Edger

An edger comprising:

• a housing;
• an electric motor disposed within said housing, said electric motor having an output shaft with a portion of said output shaft having a cross sectional shape forming a first keyed portion;
• an edging implement having a hub and an edging portion, said hub having a keyed opening through which said portion of said output shaft may be inserted;
• a washer having a central area having a keyed aperture and a keyed portion, said keyed aperture enabling said washer to receive said output shaft and to be keyed to said output shaft and said keyed portion having a configuration enabling engagement with said keyed aperture in said hub of said edging implement to thereby prevent rotation of said washer relative to said output shaft when said washer and said edging implement are disposed on said output shaft;
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• a fastening member engageable with said output shaft for removably securing said edging implement to said output shaft.

An edger comprising:

• an electric motor having an output shaft;
• a wire wheel having a hub and a plurality of wire brush segments arranged in selected pluralities around a periphery of said hub such that each of said brush segments within any said plurality of brush segments are separated by a first distance, and wherein adjacent ones of said pluralities are separated by a second distance which is greater than said first distance, such that gaps are formed between adjacent ones of said pluralities of brush segments;
• and
• a member for keying said wire wheel to said output shaft to prevent rotation of said wire wheel independently of said output shaft.