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How to use the trimmer: application, proper care, lubrication
2020-05-11 4 Views
A man’s beard does not go out of fashion, if, of course, well-groomed, brutal. Having a good quality trimmer in your arsenal will not be superfluous.
The mustache and beard clipper quickly transforms the appearance of the face and is quite easy to use. All you need to do is lubricate the blades and change attachments on time to enjoy shaving in minutes.
- What is a trimmer?
- Varieties
- How to use it correctly?
- Trimmer care
- Tips from experts
Trimmer care
If you had to shave off dense facial hair, then you should prepare for the fact that a lot of small hairs will begin to pour from the device. It is worthwhile to immediately substitute a trash can to avoid the appearance of disorder around the circle. At the end of shaving you need:
- Shake off the hairs from the device into the basket;
- Remove the nozzles, put in the sink, wash with soap and warm water;
- Clean from small hairs;
- Start cleaning the trimmer, for which take a brush, remove the head and blades from the device by pressing a button, remove the remaining hair;
- Wipe individual parts of the device with a cotton swab, then with a dry cloth;
- Attach the head to the device;
- Connect for 2 3 seconds to shake the residual hairs phenomenon.
Better to lubricate after each shave, for which drip a few drops on the blade, holding the device over the sink. Then turn on for 25 seconds, which will eliminate excess oil.
It is important for men to understand how to properly use and groom a beard trimmer. After all, this will provide the device with a long service life.
What is a trimmer?
The trimmer is a compact machine for grooming beards and mustaches. But, the design has some features, thanks to which the removal of hairs is possible from open, closed, hard-to-reach, sensitive areas of the face and neck.
The number of operations performed directly depends on the device, the presence of attachments in the kit. Regardless of the configuration, any model quickly, carefully:
- Trim the beard and mustache;
- Tidy up the bikini area;
- Remove hairs from the sinuses, auricles;
- Straightens the brow line if necessary.
Modern models have wider functionality: self-sharpening knives, built-in vacuum system for suction of cut hairs.
Action # 2 Filling the syringe with oil
Grease tube diameter does not match gearbox diameter
To mix the grease into the gearbox without any problems, you must use a syringe.
The plunger is removed from the syringe
First, the plunger is removed from the syringe.
A syringe is filled with lubricant from a tube
Then a syringe is filled with grease from a tube.
The plunger is reinserted into the syringe
Then the plunger is reinserted into the syringe. The syringe is ready to fill the gearbox with grease.
Action # 1 Open the gearbox
Loosening the gearbox bolt
In order to gain access to the gearbox, it must be opened. To do this, you just need to unscrew the gear bolt with a hex wrench. This bolt for all lawn mowers is located in the same place directly next to the implement.
Open gearbox view
Gearbox maintenance intervals
It is recommended to lubricate the gearbox in two cases:
- When buying it
- Before the start of each season
Lubricant for trimmer gear. How and how to lubricate?
Occasionally, in the midst of an intense mowing operation, your trimmer will make an unpleasant grinding noise. This complains about the lack of lubrication, the gearbox is the most heavily loaded unit of the device. And soon, these warnings can be followed by a jammed drive.
What kind of lubricant should I use for the trimmer gear?
In the process of operation, the mechanical part of the trimmer is loaded by contact forces on the teeth, resistance reactions from adhering grass (sometimes with dirt), dynamic, shock loads due to constantly changing torque. Lubrication for the trimmer gearbox must fully take into account these features, so the selection of the brand must be strictly individual.
The following factors are taken into account:
- Manufacturer’s brand. Each brand reasonably focuses on its own lubricants (you can talk about cheap Chinese products later). This applies to manufacturers such as Husqvarna, Stihl, Huter, Makita, etc. The only exceptions are trimmers of domestic production: for example, the Caliber in the user manual does not indicate the brand of lubricant at all
- The viscosity of the lubricant. As you know, all lubricants are divided into three groups of high-viscosity (colloidal systems containing various additives), plastic compounds for universal use and solid lubricants that soften during operation.
- Good adhesion to the surface of the gearbox parts, as a result of which the grease is not squeezed out into the gaps or out of the unit.
- The rate of grease consumption by the gearbox. Here you have to rely on your own experience and the recommendations of specialists, since some trimmer manufacturers, relying on their own service centers, do not give clear recommendations at all regarding the period of operation of the gearbox between two lubrications.
Lubricant consumption also depends on the temperature at which it retains its lubricity. When the gearbox is heated to 40C, it is considered that its operating conditions are satisfactory, and there is sufficient lubrication.
It is believed that there is no universal lubricant for the trimmer gearbox, but this is not entirely true. In fact, a suitable lubricant will be one that contains the following components:
- Lead-free antiwear additives;
- Solid lubricants with the presence of graphite or molybdenum disulfide (the latter is preferable, since in this case the lubricity is fully retained for a wide range of shaft revolutions);
- Only mineral (inorganic!) Oils, highly refined.
These requirements are fully met by Gear Grease OREGON or Champion EP-0 lithium greases, domestic compositions Oleo-Mas, Litol.24, or Azmol 158, as well as those recommended by the manufacturer of a particular trimmer model.
How to lubricate the trimmer gearbox?
In the upper part of the body, where the gear unit is installed, there is a technological hole, which is plugged with a screw during trimmer operation. This screw is unscrewed, and 1.52 ml of lubricant is injected into the hole using the spout on the tube. If the lubricant was purchased in a different package, then an ordinary disposable medical syringe is also suitable for this operation.
After that, the screw is installed in its original place. This procedure, regardless of the user’s recommendations, should be performed every 1015 hours of operation of the trimmer in working mode. Other reasons for updating or replacing the gearbox lubricant are the independent performance of minor routine maintenance (for example, cleaning and flushing the gears of the gearbox before the start of the summer season), repairing the unit, preserving the trimmer for the winter, etc.
If the gear unit is disassembled, it is recommended to completely remove the remnants of the old grease from the surface of the parts, even if it does not show any signs of oxidation and contamination. And only then apply new lubricant. After applying the lubricant, it is recommended to rotate the shaft several times by hand, and make sure that the lubricant is evenly distributed over all parts of the gearbox.
When lubricating, pay particular attention to the following elements:
- Flywheel: as a rule, grass remnants stick to its surface intensively, and thickening grass juice creates additional resistance.
- Pawl of the starter coil, which in the process of turning on the drive constantly contacts the grooves on the flywheel. In this case, not only mechanical wear occurs, but also mechanochemical corrosion of the flywheel-dog connection, since the materials of this pair are different (the flywheel is aluminum, and the dog is steel).
- Bearings, if their seals are worn out, and through them, the remaining grease is squeezed out. In this case, the unit begins to vibrate intensively when loaded. This happens with Chinese-made trimmers, so in the long run it is worth thinking about replacing the bearing assembly with a better one, for example, from the Swedish company SKF.