I just learnt a whole heap of new slang I'll be adding into my vocabulary

[@AuMechanic]

Looks like the un-boxing model, not meant for wood.

[@harryjones8843]

here's a list of power tools i'd never skimp on

[@davidmlong63]

The torque limiter looks like a good place to store some JB Weld, just in case you need some out in the feild.

[@donaldwrissler9059]

As others have mentioned. I would like to see a few vids on modifying tools such as this to mitigate design flaws. On this one, Milling a side plate and adding a second fastener in place of the pin.