I have a pair of Fiskars pruning shears. They are bypass type with
a handle that rotates when they are closed. They have accumulated a
lot of sticky sap etc. on the blades so I want to take them apart
and clean them but I can't figure out how. I have removed the screw
with an Allen wrench and pried at the blades but it did not come
apart.

Here are some pictures:

http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?im...earstopmw4.jpg
http://img252.imageshack.us/my.php?i...rsrightsg3.jpg
http://img106.imageshack.us/my.php?i...arsleftxu6.jpg
http://img400.imageshack.us/my.php?i...sbottomrc0.jpg


Can these shears be taken apart? If so, how? Thank
you in advance for all replies.

--
I am TERRIBLY cruel to my cat. I actually cut of the ends of
his toes. It's just the hard, dead part that grows back but
still. And I do it just because he sticks them in me or
scratches the furniture or me.

On Mar 21, 11:29 am, Daniel Prince wrote:
I have a pair of Fiskars pruning shears. They are bypass type with
a handle that rotates when they are closed. They have accumulated a
lot of sticky sap etc. on the blades so I want to take them apart
and clean them but I can't figure out how. I have removed the screw
with an Allen wrench and pried at the blades but it did not come
apart.

Here are some pictures:

http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?im...sbottomrc0.jpg

Can these shears be taken apart? If so, how? Thank
you in advance for all replies.

To clean or sharpen the blade it is not necessary to completly take
apart the shears. The blade itself (the sharp one) is removable and
likely replaceable. Just loosen the allen bolt. Then if you just
wiggle the blade back and forth it should pop right out.

Sounds like a job for WD40. The sticky sap is probably gluing in the blade.
Have you removed the Phillips screw?

I would remove the Phillips screw and flood the area with WD40. The
solvents in the WD40 should melt the sap sufficiently to facilitate
disassembly.

Other likely solvents would be turpentine, or paint thinner.

Once you get them apart and clean use candle wax to slick them up, that
should prevent or delay the sap from gumming them up so fast.

--
Roger Shoaf
If you are not part of the solution, you are not dissolved in the solvent.


"Daniel Prince" wrote in message
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I have a pair of Fiskars pruning shears. They are bypass type with
a handle that rotates when they are closed. They have accumulated a
lot of sticky sap etc. on the blades so I want to take them apart
and clean them but I can't figure out how. I have removed the screw
with an Allen wrench and pried at the blades but it did not come
apart.

Here are some pictures:

http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?im...earstopmw4.jpg
http://img252.imageshack.us/my.php?i...rsrightsg3.jpg
http://img106.imageshack.us/my.php?i...arsleftxu6.jpg
http://img400.imageshack.us/my.php?i...sbottomrc0.jpg


Can these shears be taken apart? If so, how? Thank
you in advance for all replies.

--
I am TERRIBLY cruel to my cat. I actually cut of the ends of
his toes. It's just the hard, dead part that grows back but
still. And I do it just because he sticks them in me or
scratches the furniture or me.

On 21 Mar 2007 09:46:09 -0700, "Lawrence"
wrote:

On Mar 21, 11:29 am, Daniel Prince wrote:
I have a pair of Fiskars pruning shears. They are bypass type with
a handle that rotates when they are closed. They have accumulated a
lot of sticky sap etc. on the blades so I want to take them apart
and clean them but I can't figure out how. I have removed the screw
with an Allen wrench and pried at the blades but it did not come
apart.

Here are some pictures:

http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?im...sbottomrc0.jpg

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Can these shears be taken apart? If so, how? Thank
you in advance for all replies.

To clean or sharpen the blade it is not necessary to completly take
apart the shears. The blade itself (the sharp one) is removable and
likely replaceable. Just loosen the allen bolt. Then if you just
wiggle the blade back and forth it should pop right out.