This is a Felco pruner; this one happens to be the number seven, it's got the rolling handle
The number two is probably the most popular one, right? It's it's the same except it doesn't have the rolling handle
We like the rolling handle, right? Yeah, they're terrific. They help with carpal tunnel and also developing calluses on your hands
it should also be mentioned that Felco is really the originator of
this particular design of
Pruners you'll see a lot of copies out there, but there's nothing like a Swiss made Felco pruner
Although, still, I like the ARS.
So, okay, we're gonna show you how to replace the blades. Replacement blades - you can get them on prunerswarehouse.com
They're about fourteen bucks apiece
For both the the cutting blade and the counter blade. These pruners run about sixty bucks. You can get them on Amazon
Okay, we're gonna take this set of number 7s apart. When you buy a pair of these pruners
You're going to get what's called a key that actually comes with the pruner itself. The key has a
Basically a hex head on it for taking the screws out of the handles
You can also use the key as a screwdriver type mechanism here
So what I'll do is I will and sometimes it's very difficult particularly these
Pruners are probably a good ten years old. So getting some of these screws out. It's very difficult with a key if not impossible
so that's where a
Screwdriver comes into play. So what happens if you lose the key? I mean, do you even need it?
You really don't need this key
You know
It's a sort of a nice thing to have you can put it on a keychain if you need to, but it's not absolutely necessary
Okay, because I don't know where mine is. Okay
Yeah, I just happened to find this one. So the first thing we're gonna do is we're gonna take off the
locking mechanism
Which is this particular
piece right here
And again, you want to keep your your parts separate and don't make the mistake of you know
Letting these come apart because you'll have some
Opportunities to figure those out later which isn't - which may not be easy
Then we're gonna do is we're actually going to take the main bolt assembly apart and you can see that
this particular
Stamped metal piece underneath is actually with a lock
Locking mechanism would actually interact with that. So
That's what that piece of stamp metal is below
Okay, so this is your main nut
here's the
piece for the actual lock itself
We're going to take the spring off also known as a volute spring
these are actually nice springs because a lot of dirt doesn't get inside them and
Cause problems. Okay, and this is pretty pretty easy to disassemble. You actually wiggle this thing back and forth
Until it releases from the three pins
Again, these pruners had not been assembled in or disassembled rather in more than ten years
So there you have it. Okay. I finally got them off now
What I would do in this instance is I would definitely clean all this area get all the rust off the pins
so that when I stuck a brand-new pair of
A new blade on there that it wouldn't get hung up
I'd probably lubricate this area a little bit too as well. So you can see
How difficult that was in something that is ten years old. Something that's brand-new, it's gonna slide right onto those pins. No problem
Now here is the counter blade
This one. I've already loosened the screw. That just comes out
Nicely and
Again, you can see from this screw to this screw. You don't want to start messing things up
So I I try to keep things in an orderly fashion, so I know where they actually came. So here's your counter blade
And there's the handle assembly
in this instance
I don't have to take the actual lock off to change either the counter blade or the regular blade or both for that matter
So now that Jack has this taken apart,
We're gonna put it back together
If you were really doing this in real life, you'd be putting new blades on it. This thing would be all nicely cleaned up
We're just gonna put it back together using the parts that we had
And you'll see it's all laid out kind of the way it came
Apart, and that's important because these are a little complicated to put back together. So Jack, where do you start here?
Well, I think where I'm gonna start is I'm gonna put the counter blade back on
So we're gonna do here is, remember I said, it's important to keep the the right screws
In their proper order. I also wanted to show you another neat thing which is called a a
nut
runner or sometimes a nut driver. These are absolutely terrific. This happens to be a
Craftsman and it's a
six millimeter wrench
These are way better than screwdriver
for tightening and untightening
Screws and bolts, so that's that particular piece. All right. So now we're gonna put the
Blade on - the sharp blade. We're gonna line it with the three pins here
Basically it's just a
Press fit you push it on. So that there's actually no gap in between the handle and the blade
All right. The next process is to actually put the
Pruner together with the bolt and this bolt goes in through the backside here
Like so
And you can see that the bolt actually has a square
Pattern that's been manufactured right into it. And this part of the counter blade has a square hole in it
So that that's nice in terms of it'll only go in certain way you can kind of hear it locking in there
Our next thing is to put in the actual locking mechanism itself
that's that plate that I was talking about and
Next we're going to put on the main locking nut
Screw that on
And
The next thing we can do is we can put the spring back in here. It's just a compression spring
So you literally just push on it and put it into the pin right there
Okay. The next thing that we want to do is that we want to tighten up this main
nut right here so that you get the actual proper tension of the blades
You don't want it too loose, so that that you get any play when you take the handles and go back and forth like like this
And you certainly don't want it too tight where the actual pruner
will stay
Partially closed or closed all together
I mean the worst thing you can do. This is a twelve millimeter wrench. It's tighten this thing up and have to force things
It's not how pruners are supposed to work
So what we'll do is I'll loosen this up a little bit
And we'll see. Is there any play there? Yep, still a little bit of play
I'll tighten this up a little bit more
Nope too much. So I'll back off just a little bit. Okay, so that's good. One of the things I didn't mention is lubrication
It's really important that you lubricate in between the two blades here. I recommend using
WD-40, although some people like to use grease. Grease is fine too. So
Cleaning this area in here
And lubricating is very important. Okay. The next thing we're going to do is we're going to put in
the locking
mechanism. This actually locks the main bolt into place
so that
You don't have to keep adjusting
Your pruner tension and again, I like these
These nut drivers a lot better than screwdrivers
So basically I'm going to use that right on top of here and do it nice and tight. So that's completely locked everything together
the
Actual tension of the blade is perfect
Everything feels nice and secure. I want to see if the lock still works on the side here. Yes it does. Keeps them closed
There you go. So now you're all set
You've taken them apart you've changed out
One or both blades and you're back in business
Wow these feel good, yeah
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