Jesus walks into an inn and throws down a handfull of nails. The innkeep looks up quizzically. In explanation, Jesus offers a parable: "can you put me up for the night"?
Jesus and Moses are out golfing. They're on a hole with a water hazard. Moses says to Jesus, "I think you should lay up." Jesus replies, "I saw Phil Mickelson put it on the green just yesterday." He hits the ball and it goes into the water. Jesus sends Moses to get his ball. Again Moses says, "I think you'd better lay up this time." Jesus answers, "no, Phil Mickelson made this shot yesterday." Sure enough, Jesus hits the ball into into the water. For a second time he sends Moses to retrieve his ball. Third attempt Moses says to Jesus, "You've put it in the water twice, just lay up." "Absolutely not, I saw Phil Mickelson make the green yesterday." Jesus hits the ball and yet again ends up in the water. He tells Moses to go get it. Moses replies, "No, I told you to lay up. You go get it!" About that time a couple arrives to see Jesus walking across the water to get his ball. They ask, who does he think he is, Jesus Christ?" Moses replies, "No, he thinks he is Phil Mickelson."
Isn’t it great though, when you meet someone who understands? Hasn’t happened with AvE missives, but it did happen to me with a Vice Grip Garage terminology.
I think the reason the safety micro switch goes straight into the brainbox rather than being a lockout is so that if you release the safety mid actuation the jaws will release back to the open position, rather than being stopped halfway between open and closed
@@ericl5973 I have one and can confirm. Also, releasing the trigger during close, will cause the blade to retract. It's almost too fast to react intentionally, but it's just another layer of safety probably there to stop the cycle due to an unintentional bump of the trigger.
18:22 The double actuation feature allows for use as a pruner or the jaws of life. The mechanics of it suggest it'll open with the same force as it closes. Edit: I think we need a follow up test.
I think the return function is there automatically so it acts as a safety feature, in case you release the trigger it opens to avoid capturing a finger/something. The logic is to turn off to a safe position.
@Honda si alte cele I think it's just ease of design. Especially with both micro switches. Ok... instead of the IC logic controlling the direction, i think it's mostly analog. Imagine the top switch doing the direction control. If the switch is on, it closes. If it is off, it runs in the opposite direction and opens. The lower interlock switch controls the power and if it runs or not. The magnet and sensor are actually a limit switch in the raw sense, interrupting the power at the end of travel. So pressing the lower switch enables or energizes the power. The state of the upper switch determines the direction of travel, and it is all interrupted when the limit switch is tripped at either end. But the limit switch is tied to the directional upper switch, so it only limits power in the directional state the switch is in.
@@bucharestpunk Mechanical pruning shears usually have a spring return to 'open' on release of the handles, this seems to be the action mimicked by the electric version. Copy the good stuff.
I'm a simple person. I think, great, automatic pruner. How many of those branches are going to be where I can reach with my hand? This doohickey needs to be on a stick with a remote activator.
I took a look at the parts diagram and all six of the planetary gears have the same part number "Part# N928176", so yeah, some organ donor put the wrong gear on there. Maybe odd sized gear 1s the same size as the pinion gear on the motor? The organ donor plucked the gear from the wrong bin? It's amazing that it still works as well as it does. Cheers from Tokyo!
I bought a cheap Amazon one like This Old Tony and immediately told my kids it's the most dangerous tool I have. I feel uncomfortable disinfecting the blades between fruit trees, and that's after I take off the battery.
I bought the more expensive Kebtek after watching this Old Tony. I like having it...just have to see how long it lasts. The 25V supposedly brushless version.
That's a bit neurotic, but then again, I'm hesitant to look down the barrel of my revolver (for glints of lead left behind) even after I remove the cylinder. So I get it. Maybe you should get your kids to disinfect it for you.
No kidding what was De Walt thing when they made this Battery Power Shear thing it is not so much about the Lorena Bobbitt thing that flipping thing would cut your fingers off before you even knew it even with the best Gloves on the market that would still cut through it like a hot knife through butter Dang hey i love tools but this thing can sit on the self
Funny story, I had an incident with a freshly sharpened hedge trimmer. Wearing ripped jeans, rushing to get the job done, thing comes down faster than expected through the unruly hedge and brushes past my knee. Didn't hurt at all, I thought it was just a little graze. Looked down and it had muched my knee down to the bone in a neat cut that looked like a McDonald's sign. Yep, needed stitches. I use dangerous tools for a job, but outdoor power equipment I have a bad history with.
@@Patrick-857 I have a simila story involving one of those chainsawr attach-mints for an angle grinder ... As get smart use to say, missed it by " that much... Let's just say the grinder was all burnt up from gettn my undies up in a bunch... Seriously I was afraid to look down..
That DeWalt cordless pruner is one of the best tools I have ever owned I cleared almost a half acre of overgrown bush with saplings vines you name it, over the course of a couple of months using that pruner and a five amp hour battery. Oh also bucked hundreds and hundreds of branches as big as Christmas trees with this thing hand mulching them up. I feel like this is 100 times more valuable than the sharpest machete. You can effortlessly cut your way in and out of the thickest overgrowth and undergrowth..
"You can effortlessly cut your way in and out of the thickest overgrowth and undergrowth.." Thanks, now I know what I should get the wife of a friend of mine for her birthday
AvE: Quite possibly the best and smartest Canadian, in the world. I realize now why most Canadians don’t have a sense of humour; it’s because you got it all. Cheers.
I think I know why the two micro switches aren't in series. At 17:43, the jaw is installed between the two extremes of its travel and the battery is inserted. Under "normal" operating conditions, the jaw should move to the fully open position (as noted by the safety rant immediately following) however, the jaw does not move UNTIL the safety paddle is depressed. This seems to indicate that the safety paddle is (in some way) controlling the automatic opening action. I would be interested to see what would happen if the safety paddle and trigger were pressed and held until the jaw fully closes, and then the safety paddle (or safety paddle AND trigger) was released. If nothing interesting happens, then try closing the jaw (normally) and removing the battery. Then release all controls and reinstall the battery. The tool should remain closed until the safety paddle is pressed. Great find with that mismatched planet gear. Keep up the good work.
If the two switches are in series it may be possible to tie one down. Having them wired back to the microcontroller allows them to have an anti tie down timer programmed between them.
You are on the right path but I think you are over complicating it. Imagine the safety switch is just the power switch. The trigger switch is just a directional control. If you enable power, the motor just turns one way or another depending on the state of the trigger switch. Now here is where I think it confuses things. The magnet and sensor on the arm is a limit switch. So at the end of travel in either direction, the limit switch stops travel. When you initially enable anything, it is at the end if travel in the open position. You pull the trigger on the safety paddle, and you still have the direction in the open side at the end of travel (against the limit switch). This gives the appearance of both switches doing something more than needs to happen because the trigger switch needs to change the direction before you observe anything happening.
hope you never tire of making these videos! I check every day to see if something new has been posted - now that i think of it - literally for years now. thank you!
@@garyblack8717 I'm trying to work out what's so terrifying about it. I think it's because it's so quiet and effortless in its motion. Things like chainsaws and grinders are much more dangerous but they're loud and angry, the dangers obvious. What's more scary? The loud mouth wanting to fight everyone with a bat or the quiet psycho with a cut throat razor? 🤣
@@garyblack8717 Not really since it has a safety trigger idk how ur fingers slip but. That def won't happen unless ur a dunce or don't have common sense or just clumsy.
I think it's partly ergonomics too. Like a chainsaw would be hard to turn on yourself accidentally or on purpose, at least without a kickback involved. The business end of this thing is completely within reach and easy to point at yourself.
The Catholic Church, because there's nothing more Christian than eating the flesh of Christ, and drinking his blood!! It's definitely not satanic in any way whatsoever. 👀
This was seriously therapeutic. Watching you use an axe for an unboxing was epic. I have seen you demolish so many packages that I thought I had seen it all, and then you use a damn AXE!
I'm surprised that you didn't have a hot dog handy for the initial lopping test. Also, the trigger action reminds me of M4 rifle I had in basic training. It would fire both when the trigger was squeezed and again when released. So I had to hold the trigger in until I acquired the next target then release. I still qualified.
somebody slipped you a binary trigger! i bet you could have done like the intentional binary triggers do and flicked the safety to "safe" and that release shot wouldnt chooch.
Ditto, absolutely some of the best humour (spelling yes I am from England 😉) which I have missed during the last 12 years living in rural Ohio.... before has a rant at me, it's just an observation. 🤝👍🙂, keep doing these videos, informative, and funny as heck.
This is a great tool I have a little 12v bosch pruner pro with a brushless motor and compact size. You can use special gloves with a cable that plugs into the tool, and if your fingers are close to the blades, the trigger does not work. Makita also make some great pruners with very good trigger feedback, you can control the exact position and speed of the blade with the trigger. Anyway I like your videos, we learn something in a very special way. 👍👍👍👍
I could listen to AvE talk all day! By show off hands... how many of you watched the entirety of the hour long fire videos of just fire and a few comments? 🤚 I found it quite relaxing.
Reversing the motor quickly sends boatloads of back EMF through the motor brushes and mosfets, I used to accidentally destroy power screwdrivers this way.
Gotta love AVE. He hit all the marks. Religious philosophy, a smiley face appearance, the entomologist debate to Friday afternoon manufacturing slap together expose' and tourist trap marketing... and beyond. BTW, you didn't link to the diamond culture - missed one... Missed it by a beard hair, or one a tad finer... PPM variable rate control w/mid stroke hold mod for increased horror coming next episode. Sounds like an Arduino project to me. I'm in - let er rip AVE!.
The separate micro switches may be a fail safe, avoids the issue of one getting stuck on, and then you unexpectedly cutting a finger off when you depress the safety trigger and it suddenly starts, or having it move immediately when you install the battery.
It's more likely two separate switches. The trigger switch is the direction switch about the paddle switch turns it on and off. The sensors on the arm are limit switches that interrupt the direction switch. The motor defaults to opening the blade and reverses when the trigger is pulled. The reason it seems different is because the arm is at the end of the travel path so the limit switch has disabled it. It gives the appearance that pulling the trigger starts something but it really just changes the motor direction which is why it's all the way on or off and explains the automatic opening when releasing.
Separate switches as separate fail safes makes no diff. If in series and one fails shut then the second operates immediately. If parallel circuitry on the board, and one fails shut (circuit board or mechanical failure) the second still operates freely.
LoL it's funny. I just bought my mom that exact tool for her birthday and I had the same nearly irresistible urge to stick my finger in it 😁 She said the thing works great.
That is a pretty fast Chopper you got there. I have one of the Milwaukee M12 PVC Cutters and it goes a lot slower than that monster. It’s interesting that the planetary gear was wrong, I wonder how long it will last before it fails. Thanks for the commentary, laughs and videos. Always appreciated.
The reason for looking at each switch separately is because the lower interlock is there to keep the cutter from engaging. It does not stop the cutter from disengaging when the trigger button is released. It's a safety feature.
You could do that by wiring them in series though. I think there's probably some extra functionality being handled by the microcontroller. Something like if the lower interlock is held down for too long it times out, since that would indicate that it has been bypassed (e.g. by wrapping tape around the handle).
Except the tall gear is loose, meaning it's bore has a larger diameter, meaning the ones in the gearbox have a bore with a smaller diameter, meaning they couldn't fit one on the motor shaft. And also the gear probably maybe, I don't know for sure gets installed on the motor shaft at the electric motor factory.
My mom has had a no-name brand version of one of these for years, same exact function, opens when you let go of the trigger and moves pretty quick. But the DeWalt version seems quite a bit stronger
Wifee got me one of those loppers for christmas. Pretty damn scary. It's so dangerous that the safety has a safety. Seriously, you have to pull the safety on the safety before you can pull the safety, before you can pull the trigger. It's like the tool is asking "are you really sure you want to pull that trigger?"
@@bipedal-ape-man The comment is from a day ago because he's not one of us plebians who has to wait an extra day for the video to become public. If you throw a couple bucks towards Patreon you get early access to scream into the void of UA-cam comments a day before the unwashed masses.
I've got a makita LXT compatible non branded pruner like that, but its not the size of a sub machine gun and does not have the annoying safety switch, I am a gardener and have had it 3 years now, my loppers dont get a look in any more, use it all the time, still got all my fingers too (so far)
The only thing I can think of with the independent interlock switchs is that they only want the trigger to be the trigger. I see that the mechanical design prevents that as well. Considering that, the only remaining explanation is that the spark-e's neither trusted nor communicated with the mech-e's.
It's probably there to keep you from just taping it down. It might check that the second switch is open when you plug in the battery. Try taping it down, then sticking in a battery and see if it works then.
I suspect the safety is an interlock switch initiating power and communication and the trigger can't function if this fails, two switches in series aren't as safe. Would need to reverse engineer or probe the board to know for sure
You can tell when he is testing it on the half-shell that the logic is that it will open only when the lower handle switch is closed and the trigger switch is open. If both are open it doesn't do anything. To do that it needs to be able to tell the difference between those two states.
The reason for having the switches independent of each other is a simple fail safe against the unlikely, but not improbable condition where one of the switches becomes stuck on through mechanical failure or intentional misuse. The controller then has to see that both switches are open before allowing acceptance of the run switch. If either is closed when power is applied the controller will fail it's startup status and prevent operation as it did with the frame open. It's what's known as intrinsically safe. Imagine if you will a user is careless enough to be holding the tool by the grip and activates both switches while installing the battery. If they were in series the tool would activate the instant power is applied and whatever unfortunate item is in the blade's shear path would be instantly permanently disconnected, or at the very least significantly mangled.
Sending all inputs, microswitches included, into the brainbox gives us options. Now the interlock and trigger can be used for secret squirrel mode settings in the brainbox, usually for production and testing but could also be used to set speed controls, double cuts yada yada
Reminds me of the joke about the guy in the dessert looking for water. He's pointed to a restaurant by a "random individual" who sells clothes. He returns an hour later and says "Your brother said I have to have a tie to enter"
I saw your show (of course) and was quite impressed with your discussion o out the SHOA musium in Prague. You realization about the KIPPOT was heart warming. I appreciate your respectfulness regarding our(my) traditions. It's impossible to observe all 613 laws. Many deal with with how to run the Temple (ZION). Since we don't have a Temple (damn Romans) we can't observe them so you get a bye on those. Thanks for an especially great show. If you want I'll send you a collection of KEPPOTS(yammakahs) Phil
Both switches going to the board is important, when the interlock is pressed the machine is on and will home open, when the second one is pressed that is a forward command.
I was convinced this tool used a BLDC motor when I saw all those large caps next to the low impedance power source. I don't think one of these tools will come my way anytime soon but I'd be curious to have a look at the circuitry. The hall sensor board looked overly complicated at a quick glance too. Anyway, as always, entertaining! Thank you =)
Fun video. Thumbs up. FYI: The literal translation of "mitzvah" is "commandment." The 613 mitzvot of Torah (commandments of the law) are not optional. They are not about making your life more difficult to get closer to Hashem, but about choosing "blessings and life." At the time of those commandments in Leviticus pagan rituals included tattoos, trimming the hair in a particular fashion, and trimming the corners of the beard. These commands were given to keep Israel separate from the pagan nations. The Hasids certainly take it to an extreme. There's really no arguing that.
im from the uk and i don't understand about 20% of what he says but that just makes it better love the vids wish i had a teacher at collage like this when i was doing carpentry and construction
That is fast little bugger! Almost as fast as a lumber mill automatic cross-cut saw... that some running dummy in management took his arm off with. By the way he was in charge of plant safety.
These pruners are cool!!I have an extensive collection of pneumatic pruners… as I was an orchard owner for years. Isopropyl by the gallon into to tank of the pto driven compressor to keep everything but your hands from freezing up. Dec, Jan, Feb are the prime pruning months because the trees are dormant…I wish I got a 3 month break.. So much work to have a May freeze or a July hail storm make it all for naught.. Where was I…Grapes! These would be great for pruning grapes
Is there a torque limiting feedback type of dealio or will it just crunch itself to bits without knowing any better? Will it cut a bolt right half in two?
@AvE An Australian viticulturist here. We use battery powered secateurs for pruning grapevines. They're awesome but potentially dangerous. The modern units come with a glove for your free hand and if you touch the blade or anvil during use, the jaws automagically open averting disaster. I think they have some kind of resistance/capacitance sensor that controls this? Might make an interesting vijeyo (apologies if you've already done this!). The model I used last season was an INFACO Electrocoup 3020, approx. AUD$2,500. BTW, love ya work, c.nt! :)
Your jokes about Christ are not funny
Jesus walks into an inn and throws down a handfull of nails. The innkeep looks up quizzically. In explanation, Jesus offers a parable: "can you put me up for the night"?
Jesus saves. Takes half damage.
Yes, they are. To anyone with a functioning brain that who can see what an absolute load of s**t religion of whom is…. Clearly NOT you. 🖕
Jesus and Moses are out golfing. They're on a hole with a water hazard. Moses says to Jesus, "I think you should lay up." Jesus replies, "I saw Phil Mickelson put it on the green just yesterday." He hits the ball and it goes into the water. Jesus sends Moses to get his ball. Again Moses says, "I think you'd better lay up this time." Jesus answers, "no, Phil Mickelson made this shot yesterday." Sure enough, Jesus hits the ball into into the water. For a second time he sends Moses to retrieve his ball. Third attempt Moses says to Jesus, "You've put it in the water twice, just lay up." "Absolutely not, I saw Phil Mickelson make the green yesterday." Jesus hits the ball and yet again ends up in the water. He tells Moses to go get it. Moses replies, "No, I told you to lay up. You go get it!" About that time a couple arrives to see Jesus walking across the water to get his ball. They ask, who does he think he is, Jesus Christ?" Moses replies, "No, he thinks he is Phil Mickelson."
@@arduinoversusevil2025 why was jesus a bad hockey player?
Cause he kept getting nailed into the boards.
That's a Pluto gear, doesn't fit in the planetary system.
My mnemonic device is broken, there simply must be Pizzas!
No
Wonder he couldn't find it
@@jonanderson5137 nachos
@@denisrhodes54 That sounds like a lazy mom with a microwave.
re: " That's a Pluto gear, doesn't fit in the planetary system. "
LOL. You win the internet today for that one ...
I like how he keeps his shop impeccably neat and organized.
I've got a bet with a coworker that paint and wood chips possibly half a battery. Will still be visible in his next video
I don’t trust anyone with an organized workbench
A table is just a big shelf
A clean workbench is the sign of an unhealthy mind.
Like i always say. Dont trust a skinny cook, and dont trust a mechanic (insert machinist) with a clean shop. I should know from experience.
For the last 3 years I always say neodidlium instead of neodymium and people look at me like i've just had a stroke. I love it. Thanks AvE
okiley dokiley!
And I've been saying Cuntstain Tunglide instead of Tungsten Carbide 😂😂
Diddley do den
Isn’t it great though, when you meet someone who understands? Hasn’t happened with AvE missives, but it did happen to me with a Vice Grip Garage terminology.
Or also Dungarees Science instead of degrees celsius
I think the reason the safety micro switch goes straight into the brainbox rather than being a lockout is so that if you release the safety mid actuation the jaws will release back to the open position, rather than being stopped halfway between open and closed
I have one, the grip safety times out so you can't just tape it closed bypass it. You have to release the grip and re-grip it to get it to cut again.
@@ericl5973 I have one and can confirm. Also, releasing the trigger during close, will cause the blade to retract. It's almost too fast to react intentionally, but it's just another layer of safety probably there to stop the cycle due to an unintentional bump of the trigger.
18:22 The double actuation feature allows for use as a pruner or the jaws of life. The mechanics of it suggest it'll open with the same force as it closes.
Edit: I think we need a follow up test.
What's the difference between the jaws of life and the jaws of death? The direction!
I think the return function is there automatically so it acts as a safety feature, in case you release the trigger it opens to avoid capturing a finger/something. The logic is to turn off to a safe position.
@Honda si alte cele I think it's just ease of design. Especially with both micro switches.
Ok... instead of the IC logic controlling the direction, i think it's mostly analog. Imagine the top switch doing the direction control. If the switch is on, it closes. If it is off, it runs in the opposite direction and opens. The lower interlock switch controls the power and if it runs or not. The magnet and sensor are actually a limit switch in the raw sense, interrupting the power at the end of travel.
So pressing the lower switch enables or energizes the power. The state of the upper switch determines the direction of travel, and it is all interrupted when the limit switch is tripped at either end. But the limit switch is tied to the directional upper switch, so it only limits power in the directional state the switch is in.
@@bucharestpunk Mechanical pruning shears usually have a spring return to 'open' on release of the handles, this seems to be the action mimicked by the electric version. Copy the good stuff.
I'm a simple person. I think, great, automatic pruner. How many of those branches are going to be where I can reach with my hand? This doohickey needs to be on a stick with a remote activator.
Thanks!
I have an old 1950’s Craftsman table saw with no safety features what-so-ever on it and that Dewalt pruner scares me more.
I took a look at the parts diagram and all six of the planetary gears have the same part number "Part# N928176", so yeah, some organ donor put the wrong gear on there.
Maybe odd sized gear 1s the same size as the pinion gear on the motor?
The organ donor plucked the gear from the wrong bin?
It's amazing that it still works as well as it does.
Cheers from Tokyo!
I'm with you, that is an assault shear if I ever seen one.
Looks like a mele weapon out of the quake series lol
Just gotta paint it flat black.
@@jimc3688 yeah. The business end is the right color. Pinch, shear and blade injuries are so visual. That thing is going to give me nightmares. Lol.
@@jimc3688and a couple of unnecessary picatinny rails
Hands up, don't shear!
That gearbox assembly could be prime for cannibalization to motate the fingers of one of my upcoming prosthetic hand projects!
I bought a cheap Amazon one like This Old Tony and immediately told my kids it's the most dangerous tool I have. I feel uncomfortable disinfecting the blades between fruit trees, and that's after I take off the battery.
Well thats just being a little bit too worrisome I think. Are afraid when you see a steak knife too?
I bought the more expensive Kebtek after watching this Old Tony. I like having it...just have to see how long it lasts. The 25V supposedly brushless version.
That's a bit neurotic, but then again, I'm hesitant to look down the barrel of my revolver (for glints of lead left behind) even after I remove the cylinder. So I get it. Maybe you should get your kids to disinfect it for you.
@@BruceS42 surprised no one has invented a portable periscope for gun barrel inspections away from a work bench.
@@lionnelmurimi651 its called a phone camera
The battery powered Lorena Bobbitt is indeed terrifying
No kidding what was De Walt thing when they made this Battery Power Shear thing it is not so much about the Lorena Bobbitt thing that flipping thing would cut your fingers off before you even knew it even with the best Gloves on the market that would still cut through it like a hot knife through butter Dang hey i love tools but this thing can sit on the self
Funny story, I had an incident with a freshly sharpened hedge trimmer. Wearing ripped jeans, rushing to get the job done, thing comes down faster than expected through the unruly hedge and brushes past my knee. Didn't hurt at all, I thought it was just a little graze. Looked down and it had muched my knee down to the bone in a neat cut that looked like a McDonald's sign. Yep, needed stitches. I use dangerous tools for a job, but outdoor power equipment I have a bad history with.
@@rogerstlaurent8704 I agree the amount of people that will only be able to count up to 9 will increase quickly.
@@Plumbyday 😆🤣😆🤣 good one but sad to say your right
@@Patrick-857 I have a simila story involving one of those chainsawr attach-mints for an angle grinder ... As get smart use to say, missed it by " that much...
Let's just say the grinder was all burnt up from gettn my undies up in a bunch...
Seriously I was afraid to look down..
AvE, "I want to tell you a story." Me, checks video play time.
Yep, nine more minutes.
That DeWalt cordless pruner is one of the best tools I have ever owned I cleared almost a half acre of overgrown bush with saplings vines you name it, over the course of a couple of months using that pruner and a five amp hour battery. Oh also bucked hundreds and hundreds of branches as big as Christmas trees with this thing hand mulching them up. I feel like this is 100 times more valuable than the sharpest machete. You can effortlessly cut your way in and out of the thickest overgrowth and undergrowth..
"You can effortlessly cut your way in and out of the thickest overgrowth and undergrowth.." Thanks, now I know what I should get the wife of a friend of mine for her birthday
@@robinj1052
Lol
It does branches too? Good to know...I thought it just cut batteries in half.
@@tinman1955
I don’t know what you mean if you’re trying to say battery life is not good that hasn’t been my experience battery life is excellent
@@saleseng no he's referring to the battery cut in half in the video
"ETYmology. Man, people [who] mix that up really *bug* me"
I'm guessing this one flew over a lot of heads. Slicker than spit on a doorknob!
Layers like an onion.
Naming bugs is all about being creative with words though.. ;)
AvE: Quite possibly the best and smartest Canadian, in the world. I realize now why most Canadians don’t have a sense of humour; it’s because you got it all. Cheers.
I think I know why the two micro switches aren't in series. At 17:43, the jaw is installed between the two extremes of its travel and the battery is inserted. Under "normal" operating conditions, the jaw should move to the fully open position (as noted by the safety rant immediately following) however, the jaw does not move UNTIL the safety paddle is depressed. This seems to indicate that the safety paddle is (in some way) controlling the automatic opening action. I would be interested to see what would happen if the safety paddle and trigger were pressed and held until the jaw fully closes, and then the safety paddle (or safety paddle AND trigger) was released. If nothing interesting happens, then try closing the jaw (normally) and removing the battery. Then release all controls and reinstall the battery. The tool should remain closed until the safety paddle is pressed.
Great find with that mismatched planet gear. Keep up the good work.
Came here to say the same. Good design!
If the two switches are in series it may be possible to tie one down. Having them wired back to the microcontroller allows them to have an anti tie down timer programmed between them.
The light (and a timer) is also activated by the safety microswitch, so it couldn't be done the same way if they were in series.
You are on the right path but I think you are over complicating it.
Imagine the safety switch is just the power switch. The trigger switch is just a directional control. If you enable power, the motor just turns one way or another depending on the state of the trigger switch.
Now here is where I think it confuses things. The magnet and sensor on the arm is a limit switch. So at the end of travel in either direction, the limit switch stops travel.
When you initially enable anything, it is at the end if travel in the open position. You pull the trigger on the safety paddle, and you still have the direction in the open side at the end of travel (against the limit switch). This gives the appearance of both switches doing something more than needs to happen because the trigger switch needs to change the direction before you observe anything happening.
I got the 69th like 😂
hope you never tire of making these videos! I check every day to see if something new has been posted - now that i think of it - literally for years now. thank you!
“People who mix up that word really bug me” rather obscure dad joke there, love it
This man, is a national treasure.
you spelled international incorrectly bub.
He's the 8th wonder of the world.
Honestly, these pruning shares terrify me 😂
I'd feel more more comfortable around a running chainsaw strapped to the disk of a 9" grinder 😂
Yeah, that thing is one slip of the hand from only being able to count to 9!
@@garyblack8717 I'm trying to work out what's so terrifying about it.
I think it's because it's so quiet and effortless in its motion.
Things like chainsaws and grinders are much more dangerous but they're loud and angry, the dangers obvious.
What's more scary? The loud mouth wanting to fight everyone with a bat or the quiet psycho with a cut throat razor? 🤣
@@garyblack8717 Not really since it has a safety trigger idk how ur fingers slip but. That def won't happen unless ur a dunce or don't have common sense or just clumsy.
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I think it's partly ergonomics too. Like a chainsaw would be hard to turn on yourself accidentally or on purpose, at least without a kickback involved. The business end of this thing is completely within reach and easy to point at yourself.
Been watching your videos since middle school, I'm 25 now and you have never failed to amuse 🤣🤣
I don’t know if Jesus is Jewish or not but he was extremely kind to me when I met him in Mexico City. Seems like a rather Catholic area though
The Catholic Church, because there's nothing more Christian than eating the flesh of Christ, and drinking his blood!! It's definitely not satanic in any way whatsoever. 👀
@@MattyEngland agreed, but whatever his faith he was a good guy, he replaced my roof a few weeks later and I don’t even know how he got into the USA
This was seriously therapeutic. Watching you use an axe for an unboxing was epic. I have seen you demolish so many packages that I thought I had seen it all, and then you use a damn AXE!
Waiting patiently for This Old Tony's comment
I was about to complain about the lack of tool tear downs but then here it is, a brand new tear down!
After seeing this, I want to tear down everything, just for the purpose of quality control! (make sure all the gears mesh properly)
Love these shears, my father sold me his pair before he died, at a reasonable interest rate too!
J@w joke? Heh.
Should have come to me. I would have given you wholesale.
well played
I'm surprised that you didn't have a hot dog handy for the initial lopping test.
Also, the trigger action reminds me of M4 rifle I had in basic training. It would fire both when the trigger was squeezed and again when released. So I had to hold the trigger in until I acquired the next target then release. I still qualified.
somebody slipped you a binary trigger! i bet you could have done like the intentional binary triggers do and flicked the safety to "safe" and that release shot wouldnt chooch.
I'm not even interested in tree trimming tools, but I loved this video. You're hilarious.
Ditto, absolutely some of the best humour (spelling yes I am from England 😉) which I have missed during the last 12 years living in rural Ohio.... before has a rant at me, it's just an observation. 🤝👍🙂, keep doing these videos, informative, and funny as heck.
I laughed six million times! I laughed so hard, I almost got kicked out of 109 libraries!
You are all little piggies.
I love watching. Always count on a few good ones. 13:00 “People mix that up really bug me”.
im not interested in trimming trees either, but im sold! everythings gonna be in two's
This is a great tool I have a little 12v bosch pruner pro with a brushless motor and compact size. You can use special gloves with a cable that plugs into the tool, and if your fingers are close to the blades, the trigger does not work. Makita also make some great pruners with very good trigger feedback, you can control the exact position and speed of the blade with the trigger. Anyway I like your videos, we learn something in a very special way. 👍👍👍👍
I could listen to AvE talk all day! By show off hands... how many of you watched the entirety of the hour long fire videos of just fire and a few comments? 🤚 I found it quite relaxing.
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Reversing the motor quickly sends boatloads of back EMF through the motor brushes and mosfets, I used to accidentally destroy power screwdrivers this way.
That's what I was thinking.
Looks like they have it under control though; the thing did not die in this evaluation.
Gotta love AVE. He hit all the marks. Religious philosophy, a smiley face appearance, the entomologist debate to Friday afternoon manufacturing slap together expose' and tourist trap marketing... and beyond. BTW, you didn't link to the diamond culture - missed one...
Missed it by a beard hair, or one a tad finer... PPM variable rate control w/mid stroke hold mod for increased horror coming next episode. Sounds like an Arduino project to me.
I'm in - let er rip AVE!.
Best last line on UA-cam 😂!! I wonder if John Wayne Bobbitt has seen this?!!
This Old Tony did power loppers earlier. The oddball gear is typical parts contamination from poor qc
Can I come over and clean up the Healing Bench? The jumble of items is giving me the collywobbles. LOL
The separate micro switches may be a fail safe, avoids the issue of one getting stuck on, and then you unexpectedly cutting a finger off when you depress the safety trigger and it suddenly starts, or having it move immediately when you install the battery.
It's more likely two separate switches. The trigger switch is the direction switch about the paddle switch turns it on and off. The sensors on the arm are limit switches that interrupt the direction switch. The motor defaults to opening the blade and reverses when the trigger is pulled.
The reason it seems different is because the arm is at the end of the travel path so the limit switch has disabled it. It gives the appearance that pulling the trigger starts something but it really just changes the motor direction which is why it's all the way on or off and explains the automatic opening when releasing.
@@sumduma55 that’s basically what I was saying. The switches are seperate inputs. The limit switch for the blade is a Hall effect sensor.
Separate switches as separate fail safes makes no diff.
If in series and one fails shut then the second operates immediately.
If parallel circuitry on the board, and one fails shut (circuit board or mechanical failure) the second still operates freely.
@@INSIDEHARDWARE But when two switches are input separately into a brain-box, stuck switches can be detected and operation can be suppressed.
watching this a little bit behind, i grant you the title of honorary yid. I pinky promise not to mossed you in the middle of the night.
-mords
LoL it's funny. I just bought my mom that exact tool for her birthday and I had the same nearly irresistible urge to stick my finger in it 😁 She said the thing works great.
I'm the same with spinning fan blades.😬
@@mitchdenner9743 LoL yeah 👍
That yellowlopperchopper deserves its own YT channel. It would give the Hoodrawlic Press Channel some great competition
That is a pretty fast Chopper you got there. I have one of the Milwaukee M12 PVC Cutters and it goes a lot slower than that monster. It’s interesting that the planetary gear was wrong, I wonder how long it will last before it fails. Thanks for the commentary, laughs and videos. Always appreciated.
The reason for looking at each switch separately is because the lower interlock is there to keep the cutter from engaging. It does not stop the cutter from disengaging when the trigger button is released. It's a safety feature.
You could do that by wiring them in series though. I think there's probably some extra functionality being handled by the microcontroller. Something like if the lower interlock is held down for too long it times out, since that would indicate that it has been bypassed (e.g. by wrapping tape around the handle).
@@jayleno2192 Time vs. Money. Is it worth pursuing for safety, or is it better to risk the potential lawsuit and line the deep pockets?
I can feel my injury, stabbed in the eye and snipped eyebrow all in one but the branch lives on.
I love the way you open boxes!
I think the taller gear was supposed to go onto the motor shaft. Probably they got swapped by mistake during assembly.
Except the tall gear is loose, meaning it's bore has a larger diameter, meaning the ones in the gearbox have a bore with a smaller diameter, meaning they couldn't fit one on the motor shaft.
And also the gear probably maybe, I don't know for sure gets installed on the motor shaft at the electric motor factory.
I thought that too.
@@thatguythatdoesstuff5899 The gear on the motor did look alittle flared so it might have been tapped the rest of the way on in assembly.
Wearing an aramid fiber codpiece in the wrong side of town from this point forward.
In the distance I can hear This Old Tony's hands scurrying to the comment section to share his expertise on pruning sheers.
Love these sheers, bought them when they first came out. No issues yet, tempted to take it apart now. See if the planetary gears are proper or not..
My mom has had a no-name brand version of one of these for years, same exact function, opens when you let go of the trigger and moves pretty quick. But the DeWalt version seems quite a bit stronger
I think the "default open" feature is like a deadman switch to render the tool inert once the finger is off the trigger.
@@mikejacob3536"...once the finger is off." !!!
Or when your finger is on the floor hiding amongst the prunings😱😱😱🤣🤣🤣
I think you meant to say quite a bit more "skookem"
20:02 "if you squint your eyes hard enough, you cant see anything at all"
Lol, im 100% saying that as much as i can around anyone i meet.
Wifee got me one of those loppers for christmas. Pretty damn scary. It's so dangerous that the safety has a safety. Seriously, you have to pull the safety on the safety before you can pull the safety, before you can pull the trigger. It's like the tool is asking "are you really sure you want to pull that trigger?"
BOLTRs are what I tune in for, been too long!
5$ says the two switches are wired separately so you can't permanently bypass the grip interlock and just use the trigger.
How is this comment from a day ago.
@@Bobo-ox7fj Even easier would be to using a ziptie.. But you didn't hear it from me! Stay safe, folks!
@@Icefumy i bet the confuser will lock up if you insert the battery with a ziptie on the safety-trigger
@@bipedal-ape-man The comment is from a day ago because he's not one of us plebians who has to wait an extra day for the video to become public. If you throw a couple bucks towards Patreon you get early access to scream into the void of UA-cam comments a day before the unwashed masses.
Can't believe I watched the whole video. This could be a series, what do we cut next? So satisfying!
I've got a makita LXT compatible non branded pruner like that, but its not the size of a sub machine gun and does not have the annoying safety switch, I am a gardener and have had it 3 years now, my loppers dont get a look in any more, use it all the time, still got all my fingers too (so far)
The only thing I can think of with the independent interlock switchs is that they only want the trigger to be the trigger. I see that the mechanical design prevents that as well. Considering that, the only remaining explanation is that the spark-e's neither trusted nor communicated with the mech-e's.
It's probably there to keep you from just taping it down. It might check that the second switch is open when you plug in the battery. Try taping it down, then sticking in a battery and see if it works then.
I suspect the safety is an interlock switch initiating power and communication and the trigger can't function if this fails, two switches in series aren't as safe. Would need to reverse engineer or probe the board to know for sure
You can tell when he is testing it on the half-shell that the logic is that it will open only when the lower handle switch is closed and the trigger switch is open. If both are open it doesn't do anything. To do that it needs to be able to tell the difference between those two states.
I think it's that way as a tape detector
The reason for having the switches independent of each other is a simple fail safe against the unlikely, but not improbable condition where one of the switches becomes stuck on through mechanical failure or intentional misuse. The controller then has to see that both switches are open before allowing acceptance of the run switch. If either is closed when power is applied the controller will fail it's startup status and prevent operation as it did with the frame open. It's what's known as intrinsically safe.
Imagine if you will a user is careless enough to be holding the tool by the grip and activates both switches while installing the battery. If they were in series the tool would activate the instant power is applied and whatever unfortunate item is in the blade's shear path would be instantly permanently disconnected, or at the very least significantly mangled.
Wait… your Home Depot still gives free stir sticks? That stopped in my part of the world at least 10 years ago.
Using this to open up your next BOLTR would be like a grown-up game of operation
Sending all inputs, microswitches included, into the brainbox gives us options. Now the interlock and trigger can be used for secret squirrel mode settings in the brainbox, usually for production and testing but could also be used to set speed controls, double cuts yada yada
Check out the Eastman Hornet fabric cutter, it's a funny shade of yellow. Lil bird days they get the base tool by the truckload from the Walt.
I need one of those with about a 10 meter reach.
Reminds me of the joke about the guy in the dessert looking for water. He's pointed to a restaurant by a "random individual" who sells clothes. He returns an hour later and says "Your brother said I have to have a tie to enter"
That might be my favorite closing line in one of your videos, ever!
That thing is horrifying. I betcha that tool is responsible for 3 or 4 new OSHA regulations.
I saw your show (of course) and was quite impressed with your discussion o out the SHOA musium in Prague. You realization about the KIPPOT was heart warming. I appreciate your respectfulness regarding our(my) traditions. It's impossible to observe all 613 laws. Many deal with with how to run the Temple (ZION). Since we don't have a Temple (damn Romans) we can't observe them so you get a bye on those. Thanks for an especially great show. If you want I'll send you a collection of KEPPOTS(yammakahs)
Phil
Perhaps the lower safety interlock switch is what powers up the controller, and with the controller awake, then the trigger switch can be monitored.
I knew it was a circumcision joke in there somewhere.
"Safe & Effective"
Got a good chuckle from the ToT reference. Love the BOLTR vids - Please sir, may we have some more?
How does the video have 1.1k likes and only 700 views?
No reasons. Nothing to see here. (((Algorythm))) Carry on.
because the views dont update instantly, and people usually like a video before they stop watching
Because the count isn’t accurate
Dark magic
UA-cam verifies that views are legit
Seen this guy's work bench and instantly subscribed if someones work bench is clean then he can't be my friend
Both switches going to the board is important, when the interlock is pressed the machine is on and will home open, when the second one is pressed that is a forward command.
so when you let go (from cutting off a finger) the machine wont let go?
I'm buying up 20 of these. Guaranteed these are getting recalled in about 6 months. All of em. Gonna be rich
jesus just the sound alone
Never thought Ave video commentary made much sense, after watching drunk it makes perfect sense
"I'm distinctly qualified for testing this out; still a bit chilly in the shop, so I still have the old turtleneck on"
Glad to see you have that nice blue tool in the background there!!
"Why did you start locking your tool box Mr. Bobbit?"
I was convinced this tool used a BLDC motor when I saw all those large caps next to the low impedance power source. I don't think one of these tools will come my way anytime soon but I'd be curious to have a look at the circuitry. The hall sensor board looked overly complicated at a quick glance too. Anyway, as always, entertaining! Thank you =)
The Yakuza will love this for their bonsai trees....🤣
They will go for makita ones, I believe
Always entertaining and insightful. I have a feeling these will be enjoyed long after we are all gone.
During covid quality control went home earlier than the assembly line. Or the new guy did that one
It could be intentional - for reasons
Fun video. Thumbs up. FYI: The literal translation of "mitzvah" is "commandment." The 613 mitzvot of Torah (commandments of the law) are not optional. They are not about making your life more difficult to get closer to Hashem, but about choosing "blessings and life." At the time of those commandments in Leviticus pagan rituals included tattoos, trimming the hair in a particular fashion, and trimming the corners of the beard. These commands were given to keep Israel separate from the pagan nations. The Hasids certainly take it to an extreme. There's really no arguing that.
Dude I loved the stickers! It was definitely worth the extra shipping to get it here 11 days later!
im from the uk and i don't understand about 20% of what he says but that just makes it better love the vids wish i had a teacher at collage like this when i was doing carpentry and construction
That is fast little bugger! Almost as fast as a lumber mill automatic cross-cut saw... that some running dummy in management took his arm off with. By the way he was in charge of plant safety.
AvE and ToT are just getting ready to drop the best April Fools gardening channel launch ever
I carry a Glock everyday. I just decided NOT to buy a power pruner. That thing is scary.
Same same, would prefer not having this go off anywhere near my crotchosity regions.
I kinda want you to buy another one to see if that gear set was a mistake... and then another one for me, lol thanks for sharing!
That's an outdated brisomatic. The new one comes with a suction tube for easier metzithahing.
These pruners are cool!!I have an extensive collection of pneumatic pruners… as I was an orchard owner for years. Isopropyl by the gallon into to tank of the pto driven compressor to keep everything but your hands from freezing up. Dec, Jan, Feb are the prime pruning months because the trees are dormant…I wish I got a 3 month break.. So much work to have a May freeze or a July hail storm make it all for naught..
Where was I…Grapes! These would be great for pruning grapes
If I saw this tool sitting on a bench, that's exactly what I would think it's intended purpose is. (a powered pruning sheer)
Another extremely educational and entertaining AvE vid, but those things are still terrifying
Suddenly the safety button on my sawzall seems so pointless... I'd forgive that thing asking me 3 times "are your sure?" before each cut
Yikes! Terrifying indeed. Despite being cordless, that thing would somehow find its way to shortening my extension cords.
"The choice of Yakuza leaders everywhere..." Mazel ltov!
Defaulting to the open position seems quite safe, what if you catch any sort of appendage in there. Ask your mohel for further advice.
Lorena Bobbet has a new favorite tool.
Is there a torque limiting feedback type of dealio or will it just crunch itself to bits without knowing any better? Will it cut a bolt right half in two?
I suspect crunch itself to bits
@AvE An Australian viticulturist here. We use battery powered secateurs for pruning grapevines. They're awesome but potentially dangerous. The modern units come with a glove for your free hand and if you touch the blade or anvil during use, the jaws automagically open averting disaster. I think they have some kind of resistance/capacitance sensor that controls this? Might make an interesting vijeyo (apologies if you've already done this!). The model I used last season was an INFACO Electrocoup 3020, approx. AUD$2,500. BTW, love ya work, c.nt! :)