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increasethechanceofkickback,Fot-
lowmanufacturer'schainsharpening
andmaintenanceinstructions.Check
tensionat regularintervals,butnever
withenginerunning,Makesurebar
clampnutsaresecurelytightened.
• Beg_nandcontinuecutting!at full
speed,ifthechainismowngata
slowerspeed, thereis greaterchance
of}dekbackoccurring.
• Useextremecautionwhenreentering
a cut.
i Donotattemptcutsstartingwiththe
tipofthebar(plungecuts).
Watchforshiftinglogsor otherforces
thatcouldclosea cutandpinchor fal!
intochain,
• UsethespecifiedReduced-Kickback
GuideBarand Low-KickbackChain.
AvoidPinch-Kickback:
• Beextremelyawareofsituationsor
obstructions thatcancause material
to pinch thetop ofor otherwisestop
the chain.
• Donot cut morethan one log at a
time,
• Donot twist sawas bar is withdrawn
from an undercutwhen bucking,
AvoidPulHn:
• _ways begincuttingwiththeengine
atful/spaedand thesawhousing
against wood.
• Usewedgesmadeofplasticorwood.
Neverusemetalto holdthecutopen.
MAINTAIN CONTROL
Stand to the left of the saw
Thumb on
underside
ofhandlebar;
_( Elbow
locked
Neverreversehandpositions
• Agood,firmgriponthesawwithboth
handswillhelp,youmaintaincontrol,
Don'tletgo.Griptherear handlewith
yourrighthandwhetheryou areright
or lefthanded.Wrapthefingersof
yourlefthandoverand around the
fronthandlebar,andyourleft thumb
underthefrontt_andlebar.Keepyour
, leftarmstraightwiththe elbowlocked.
Positionyourlefthandonthe front
handlebarsoitisina straightlinewith
yourrighthandonthe rearhandle
whenmaking buckingcuts.Stand
slightlytotheleft side ofthe sawto
keepyour bodyfrombeingina direct
linewiththecuttingchain,
° Standwith yourweightevenlyhal*
anced on both feet.
• Donotoverreach,Youcouldbe drawn
orthrown off balanceandJosecontrol.
• Donot cut aboveshoulderheight, It is
difficult to maintaincontrolof saw
aboveshoutderheight,
KICKBACK SAFETY FEATURES
WARNING: The followingfeatures are
includedonyoursawtohelpreduce
hazardofkickback; however,suchfea-
tureswillnottotallyeliminatethisdan-
ger.Donotrelyonlyonsafetydevices,
• Handguard:designedto reducethe
chanceofyourlefthandcontacting
thechainifyourhandslipsoffthe
front handlebar.
° Positionoffront andrearhandlebars:
designedwithdistancebetweenhan-
dlesand "in-line"witheachother.The
spreadand "in-line"positionofthe
handsprovidedbythis designwork
togetherto givebalanceand resis-
tancein controllingthepivotofthe
sawbacktowardtheoperatorif kick-
back occurs.
• Reduced-Kickback GuideBar:de-
signedwith a smallradiustip which
reducesthe sizeofthe kickback dan-
ger zone. Thistype bar hasbeen
demonstrated to significantly reduce
the number and seriousnessof kick-
backs whentested in accordancewith
ANSI B175.1.
Small Radius
TipGuideBarI: ...... ! _,J
° Low-f_ckbackCha_ri:hasmetkickback
performancerequimmantswhentested
ona representativesampleofchain
sawsbelow3.8 cubicinch
displacementspecifiedinANSIB175.1.
Low-KickbackChain
ContouredDepthGauge
_,,='_'_ ElongatedGuardLink
,_z;;;llaz:;l_,,P-----"DeflectsKickback
% "_ ForceAndAltows
Tt,,_ WoodTOGradually
RideIntoCutter
SAFETY NOTICE: Exposureto
vibrationsthroughprolongeduseof
gasolinepoweredhandtoolscould
causeblood vesselor nerveaamagein
thefingers,hands,andjointsofpeople
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