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Stihl TS 480i Instruction Manual

Stihl TS 480i Instruction Manual

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STIHL TS 480i, 500i
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Instruction Manual
Manual de instrucciones
WARNING
Read and follow all safety
precautions in Instruction Manual –
improper use can cause serious or
fatal injury.
ADVERTENCIA
Lea y siga todas las precauciones
de seguridad dadas en el manual
de instrucciones – el uso incorrecto
puede causar lesiones graves o
mortales.

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  • Page 1 STIHL TS 480i, 500i Instruction Manual Manual de instrucciones WARNING Read and follow all safety precautions in Instruction Manual – improper use can cause serious or fatal injury. ADVERTENCIA Lea y siga todas las precauciones de seguridad dadas en el manual de instrucciones –...
  • Page 2 Instruction Manual 1 - 47 Manual de instrucciones 48 - 100...
  • Page 3 Tensioning the ribbed V-belt machine. For further information you can Fitting / replacing an abrasive go to www.stihlusa.com wheel Contact your STIHL dealer or the STIHL Fuel distributor for your area if you do not Fueling understand any of the instructions in this manual.
  • Page 4: Guide To Using This Manual

    English Symbols in Text Engineering Improvements Guide to Using this Manual Many operating and safety instructions STIHL’s philosophy is to continually are supported by illustrations. improve all of its products. As a result, Pictograms engineering changes and improvements The individual steps or procedures are made from time to time.
  • Page 5: Safety Precautions And Working Techniques

    STIHL Cutquiks. dexterity or judgment. Do not operate a special safety precau- cut-off machine when you are fatigued.
  • Page 6 Wear an approved safety hard hat to seek medical advice immediately. To reduce the risk of burn injury STIHL protect your head. Cut-off machine recommends wearing clothing made of noise may damage your hearing. Always...
  • Page 7 STIHL for use with the specific STIHL or fatal personal injury. wood-cutting blades or cut-off machine models are Out-of-round or unbal- toothed blades of any recommended.
  • Page 8 (SG 17-24), bronze and Fuel copper cutting. WARNING Your STIHL power tool uses an oil- For cutting composite materials please gasoline mixture for fuel (see the ask your STIHL dealer. To reduce the risk of injury from chapter on "Fuel"...
  • Page 9 – allow any pressure build-up in the tank risk of fire! Have the machine repaired to release slowly. Never remove the fuel by a servicing dealer before using it. filler cap while the engine is running. TS 480i, TS 500i...
  • Page 10 The rotating wheel may cause injury. If tool. Do not allow other persons to be instruction manual. the wheel rotates, have your STIHL near a running cut-off machine. Start dealer check your cut-off machine and and operate your cut-off machine make proper adjustments or repairs.
  • Page 11 Cutting masonry, concrete and other WARNING reproductive harm. If you are unfamiliar materials with silica in their composition Your STIHL cut-off machine is designed with the risks associated with the may give off dust containing crystalline for hand-held use or operation on a cut- particular material being cut, review the silica.
  • Page 12 The guard load on the abrasive wheel and may should always be adjusted so that the cause it to bind, break or shatter. TS 480i, TS 500i...
  • Page 13 WARNING 2. Do not use a wheel that has been STIHL recommends the use of the cart To reduce the risk of injury from wheel dropped. for longer cuts in a straight line. breakage when wet cutting with a 3.
  • Page 14 Loss of control can result in cause the cut to close and pinch the severe personal injury or death. wheel. In order to reduce the risk of TS 480i, TS 500i...
  • Page 15 Use of in direct line with the wheel (See catch in the material being cut and certain non-STIHL branded wheels may illustration.) Never bend over the generate substantially greater reactive be extremely dangerous. Many cutting attachment, especially when forces, including rotational kickback.
  • Page 16 English 5. Only STIHL branded diamond and 14. Use wet-cutting whenever feasible. Never operate a cut-off machine that is composite abrasive wheels are In a pinch situation the water can act damaged, improperly adjusted or not recommended. The use of non- as a lubricant and reduce the completely or securely assembled.
  • Page 17: Sample Applications

    A pressurized 10 liter water tank is – available from STIHL for dust that could ignite combustible fumes and suppression. cause a fire. Keep spark plug clean, and make sure ignition lead is in good A water tank for mounting on the –...
  • Page 18 If applicable, leave small ridges of uncut A pressurized 10 liter water tank is – material to hold the severed part in available from STIHL for dust position. These ridges can subsequently suppression. Work along the cutting line. If be broken through.
  • Page 19 Always reposition the cutting wheel, taking care not to wedge it, if the cutting direction has to be corrected slightly. If necessary, leave small ridges of uncut material to hold the TS 480i, TS 500i...
  • Page 20: Composite Resin Cutting Wheels

    Cutting wheels are exposed to extremely high loads especially during freehand cutting. The cutting wheels that have been developed for STIHL by well-known manufacturers of abrasive wheels are of Cut a guiding groove along the high quality and tailored precisely to the...

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