Electric-powered cutting device for pruning

A method of operating an electric cutting device for pruning including:

• a cutting portion that performs cutting by sandwiching an object between two blades including at least one movable blade;
• a cutting operation portion that receives a cutting input for causing the cutting portion to perform a cutting operation;
• an operation mechanism that operates the movable blade in an opening direction and a closing direction;
• a power supply unit that supplies power to the operation mechanism;
• a control unit that operates with power of the power supply unit, receives the cutting input by the cutting operation portion, causes the operation mechanism to operate, and controls the cutting operation by the cutting portion;
• and
• an opening/closing width operation portion that receives a change input of an opening/closing width of the movable blade,
• the method comprising performing by the control unit:
• a setting changing operation of operating, when the opening/closing width operation portion receives the change input, the operation mechanism to move the movable blade at a maximum opening angle with an opening/closing width before change to a maximum opening angle with an opening/closing width after change;
• a movable blade opening/closing operation of operating, when the cutting operation portion is operated, the operation mechanism to open/close the movable blade between the maximum opening angle and a maximum closing angle with the opening/closing width after change;
• an operation of changing the opening/closing width of the movable blade stepwise every time the opening/closing width operation portion receives the change input;
• and
• an operation of receiving mode switching to two or more modes of the number of stages of the opening/closing width capable of being changed by the opening/closing width operation portion, and executing the operation in the switched mode.