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  • Specifically:-

    • Clockwise adds 'quality'
    • Anti-clockwise adds 'tool'

    (In reality it's to allow you to tighten it up and reduce the spacing of the blades. Too loose and the blades are pushed apart by thicker things you're cutting. Too tight and and it's hard to operate as it is too stiff.)

  • Too loose and the blades are pushed apart by thicker things you're cutting. Too tight and and it's hard to operate as it is too stiff.

    Cheers. So what's the Goldilocks I'm aiming for?

  • Cheers. So what's the Goldilocks I'm aiming for?

    Depends on what you're cutting. Apply shears to for e.g. hedge, see what happens.

    Blades forced apart = apply more tightness
    Blades too much effort = apply less tightness

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