Electric Chain Saw; Chain Saw Names And Terms - Homelite UT13130 Owner's Manual

eleCTRIC CHAIN SAW

CHAIN SAW NAMeS
ANd TeRMS
Bucking Process of cutting a felled tree or
log into lengths.
Process of cutting down a tree.
Felling
Final cut when felling a tree.
Felling Cut
Make this cut on opposite side of tree from
notching cut.
Front handle Located at front of saw
body.
Shield between front
Front hand Guard
handle and guide bar. Protects left hand
while using saw.
Metal bar that extends from saw
Guide Bar
body. 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
limbing
a felled tree.
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low-Kickback Chain Chain that reduces
chance of kickback as required by ANS
B175.1.
Stance used while
Normal Cutting Position
making bucking and felling cuts.
Notching Cut Notch cut in tree that directs
fall of tree.
System for oiling guide bar
Oiler Control
and chain.
Chain saw without chain and
Power head
guide bar. Also known as saw body.
Pushback (Kickback, Pinch)
back of chain saw. Pushback may occur if
chain along top of guide bar is pinched,
caught, or contacts a foreign object.
Handle located at rear of
Rear handle
saw body.
Reduced Kickback Guide Bar
that reduces chance of kickback.
Replacement Chain Chain that complies
with ANS B175.1 when used with a specific
saw. It may not meet A NS requirements when
used with other saws.
Loop of chain having
Saw Chain (Chain)
cutting teeth for cutting wood. The mo-
tor drives chain. The guide bar supports
chain.

Spiked Bumper (Spike)
front of 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
Switch
electrical circuit to motor of saw.
Switch linkage
switch to trigger. It moves switch when you
squeeze trigger.
Rapid push-
Switch lockout
cidental starting of saw.
Trigger Device that turns saw on and off.
Squeezing trigger turns saw on.
Releasing trigger turns saw off.
Guide bar
Trimming (Pruning)
limb(s) from a living tree.
Undercut
of log or limb. This is done while in normal
cutting position and cutting with top of
guide bar.
Pointed teeth at
This device connects
Device that reduces ac-
Process of cutting
An upward cut from underside
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