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  • Page 1 STIHL MSE 141 C 2 - 25 Instruction Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    STIHL expressly commit themselves to a sus‐ tainable and responsible handling of natural resources. This user manual is intended to help you use your STIHL product safely and in an environmentally friendly manner over a long service life. We thank you for your confidence in us and hope you will enjoy working with your STIHL product.

  • Page 3: Safety Precautions

    20 Chain Scabbard Intended Use Helps protect user from contact with saw chain. The STIHL MSE 141 chainsaw is suitable for cut‐ ting firewood and for other woodworking projects # Rating label with serial number close to the house. Do not use the chainsaw in the rain.
  • Page 4 ■ Wearing unsuitable footwear may cause you sawhorse or other support. to slip or stumble. Contact with the rotating ► If you have any queries: Contact a STIHL saw chain can result in cuts. This can result in servicing dealer for assistance.
  • Page 5 ► Deburr the guide bar every week. – The saw chain is properly tensioned. ► If you have any queries: Contact your – Only original STIHL accessories designed for STIHL servicing dealer. this chainsaw model are fitted. – The accessories are correctly attached.
  • Page 6 ► Engage the chain brake, disconnect exten‐ WARNING sion cable’s plug from the wall outlet and contact your STIHL servicing dealer. ■ If components do not comply with safety ■ Saw vibrations may occur during operation. requirements, they will no longer function ►...
  • Page 7 4 Safety Precautions English ► Do not stand on the log while limbing it. with a hard felling wedge and is suddenly ■ A branch may fall to the ground during limbing. braked. This can result in serious or fatal inju‐ The user may trip, fall or be seriously injured.
  • Page 8 English 4 Safety Precautions ► Always cut with a properly sharpened and ► Operate the saw as described in this tensioned saw chain. instruction manual. ► Use a reduced kickback saw chain. ► Keep the guide bar straight in the cut. ►...
  • Page 9 STIHL dealer. ► Secure the chainsaw with lashing straps or ► If the chainsaw needs to be serviced or a net to prevent it turning over and moving. repaired: Contact your STIHL servicing dealer for assistance. 4.11 Storing ►...

  • Page 10: Preparing The Saw For Operation

    ► If you cannot carry out this work: Do not use ► Fit the chain in the bar groove so that the your chainsaw and contact your STIHL servic‐ arrows on the tie straps on top of the bar point ing dealer.
  • Page 11 6 Assembling the Saw English on the underside of the bar are just half visi‐ ble. ► Pull the hand guard back toward the handle‐ bar and hold it there. ► Pull the chain along the bar with two fingers. ►...

  • Page 12: Engaging And Disengaging The Chain Brake

    Switching the Saw On/Off Switching On ► Use a STIHL gauge to check the wear marks ► Hold the saw with your right hand on the con‐ on the sprocket. trol handle – wrap your thumb around the con‐...
  • Page 13 9 Checking the Saw English ► Use a STIHL filing gauge to check that a filing angle of 30° has been maintained on all cut‐ ters. The STIHL filing gauge must match the chain pitch. ► If a filing angle of 30° has not been main‐...

  • Page 14: Operating The Saw

    10.2 Cutting ► If the chain continues to rotate: Engage the chain brake, disconnect extension cable’s plug from the wall outlet and contact your STIHL WARNING servicing dealer. ■ If kickback occurs, the saw can be thrown up Your saw has a malfunction.
  • Page 15 10 Operating the Saw English ► If the limb is under tension: Make the relieving cut (1) at the compression side and then per‐ form bucking cut (2) from the tension side. 10.4 Felling 10.4.1 Determining direction of fall and escape path ►...
  • Page 16 English 10 Operating the Saw E Felling cut The tree is felled with the felling cut. The fell‐ ing cut is 1/10 of the trunk diameter (at least 3 cm) above the bottom of the felling notch. F Stabilizing strap The stabilizing strap supports the tree and helps prevent it from falling prematurely.
  • Page 17 10 Operating the Saw English 10.4.9 Felling a small diameter leaner ► With outstretched arms, cut through the stabi‐ lizing strap horizontally from outside at the A leaner is felled with a felling cut and holding same level as the felling cut. strap.

  • Page 18: After Finishing Work

    English 11 After Finishing Work 11 After Finishing Work ► Enlarge felling cut in direction of hinge. ► Enlarge felling cut in direction of holding strap. 11.1 After Finishing Work ► Move to the other side of the tree. ► Switch off the saw, engage the chain brake ►...

  • Page 19: Cleaning

    A burr can build up on the outer edge of the the wall outlet. guide bar. ► Clean the chainsaw with a damp cloth or ► Remove burr with a flat file or a STIHL guide STIHL resin solvent. bar dressing tool. ► Clean vents with a paintbrush.

  • Page 20: Repairing

    ► File down the depth gauges with a flat file so Do not use your saw, guide bar or saw chain, that they are level with the STIHL filing gauge and contact your STIHL servicing dealer. and parallel to the service mark. The STIHL fil‐...

  • Page 21: Specifications

    18 Specifications 18.4 Minimum Groove Depth of Guide Bars 18.1 STIHL MSE 141 C Chainsaw The mininum groove depth depends on the pitch – Rated voltage: see rating label of the guide bar. – Frequency: see rating label – 1/4" P: 4 mm –...

  • Page 22: Bar And Chain Combinations

    2000/14/EC and has been developed and built in compliance with the versions of the following STIHL recommends the use of original STIHL standards valid at the production date: spare parts and accessories. EN 55014‑1, EN 55014‑2, EN 60745‑1 and Despite ongoing market observation, STIHL is EN 60745‑2‑13.

  • Page 23: General Power Tool Safety Warnings

    60745 standard (for China only: GB 3883.1) for unavoidable, use a residual current device hand-held motor-operated electric power tools. (RCD) protected supply. Use of an RCD STIHL is obliged to publish these texts. reduces the risk of electric shock. WARNING 23.4...
  • Page 24 English 23 General Power Tool Safety Warnings 23.5 Power tool use and care 23.7 Safety instructions for chain saws a) Do not force the power tool. Use the correct power tool for your application. The correct General chain saw safety warnings power tool will do the job better and safer at a) Keep all parts of the body away from the saw the rate for which it was designed.
  • Page 25 23 General Power Tool Safety Warnings English j) Follow instructions for lubricating, chain ten‐ – Follow the manufacturer's sharpening and sioning and changing the bar and chain. maintenance instructions for the saw chain. Improperly tensioned or lubricated chain may Decreasing the depth gauge height can lead either break or increase the chance for kick‐...
  • Page 26 English 23 General Power Tool Safety Warnings 0458-729-0121-B...
  • Page 27 23 General Power Tool Safety Warnings English 0458-729-0121-B...
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