Craftsman WEEDWACKER 358.799470 Operator's Manual page 7

CORRECT OPERATING PosmoN
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Trimming Edging
"£_ WARNING: Always wear eye
protection. Never lean over the trim-
_er head. Rooks or debris can rico-
chet or be thrown into eyes and face
and cause blindness or other serious
injury.
When operating unit, stand as shown
and check for the following:
• Wear eye protebtion and heavy
clothing.
• Hold trigger handle with right hand
and assist handle with left hand.
Keep unit below waist level,
Cut from your right to your left to en-
sure debds is thrown away from you.
Without bending over, keep line near
and parallel to the ground (Perpen-
dicular when edging) and not
crowded into matedal being cut.
ADVANCING THE CUTTING LINE
Advance line by tapping bottom of cut-
ting head lightly on the ground while
unit is running at full speed. A metal
blade attached to the shield will cut
the line to the proper length.
TRIMMING
Hold the bottom of the trimmer head
about 3 in, (8 cm) above the ground
end at an angle. Allow only the tipof
the line to make contact. Do not force
trimmer line into work area.
EDGING POSITION
Youcan pressthis buttonandtwist
the lowerportion 180° intoan edging
position.
Button
EDGING
While edging allow the tip of the line t(
make contact. Do not force the line.
The edge guard helps protect the unit
and keeps the unit from contacting th_
iground. Take extra caution while edg-
ng as objects can be thrown from the
trimmer line.
Edgl.ng
SCALPING
The scalpingtechniqueremovesun-
wantedvegetation.Holdthe bottomo
the trimmerhead about 3 in, (8 ore)
abovethe groundand at an angle.Al-
low the tip ofthe line to strikethe
ground aroundtrees, posts,monu-
ments, etc.Thistechniqueincreases
linewear.
Tflmmlng
Scalping
3 in.
Above Ground