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HOLDING THE HEDGE TRIMMER
WARNING:
Dress properly to reduce the risk of injury when
operating this unit. Do not wear loose clothing or
jewelry. Always wear eye protection when in
use. Wear heavy, long pants, boots and well
fitting gloves. Do not wear short pants, sandals
or go barefoot.
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For ease of operation, your hedge trimmer has a
front and rear handle.
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With the blade directed away from you, hold the
unit by both front and rear handles. See Figure 5 .
WARNING:
Always keep both hands on your hedge trimmer
handles. Never hold shrubs with one hand and
operate hedge trimmer with the other. Failure to
heed this warning will result in serious injury.
OPERATING TIPS
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Before starting your hedge trimmer, hold the unit
with both hands with the cutting blades directed
away from you. Always use your hedge trimmer
properly.
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Do not force the hedge trimmer through heavy
shrubbery. This can cause the blades to bind and
slow down. If the blades slow down, reduce the
pace.
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Do not try to cut stems or twigs that are larger than
3/8 inch thick, or those obviously too large to feed
into the cutting blade. Use a non-powered hand saw
or pruning saw to trim large stems.
OPERATION
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If blades do become jammed, stop the motor, allow
the blades to stop and remove the battery pack
before attempting to remove the obstruction.
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If desired, you can use a string to help cut your
hedge level. Decide how high you want the hedge.
Then, stretch a piece of string along the hedge at
this height. Trim the hedge just above this guide
line of string. See Figure 6 . Trim the side of a
hedge so that it will be slightly narrower at the top.
See Figure 7 . More of the hedge will be exposed
when shaped this way, and it will be more uniform.
Fig. 5
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Wear gloves when trimming thorny or prickly
growth. When trimming new growth, use a wide
sweeping action, so that the stems are fed directly
into the cutting blade. Older growth will have thicker
stems and will be trimmed easiest by using a
sawing movement.
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Fig. 7
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