General Safety Rules - Homelite UT43102 Operator's Manual

GENERAL SAFETY RULES

UNDERSTANDING YOUR CHAIN SAW
SAFETY DEVICES
See Figure 4.
SAFE-T-TIP ANTI-KICKBACK NOSE
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GUARD
The SAFE-T-TIP prevents rotational kickback
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from happening, because it covers the tip of the
bar where kickback is generated. Never attempt PULL
any kind of cutting where the SAFE-T-TIP would
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have to be removed from the bar tip.
LOW KICKBACK SAW CHAIN
The rakers (depth gauges) ahead of each cutter
can minimize the force of a kickback reaction by
preventing the cutters from digging in too deeply
at the kickback zone. Only use replacement chain
that is equivalent to original chain or has been
PUSH
certified as low kickback chain per ANSI B175.1.
Low kickback/skip tooth saw chain is a chain that
Fig. 3
has met the kickback performance requirements
of ANSI B175.1 - 1991 (American National Stan-
dard for Power Tools - Gasoline-Powered Chain
SAFE-T-TIP
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Saws-Safety Requirements) when tested on the
representative sample of chain saws below 3.8
c.i.d. specified in ANSI B175.1 - 1991.
As saw chains are sharpened during their useful
life, they lose some of the low kickback qualities
and extra caution should be used.
Fig. 4
GUIDE BARS
Generally, guide bars with small radius tips have
somewhat lower kickback potentials.
When making a replacement, be sure to order
one of the Homelite bars listed for the saw in this
operator's manual. The proper size SAFE-T-TIP
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nose guard comes installed on the bar. Use only
guide bars that have a provision for mounting the
SAFE-T-TIP .
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