Psyxologos

Too true...

You get what you pay for. Invest a bit more and get this little beauty. Amazing stuff...

I will take number 4 please. How would you like payment sent? Is paypal OK for you? Thanks!

Very kind of you. I am looking for exactly this set up, but too far for me to take you on your kind offer. Best of luck!

Thanks for all your posts. I had some time this afternoon and took the thing apart. I decreased it, mildly sanded and sharpened the teeth, worked on the holding screws and re-lubricated it. Things got a bit beter and it was cutting some branches. I got fed up with it so I popped down to Homebase and bought this. All I can say is wow! I finished the whole thing in ten minutes and then went looking for more hedges to cut. This thing is amazing...

OK, an update. I put the same question on another forum and someone suggested I check the retaining screws were not too tight. I had a look and the retaining screws were indeed way too tight. I loosened them a fair bit (now the screws are fixed to the locking nut on the other side but not to the blade, whereas earlier it was all held together very tight) and it started cutting a little bit. I think I need to spend a bit more time and look into it properly, as I am in a bit of a hurry now. It looks though as this might have been the problem. I will then check the sharpness of the blade. Should it not be sharp, I take it I can buy a replacement, right? Does it need to be a Makita, or any generic blade will do? How do I determine this? Thanks again!

It worked! thanks for your input.

looking at some images of other trimmers online, it looks like my blade is upside down. Could that be the case?

No, not is not the angle. Indeed, the top teeth are shorter, and are the only ones that are sharp. The bottom ones are not sharpened. So, is there a point of buying another blade, or should I just go for a new trimmer altogether?

Please take a look at he pictures I uploaded and let me know whether you think this is the case here. Indeed, I cut it 2-3 times and it comes back with a vengeance. To 'convince' it to grow to one direction I need to cut it drastically with my Fiscar sears. It is only now, that it has grown tall and think that I decided to use a trimmer. On Sunday I got annoyed and went back to my FIscars, but I do need to solve the mystery of the trimmer. It might be me that I lack the skill to cut it properly, but I just want to make sure that it is not the old trimmer first...

I do not know. compared to the 600m stated by someone else, I am only on 1/6th...

Thank you for you replies. Here are some pictures of the actual hedge, and two of the trimmer (blade and motor). Any advice is welcome!

Some factual information that will disperse a lot of the myths peddled by the quitters: https://ig.ft.com/sites/the-uk-in-europe/ Make sure you read the analysis and the graphs.

Thanks. It is only a small 100 meter hedge. The Makita I have is a corded electric one. I am not sure why it does not cut the hedge though, I am only guessing it is the fact that my hedge requires the trimmer to have the blade's teeth closer to one another in a tighter arrangement, as the target area consists of smaller twigs and instead of cutting them it is just bending them. But this is just a guess.... My hedge is made of this plant (lonicera nitida ernest wilson) and looks like this:

I was wondering if someone could help me please. I was recently given a Makita corded hedge trimmer, as my hedge (lonicera nitida ernest wilson) is mature enough for me to start using one. The only problem is that it does not cut any of the hedge, only bends some of the twigs. I suspect this has something to do with the blade, as I suspect the teeth might be too 'wide' apart (maybe more suitable to larger/thicker twigs) so instead of cutting the hedge it bends and bruises it. My question is, do I just get a 'tighter' blade to remedy the issue, or do I need to buy a new trimmer? If so, what do I look for? Any ideas on make or model, blade length etc? Many thanks!