Electric Chain Saw; Chain Saw Names And Terms - Remington & 099039J Owner's Manual

ELECTRIC CHAIN SAW

CHAIN SAW NAMES
AND TERMS
Process of cutting a felled tree or
Bucking
log into lengths.
Process of cutting down a tree.
Felling
Felling Cut Final cut when felling a tree.
Make this cut on opposite side of tree from
notching cut.
Located at front of saw body.
Front Handle
Shield between front
Front Hand Guard
handle and guide bar. Protects left hand
while using saw.
Guide Bar Metal bar that extends from saw
body. The guide bar supports and guides chain.
Tip or end of guide bar.
Guide Bar Nose
Quick backward and upward
Kickback
motion of guide bar. Kickback may occur
when tip of guide bar touches an object
while chain is moving. The guide bar will
kick up and back towards operator.
Process of cutting limb(s) from a
Limbing
felled tree.
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Low-Kickback Chain Chain that reduces
chance of kickback as required by ANS
B175.1.
Normal Cutting Position Stance used while
making bucking and felling cuts.
Notch cut in tree that directs
Notching Cut
fall of tree.
Oiler Control System for oiling guide bar
and chain.
Power Head Chain saw without chain and
guide bar. Also known as saw body.
Pushback (Kickback, Pinch)
pushback of chain saw. Pushback may oc-
cur if chain along top of guide bar is pinched,
caught, or contacts a foreign object.
Handle located at rear of saw
Rear Handle
body.
Reduced Kickback Guide Bar
that reduces chance of kickback.
Chain that complies
Replacement Chain
with ANS B175.1 when used with a specific
saw. It may not meet ANS requirements
when used with other saws.
Loop of chain having
Saw Chain (Chain)
cutting teeth for cutting wood. The motor
drives chain. The guide bar supports chain.
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Spiked Bumper (Spike)
front of saw body beside guide bar. Keep
spiked bumper in contact with wood when
felling or bucking. It helps maintain posi-
tion of saw while cutting.
Sprocket Toothed wheel that drives chain.
Device that completes or interrupts
Switch
electrical circuit to motor of saw.
Switch Linkage
to trigger. It moves switch when you squeeze
trigger.
Switch Lockout
Rapid
dental starting of saw.
Device that turns saw on and off.
Trigger
Squeezing trigger turns saw on.
Releasing trigger turns saw off.
Trimming (Pruning)
Guide bar limb(s) from a living tree.
An upward cut from underside of
Undercut
log or limb. This is done while in normal
cutting position and cutting with top of
guide bar.
Pointed teeth at
This device connects switch
Device that reduces acci-
Process of cutting
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