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Community => Marketplace => Topic started by: brankif on December 02, 2014, 07:28:52 pm
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Hi,
I Invented the unit in the youtube video for starting the mower, washer, saw, strimmer after heart surgery. I would appreciate comments on the usability of the unit. - If you're interested, I'm also raffling one unit with funds raised being donated to the World Heart Federation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox0HLn0B7dY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox0HLn0B7dY)
Raffle is available at :
https://rafflecreator.com/pages/pull-starter (https://rafflecreator.com/pages/pull-starter)
Thanks
Frank.
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not sure on it for starting a chainsaw seems dangerous
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Without actually using it, it's hard to say just how easy it is to use.
As someone with a heart condition, I find those pull cords sheer hell, and if they don't fire up first time I've had it. It looks as if it would be very useful for starting a Mantis, which is something I can then use. However, a chain saw, big strimmer, or even a mower (big ones run away from me so I have a push-start mini tractor which starts with a lovely ignition switch :relief:) would be too big for me to use anyway. But for someone who hasn't lost their basic strength, but just can't pull the darned cords, your invention looks superb Frank :thumbsup: :trophy:
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What a clever idea! :thumbsup:
not sure on it for starting a chainsaw seems dangerous
Not if the chainbrake is on though, surely?
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I noticed that you had to use both hands to remove the unit from the mower, which meant you had to let go of the engine stop/run safety bar and the mower stopped. Holding the chain saw would be difficult, but other than that a good invention.
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Thanks all for the feedback to date. Much appreciated. I can actually can remove the unit from the mower with one hand - silly of me not to do that in the video. The tri-pod is standard camera tri-pod so that came in handy. That old chainsaw takes a big pull and doesn't have a brake. The starter pull starter unit actually keeps unit the user further away from the blade when starting which is not a bad idea for an old tool like this. :)
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It looks great to me, pull starts are the bane of my life!
Will they be on sale eventually?
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I hope to do a 'kickstarter' project next year, where I would be selling a few units. Ideally I need to get some bespoke extrusion fabricated and this would cost a few £'s, hence I would need something like kickstarter to help fund the tooling for the extrusion.
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All there is still a chance to win the tool while and raise a few $'s in aid of the World Heart Federaion.
Quick link to the raffle is :
https://rafflecreator.com/pages/pull-starter
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Hi brankif. Are you in the States? If so we would be stung for tax to import the device, in spite of the deal including P&P :( I'm assuming you are as the raffle is in dollars.
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I'm in N.Ireland. (UK). The reason the raffle is in USD is that I on a previous video of an earlier model, most of the views came from USA.