A.basic Cutting Technique - Craftsman 358.355071 Operator's Manual

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1. Stop the engine.
2. Adjust the chain for proper tension, page 8.
3. Clampthebarinavisetoholdthech_nsteady.Donot
clamp the chain.
NOTE: Work at the midpoint of the bar, moving the
chainforward withascrewdriver aseach cutterisfiled.
4. Supportthe square rod on the file holder(with 5/32"
round file) on cuttertop plate.Figure18.
5, Held the fileholder level (900 ) withthe220 guide mark
parallelto the guide b_ Figure t9,
6. File from insidetoward outside of cutterin one direction
only -- 2 or 3 strokesper side plate edge should be
enough. Ffgure 19.
NOTE: A_d hitting thetop edge ofthecutterswl_en f il-
ingthe side pl_e.
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REPLACE OR REMOVE THE
STONE AND CARRIER ASSEMBLY
1, Remove bar clamp housing.
2. Remove screw holding Stone and :Carrier
Assembly. Figure 21.
3, Discard old assembly.
4. Reverse procedure to install new assembly.
5, Tighten screw securely.
.NOTE: Be careful to not overtightem (Torque
to 20-25 inch pounds.)
6. Reassemble saw,
7. Maintain a 1/32" s_le plateproiection.Figure 20.
8. F_te all side plateson oneside of the chain, thenmove
to the other si_eof bar and file remaining side pJates.
9. Filedepthgauges accordingtoinstructionsonpage 18.
SIDE
PLATE T=l SiDE PLATE
_L_-- ,, PROJECTION "_
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PLATE / I _ _T k_-
Figure20
,_TONE &
CARRIER
Figure21
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TYPES OF CUTTING
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A, BASIC CUTTING TECHNIQUE
1. IMPORTANT POINTS
a. Cut wood only, Donotcutmeta!,p[_t_cs, masonry,
nonwood building materials,etc.Do notuseyour s_v
to pry or shove av_y limbs, rootsor otherobjects.
b. Stop the saw if the chain strikes a foreignobject.
Inspect the saw and repak or replace parts as
necessary.
Keep the chain out of dirt and sand. Evenasmall
amount of dirt wilt quickly dull a chain and thus
increasethe possibility of kickback.
............... _ KICKBA'_' WARN'iNG ''_
Kickback can oacur when the moving chain contacts
an objectatthe upper portion ofthetip of the guide bar
orwhen the wood closes in and pinches the saw chain
in the cut. Contact at the upperportion of the tip of the
guide bar can cause the chain todig intothe object and
stop the ¢hair_for an ins_rd_ T._e resLdt_sa fighting
fast, reverse reaction which Idcks the guide bar up and
back toward the operator. If the saw chain is pinched
along the top of the guide bar, the guide bar can be
driven rapidly back toward the operator. Either ofthese
reactions can cause loss of control whichcan resuitin
serious personal injur_.
2. UNDERSTAND RF..ACT|VE FORCES
Pinch-Kickback and Pull-In occur when the chain
issuddenlystopped bybeing pinched, caught, or
by contacting a foreign object in the wood. This
•results(n a revemaiofthe chainfom.e used tocutwood
and causes the sawtomove inthe oppos_e d{rect_on of
chain rotation. E itherreactioncan resultin loss ofcon-
troland possible seriousinjury.
* Pinch-Kickback
--occurs when thechain,on topofthe bar issuddenly
stopped when the top of thebar is used for cutting.
_rapid/y drives the saw straight back toward the
operator.
_.. , Pull-In
_can Occur when the chain o n the bottom of the
bar is suddenly stopped.
pulls the saw rapidfy forward,
3. PROCEDURE
Practicecutting a fewsmalllogsusingthe following techni-
que to getthe "feel" ofusingyoursaw beforeyoubegin a
major sawing operation.
a. Accelerate the engine to full throttle just before
entering the cut bysqueezing the throttle tdgger.
b. Begin cutting with the saw frame against the log.
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