An outdoor handheld power tool formed as a split power tool (10) is provided. The split power tool can be used in a chainsaw configuration or a polesaw configuration. The split power tool includes a handle end (12), a pole (16), and a tool end (14), wherein each of these components is releasably connectable to the others. The attachment assemblies (46, 78) of each of the components allows the cutting saw of the tool end to be aligned with the handle (28, 20) of the handle end when in the chainsaw configuration, yet the cutting saw (72) of the tool end is oriented at an angle relative to the handle of the handle end when in a polesaw configuration with the pole extending between the handle end and the tool end.
