What are garden shears

On the garden plot gardeners use a variety of tools and mechanisms. In order to successfully take care of lawn grass, in time to cut off the shoots of fruit trees and shrubs, stalks of dried plants, a special cutting tool - garden shears is required. The tool consists of two swivel blades, handles and spring clip. There are several varieties of this tool. Differences can be in design solutions, scope and type of drive.

Garden shears modifications

Mechanical garden shears are used in the following types of work:

• flower garden care (pruning of dried flower stalks of peonies, roses, chamomiles and other flowers);
• pruning around trees and shrubs;
• the creation of hedges and other elements of landscape design;
• for cutting grass and lawns.

Depending on the type of work, you need a tool with a different cutting surface and types of handle. Standard lawn shears are used for lawn, grass shears and hedges. with straight sharpening. Models jagged Blades longer remain sharp. They are recommended to cut off the excess young shoots in the crowns of trees and shrubs, young shoots, as well as the stems of dried tall grass. Scissors do not slip and do a good job with the task. They prefer to use for grass and bushes.

An alternative to serrated sharpening is wavy blades. They are also good for trimming young shoots, do not damage the tissues of the treated branches.

Some models are equipped with extended arms. They can be used for a haircut without tilting down and without using a stepladder at the top. There are tools with telescopic handles, convenient for a hairstyle in hard-to-reach places.

A separate type of garden shears is called pruner, which is most often used in pruning bushes and tree crowns. A convenient addition to this tool was the ratchet mechanism, which allows you to distribute the efforts when cutting the formed woody shoots from the wines of the geograd, for example.

By drive method The garden tool in question is divided into the following categories:

• manual, they are mechanical scissors;
• battery powered grass shears.

Hand tools for lawn grass care

To care for large lawns use a lawn mower or trimmer. But these machines can not get to some difficult places, and mechanical garden shears will be useful here.

Knives of the cutting tools are made of tool or stainless steel, and the handles can be metal, plastic or combined. Blades of more expensive models for pollution protection are supplied Teflon coating. The angle of rotation of the blades of different models can be 90 or 180 degrees.

Scissors with a large angle of rotation of the blades are more convenient to use.

Most models are equipped with the functions of adjusting the gap, fixing the blade mechanism (lock). Instrument prices range from 500 to 2500 rubles, depending on the quality of performance, brand and functional solutions.

The advantage of electric models

Electric models are very popular among summer residents. These battery-operated shears look like trimmers for hair, only the horizontal blades are larger. The task to cut the grass cordless scissors perform faster manual counterparts. At the same time, the summer resident does not have to apply special physical efforts.

The battery charge, depending on the device model, lasts for 60 - 120 minutes of continuous operation.

The performance of the accumulator lawn shears is higher than that of the mechanical counterpart. Durable steel blades diamond sharpened copes with stiff grass stems and overgrown shrubs and trees. If the lawn area is small, then there is no need for an electric or gasoline mower, trimmer. In working with this tool does not require special training.

When choosing a power tool you need to pay attention to the following points.

1. Battery Type: built-in or to be replaced. Most models are equipped with lithium-ion energy sources.
2. On duration of continuous work devices on a single charge affect the operating conditions, namely the quality of the lawn.If it is often found thick grass and growth, the battery is discharged faster.
3. An important parameter for the selection of electroscissors - working width. It reflects the width of the cut strip of grass for one mowing. Household models are found with options of 8, 12 and 16 cm. It should be noted that the weight of the model with a larger width will be significantly higher.
4. The performance of the cutting process depends on the parameter cutting frequency. In some models, it can reach up to 90 dv / min.

Important aspects such as the smooth operation of the device at high loads, the convenience of the handles (non-slip surface), the presence of a battery level indicator and other useful features are also important. Depending on the brand, the quality of performance and functionality, the cost of electric shears for cutting grass varies from 4 to 9-10 thousand rubles.

Overview of Secateurs

By design features and type of drive, several types of secateurs are distinguished.

1. Garden pruner. Blades from the device of the same thickness, sickle serrated or with direct sharpening, working on the type of scissors. Perfectly cope with grassy stems and peduncles.Not suitable for cutting stiff stalks and shoots.
2. Bypass - plane tool. Two blades of different thickness are located on opposite sides of the cut, like scissors, but the design of the tool is stiffer. To prevent the stem from wrinkling with the blunt part of the blade, you need to orient the tool in the direction of the cutting part. The pruner works well with green and dry branches of bushes and trees.
3. Contact pruner (with anvil). This is the most powerful option. It is arranged according to this principle: the sharp upper part cuts a branch, pressing it against a fixed flat made of polymer area. This technique is used so that the blade does not quickly become blunt. It is used for trimming dry branches of trees and bushes.
4. Mechanized (with ratchet mechanism), electric, pneumatic modifications of pruners are designed to reduce the power load to the person working with the tool, while increasing the productivity of the trimming produced.