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• Usea sawhorseto cutsmall10gs.
Never allowanotherpersontohold
thelogwhilecuttingand neverhold
thelogwithyourleg Orfoot.
° Donotcutin an areawherelogs,
limbs,and rootsaretangled.Dragthe
logsintoa cleararea beforecutting
them.
BUCKING TECHNIQUES
WARNING: Ifsaw becomespinched
Orhungina log,don'ttrytoforce itOut.
Youcan losecontrolofthesaw result-
ingin injuryand/ordamagetothesaw.
Stopthesaw,drivea wedgeofplastic
orwoodintothecutuntilthesawcan
be removedeasily.Restartthesaw and
carefullyreenterthecut. Do notusea
metalwedge.Do notattempttorestart
yoursawwhenit ispinchedorhungin
a log.
Useawedgpto remove pinchedsaw
Rrstcutonpreeeeeeeee_su[esideoflog
Secondcut
Firstcut onpressuresideoflog
BUCKING WITHOUT A SUPPORT
• Overcutthrough1/3ofthediameterof
thelog.
• Rollthelogoverand finishwitha sec-
ondovercut.
, Watchforlogswitha pressureside.
See illustration aboveforcuttinglogs
witha pressureside.
Usinga log
forsupport 2ndCut,
Turn sawOFF and use aplasticor
woodenwedgeto forcecutopen.
Overcutting beginson thetopsideof
the logwiththebottomofthesaw
againstthelog.Whenovercuttinguse
lightdownwardpressure.
Overcuttlng Undercutting
Undercutting involvescuttingon the
underside ofthe logwithtop ofsaw
againstthelog.Whenundercuttinguse
lightupwardpressure.Holdsawfirmly
and maintaincontrol.The sawwilltend
topushbacktowardyou.
WARNING: Neverturnsaw upside
downtoundercut.The sawcannotbe
controlledin thisposition.
Alwaysmakeyourfirstcutonthe pres-
sure sideofthelog.
2rid
BUCKING USING A LOG OR
SUPPORTSTAND
• Rememberyourfirstcutisalwayson
thepressuresideofthe log.
(Referto theillustrationbelowforyour
firstandsecondcut)
• Yourfirstcutshouldextend1/3ofthe
diameterofthelog,
• Finishwithyoursecondcut.
usl.g• 2=cut
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