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, Usea sawhorsetocutsmalllogs.
Neverallowanotherpersontohold
thelogwhilecutting and neverhold
thelogwithyourlegorfoot.
• Donotcutinanareawherelogs,
limbs,androotsaretang_ed.Draglogs
intoa oTearareabeforecuttingthem.
BUCKINGTECHNIQUES
WARNING: Ifsaw becomespinched
orhunginalog,don'ttrytoforce itout.
Youcanlosecontrolofthe sawresult-
ingininjuryand/ordamagetothesaw.
Stopthesaw,drivea wedgeofplastic
orwoodintothecutuntilthesawcan
beremovedeasily.Restartthesawand
carefullyreenterthecut.Do_ot usea
metalwedge.Do notattempttorestart
yoursawwhenitispinchedorhungin
a log.
Useawedgetoremovepinchedsaw
Secondcut
Rrs_cutonpressuresideoflog
BUCKINGWITHOUT A SUPPORT
• Overcutthrough1/3ofthediameterof
thelog.
• Rollthelogoverandfinish witha sec-
ondovercut.
• Watchfor logswitha pressureside.
See illustrationabovefor cuttinglogs
witha pressureside.
Usingalog 2nd(
forsupport
TurnsawOFFendusea plasttoor
woodenwedgetoforcecutopen.
Overcuttingbeginsonthetopsideof
thelogwiththebottomofthesaw
againstthelog.When overcuttinguse
lightdownwardpressure.
Overcuttlng Undercutting
Undercuttinginvolvescuttingonthe
undersideofthelogwithtopofsaw
againstthelog.Whenundemuttinguse
lightupwardpressure.Holdsawfirmly
andmaintaincontrol.The sawwilltend
topushbacktowardyou.
WARNING: Neverturnsaw upside
downtoundercut.The saw cannotbe
controlledinthisposition.
Alwaysmakeyourfirstcutonthepres-
suresideofthelog.
Firstcutonpres_resldeoflog
BUCKINGUSINGA LOG OR
SUPPORTSTAND
• Rememberyourfirstcutisalwayson
thepressuresideofthelog.
(Refertotheillustrationbelowfor your
first andsecondcut)
• Yourfirstcutshouldextend1/3ofthe
diameterofthelog.
• Finishwithyoursecondcut.
Usingasupportstand
2ndCut
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