Product Identification; Chain Saw Names And Terms - Remington RM1640W Owner's Manual

PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION

Switch Lockout
Rear Handle
Power Cord
Cord Hitch
Process of cutting a felled tree or log into
Bucking
lengths.
Chock Block or wedge used to secure wood from
moving.
Felling Process of cutting down a tree.
Final cut when felling a tree. Make this
Felling Cut
cut on opposite side of tree from notching cut.
Front Handle Located at front of saw body.
Front Hand Guard Shield between front handle and
guide bar. Protects left hand while using saw.
Metal bar that extends from saw body.
Guide Bar
The guide bar supports and guides chain.
Guide Bar Nose Tip or end of guide bar.
Kickback Quick backward and upward 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 felled tree.
Limbing
Low-Kickback Chain
kickback as required by ANSI B175.1.
Normal Cutting Position
bucking and felling cuts.
Notch cut in tree that directs fall of tree.
Notching Cut
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)
saw. Pushback may occur if chain along top of guide
bar is pinched, caught, or contacts a foreign object.
Oil Level Sight
Oil Cap
Trigger
Lever (Lift and Dial)
Figure 2 - Chain Saw Model

CHAIN SAW NAMES AND TERMS

Chain that reduces chance of
Stance used while making
Rapid pushback of chain
Front Handle with Hand Guard
Saw Chain
Chain Tensioning Knob
Rear Handle Handle located at rear of saw body.
Reduced Kickback Guide Bar
duces chance of kickback.
Replacement Chain
B175.1 when used with a specific saw. It may not meet
ANSI requirements when used with other saws.
Saw Chain (Chain)
teeth for cutting wood. The motor drives chain. The
guide bar supports chain.
Spiked Bumper (Spike)
saw body beside guide bar. Keep spiked bumper in
contact with wood when felling or bucking. It helps
maintain position of saw while cutting.
Sprocket Toothed wheel that drives chain.
Device that completes or interrupts electrical
Switch
circuit to motor of saw.
Switch Linkage This device connects switch to trig-
ger. It moves switch when you squeeze trigger.
Switch Lockout Device that reduces accidental
starting of saw.
Device that turns saw on and off. Squeezing
Trigger
trigger turns saw on. Releasing trigger turns saw off.
Trimming (Pruning)
a living tree.
Undercut An upward cut from underside of log or
limb. This is done while in normal cutting position
and cutting with top of guide bar.
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Guide Bar Nose
Guide Bar
Guide bar that re-
Chain that complies with ANSI
Loop of chain having cutting
Pointed teeth at front of
Process of cutting limb(s) from