How does it perform on different woods? -- oak, pine?
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Hi Matt, So far, only on pine in which it worked quite well. I imagine it will work on oak & other hardwoods, but with more effort and care.
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Works really well on eucalyptus and such leaves. Does not work well at all with pine needles as it clogs up almost instantly.
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I have only used mine for a couple of months, on walnut, oak, purpleheart and cedar. Can't say for sure, but probably at least 500 board feet. No problems yet. I do take it easy, very light passes and for sure no nails in the wood. The cost of new blades is not outrageous. And there is always the option of adding the helic head(?) which offers several advantages. Bottom line, however, is that I don't really think the blades are so "bad". This is a really nice machine.
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It sometimes does. In my experience, with softer pine, it will likely leave a small dimple. On harder oak, it does not. Typically with pine, I will putty and paint anyway.I have been very pleased with this brad nailer. It is a great tool for the price.
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I have used it on oak and maple flooring a lot, that's why I bought it. It works great, albeit much slower than a circular saw. I typically use it to end cut individual boards to weave new sections in to old sections. End cut the board and then split it with a chisel and remove it. Also used it to cut in new flush thresholds, a similar cut to your cabinet cut. Like any saw, it works best with new blades. Hit a flooring nail, which are typically hardened nails, and you will trash the blade right away. Cost of doing business.
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I think it would. So far, I've only used it on pine. It heats up quickly. My major project is a clock--I just had to make up mind what I wanted on it! I'm going with a sun burned into the center.
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I have oak trees and it works perfectly well on them, it manages small and large leaves equally well
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it's incredibly smooth on everything i've cut. i've cut oak, pine, poplar and ash. I recently went to cabinet making shop and they use this same blade in all their saws. They're great blades!
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mine worked well as we live with heavy pines and oaks all around..i really like this thing...
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We get a lot of pine needles and it picks them up with no problem, when they are dry. Does a pretty good job when they are wet but much better when dry.
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Fredna- It does have a setting for pine needles. Our experience is with mixed oak leaves and Jeffrey pine needles. So far no issues. I suspect that if all you are loading into it is pine needles, you might have to avoid just dumping a bunch in. Instead you'd probably have to make sure you don't clog it. Large handfuls at a time would probably work fine. It uses plastic grass trimmer line (I bought a reel and cut my own lengths) and the pine needles might go through the line faster than it does with mostly leaves. But it's not very difficult to put new line in. As I mentioned in my review, it's a little awkward to put together. However, I'm in my second season of using it and am happy with it. I hope this answers your question, Brock
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So far I've only used it on wood...and frankly it's fantastic. It's only a guess but from my experience it likely does.
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I have used GOddards on light oak and maple as well as the dark woods I have. It works beautifully on all woods.
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We didn't have any problems at all. We mulched pine needles, lawn clippings and small branches etc. Its did a really great job and was pleasantly surprised how well the plastic blades held out. Very good buy!!!
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Hard woods are mostly what I have and most is easily split. Once in a while I have to shift the log to try another spot to split On occasion I have a very knotty or large (larger than recommended) diameter or heavily branched piece that does not split on the first try or two. I notch them about 3 inches deep with a chain saw & then they split too. The only pieces I have not been able to split are the rooty stump parts of hard wood. I like this splitter. I would buy it again. I go through about 3 cords a year which I cut, split & stack myself.
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I trimmed all the branches on my trees as long as I took it slow. Let the saw do all the work and don't force it. It will even cut large branches if you take it slow. Bit by bit, and it's done. Great saw!!!
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I used it on outdoor iron furniture. I don't know how it works with wood. Sorry.