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with your r ight hand o nthe rear h an-
die when m aking bucking cuts.
Stand s lightly tothe left s ide ofthe
saw tokeep your b ody f rom being i n
adirect line with the cutting chain.
• Stand w ith your w eight evenly bal-
anced o nboth feet.
• Donot o verreach.
You coutd b e
drawn o rthrown off b alance and lose
control.
• Donot c ut a bove s houlder height, tt
isdifficuIt tomaintain control ofsaw
above s houlder height.
KICKBACK
SAFETY FEATURES
WARNING: The following
fea-
tures a reincluded onyour s aw tohelp
reduce hazard ofkickback;
however,
such features will n ot t otally eliminate
this danger. Donot r ely only o nsafety
devices. FoIIow all s afety r uies t ohelp
avoid k ickback and other forces w hich
can result inserious injury.
• Front Hand G uard: designed tore-
duce t he chance ofyour l eft h and
contacting
the chain i fyour h and
slips o ff t he front handlebar.
• Position offront and rear h andlebars,
designed
with distance between
handles and "in-line" with each o ther.
The spread and
"in-line" position of
the hands provided
by this design
work together to give balance and
resistance
in controlling
the pivot of
the saw back toward the operator if
kickback occurs.
• Reduced-Kickback
Guide Bar, de-
signed with a small radius tip which
reduces the size of the kickback
danger zone on the bar tip. This type
bar has been demonstrated
to signif-
icantly reduce the number and seri-
ousness
of kickbacks
when tested in
accordance
with ANSi B175.t.
_X__
Small Radius
Tip
_
Guide Bar
Large Radius Tip I
Guide Bar
• Low Kickback Chain, has met kick-
back performance
requirements
when tested on a representative
sample of chain saws below 3.8 cu-
bic inch displacement
specified
in
ANSi Bt75.1.
Low-Kickback Chain
._
Contoured Depth Gauge
--
longated Guard Link
deflects kickback force
and allows wood to
gradually ride into Cutter
CHAIN BRAKE
• Chain Brake:
designed
to stop the
chain in the event of kickback.
• _*WAI-INII_I_:
WE DO NOT REP-
RESENT AND YOU SHOULD NOT AS-
SUME THAT THE CHAIN BRAKE WILL
PROTECT YOU IN THE EVENT OF A
KICKBACK
Kickback
is a lightning fast
action which throws the bar and rotat-
ing chain back and up toward the op-
erator.
Kickback can be caused
by al-
lowing contact of the bar tip in the
danger zone with any hard object.
Kickback
can also be caused by
pinching the saw chain along the top
of the guide bar. This action may push
the guide bar rapidIy back toward the
operator.
Either of these events may
cause you to lose control of the saw
which could result in serious injury or
even death.
DO NOT RELY UPON ANY
OF THE DEVICES BUILT INTO YOUR
SAW. YOU SHOULD USE THE SAW
PROPERLY AND CAREFULLY TO AVOID
KICKBACK
Reduced-kickback
guide
bars and low-kickback
saw chains re-
duce the chance and magnitude
of
kickback and are recommended.
Your
saw has a low kickback
chain and bar
as original equipment.
Repairs on a
chain brake should be made by an au-
thorized Sears Service Center. Take
your unit to the place of purchase or to
your nearest Sears Service Center.
• Tip contact in some cases may cause
a Iightning fast reverse REACTION,
kicking guide bar up and back toward
operator.
• Pinching the saw chain along the top
of the guide bar may push the guide
bar rapidly back toward the operator.
• Either of these reactions may cause
you to lose control of the saw which
could result in serious injury. Do not
rely exclusively upon safety devices
built into your saw.
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