![]() ![]() Finally I got sick of having one item, with such a tiny engine that used a specific mix of oil and gas. I was stuck on gas for years thinking electric wouldn’t have enough power. I have a couple of those Ryobi electric trimmers and a gas one. Basically use HD’s own kit $16 and rob the left handed nuts and adapters that fit the hole of the newer version and use a stand off adapter to get the original height spacing back. I posted elsewhere how to adapt the new Chinese copy of PivoTrim to get it to work with the gas Ryobi Expand It trimmers. I know someone that almost lost an eye to a stone to his pupil because he was not wearing safety glasses and a full face shield like I usually do.īecause the battery powered trimmers operate in the opposite direction of most gas powered trimmers, you can not use a superior designed gas powered shield from the commodity Ryobi on the HF trimmer named to honor their free mason god. Especially if you dislike getting hit and covered with the stuff you are trimming such as ivy and stones since the shield is badly engineered and designed. The Harbor Freight 80v trimmer and line feeder is actually pretty good compared to others, but, is not close to the original performance and convenience of the original PivoTrim sold by Oregon. Which was the original reason for buying it. Even worse then that, the lines down break when hitting chain link fence where they would not before. I imagine it is unusable on the more common 23cc trimmers. The plastic pivots do not work the same, not shaped the same, the holes are too small for 0.095 line, it is shaped different, and weighs so much more it actually slows down my 30cc Cub Cadet. They say “fits 98% of trimmers”, which is not true because it does not fit the Ryobi Expand It trimmers sold by Home Depot. The patent must of passed it’s expiration date because Oregon left the market and it has been flooded with look a like Chinese copies that stink. The original PivoTrim by Oregon was the best. Posted in 3d Printer hacks Tagged string trimmer, trimmer line, weed whacker, whipper snipper Post navigation The Australians may hold the title with “whipper snipper,” but we’re open to other submissions! Sound off with your best name for a weed whacker in the comments, too. ![]() ![]() If you’ve whipped up your own fun hacks for tools in the garden, don’t hesitate to let us know. Just as string trimmer line was once used as 3D printing filament, you can also go the other way, turning old plastic bottles into trimmer line. It’s reported to work with Ozito and potentially Bosch tirmmers, and parts are on Thingiverse for those wishing to print their own. Overall, though, it’s a great way to fit stronger, more capable trimmer line to a weed whacker otherwise hamstrung by weak blades. Instead, one must simply assemble more of the tab-adapters with fresh line manually. Also, unlike a bump-feed trimmer head, there’s no way to auto-feed more line. They do break when hitting tough objects, much like the stock trimmer blades do. prints them in PETG, but notes that the part could benefit from additional strength. Centrifugal force (argue about it in the comments) keeps the line from falling out. The trick is to use a cigarette lighter to slightly melt a bulb onto a length of trimmer line so that it doesn’t pull through the slot. On the end of the tab, in lieu of a blade is a round slot into which a length of trimmer line can be inserted. created a small plastic tab which matches the attachment tab of the Ozito trimmer’s plastic blades. 3D printing was the way forward, adapting the blade trimmer to use traditional line. ![]() Some of these suck, though, like this Ozito model belonging to. Manufacturers responded by making models with solid plastic blades instead. Many have complained about the hassle of rewinding their weed whackers with fresh trimmer line. ![]()
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