Pruner / Secateur Care & Repair - How To Make Your Tools Last Forever

A quick lesson in the sharpening, lubrication, blade replacement and best pruning practices involved with secateurs or hand-pruners. #gardentools #sharpening #savemoney
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Alright so today on Repairs101 I thought I'd go over the basics on the care, repair and use of what I call secateurs. You may have another name for them.
So these were my first secateurs, these Wilkinson Sword brand. And they come apart easy enough with a torx drive.
I'll clean up the blade with some abrasive and water.
I like to use Windex or soapy water to wet my sharpening stone.
Then I'll plane the backside flat before I wet it down again and take a few passes on the blade.
Add some tenacious oil, ratchet it all back together and it's as good as new.
These are my Felcos. They've seen better days.
First take out the spring and then undo the lock-screw. Undo the nut and pull it apart.
I'll use some WD40 to clean it up but not to lubricate it with.
Then fit it for its new blade and add some Tenacious Oil. You can easily see why they call it tenacious.
So put it back together, tighten down the lock-screw, replace the spring and you're ready to prune.
So when you prune a branch be sure to cut back to the branch bark collar. When left intact the collar will develop into a natural decay-rot organism resistant zone and protect the rest of the plant from decay. The collar is usually very obvious, especially on bigger branches.
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[MarksdrivingschoolCoUk]

Thanks for the video, I've taken mine apart today and cleaned them thoroughly and sharpened.

[sshrdlu]

good to know how to care for my suckerteers

[wrongmower]

Those are some nice cutters, I have sharpened a few for my neighbors

[scuzzbecuzz]

Good info about cutting back to collar. Never heard of that. Thanks!

[RomboutVersluijs]

Could I ask how the mechanism works on that last model?
Am I correct that we can alter the angle by adjust that wheel with the teeth?

[RomboutVersluijs]

Do you have a tip for the screw which holds the locking pin. It keeps loosening up when I unlock and eventually cause the lockpin the move freely around

[mythosESveritas]

Helpful video, what angle do you sharpen the blade to? Is it similar to kitchen knives that usually have 15-20 degree blade edges? Thanks

[lorizinn]

I have a pair of secateurs with a wide wound and wound around spring similar to your Felco, (although I think mine is probably a different brand). My question is - how do you prevent the spring from falling out while using the secateurs. I've already lost the spring from one pair I'd only had a few weeks, and the spring has already fallen out once in my new pair. Is there some way of locking it in securely so it does not get accidentally lost?

[kevanmomenpour]

Is there any tips you have for blade sharpening in general? I have a hand-sized sharpening stone that I use but every time I think I'm getting an edge on one of my knives it turns out no better than when I started.

[SUBXERO]

My pruner is from the 50s, and I think the blade is bent because it is not cutting straight. I don't know how to fix it.

[hamiandcp]

Hi .. I am in Canada. Looking to buy tenacious oil...please let me know where to get it?

[phalanx]

Bought some cheap, China-made hand pruners by BLOOM* brand because they had a pruner/lopper combo. The pruner broke on the first cut. It's great to keep pruners sharp, but be careful out there not buy some of these flimsy things on the market cause they just can't hold up.