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Avoid Pull-In:
• Always begin c utting with the saw at
full s peed a nd the saw housing
against wood.
• Use wedges made o fplastic or
wood. Never use metal tohold t he
cut o pen.
MAINTAIN
CONTROL:
The following precautions
should be
followed tominimize
kickback.
Stand tothe left ofthes_
Thumb on
,,_
_;_
underside
/
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of handlebar
k,t_\
Never reverse
iil
hand positions
Elbow
locked
• A good, firm grip on the saw with
both hands will help you maintain
control. Don't let go. Grip the rear
handle with your right hand whether
you are right or left handed.
Wrap the
fingers of your left hand over and
around the front handlebar,
and your
left thumb under the front handlebar.
Keep your left arm straight with the
elbow locked.
• Position your left hand on the front
handlebar
so it is in a straight line
with your right hand on the rear han-
dle when making bucking cuts.
Stand slightly to the left side of the
saw to keep your body from being in
a direct line with the cutting chain.
• Stand with your weight evenly bal-
anced on both feet.
• Do not overreach.
You could be
drawn or thrown off balance
and lose
control.
• Do not cut above shoulder
height. It
is difficult to maintain
control of saw
above shoulder
height.
KICKBACK
SAFETY
FEATURES
_WARNING:
The following
fea-
tures are included on your saw to help
reduce hazard of kickback; however,
such features
will not totally eliminate
this danger. Do not rely only on safety
devices.
Follow all safety rules to
help avoid kickback
and other forces
which can result in serious
injury.
• Hand Guard: designed
to reduce the
chance
of your left hand contacting
the chain if your hand slips offthe
front handlebar.
• Position of front and rear handlebars:
designed
with distance between
handles and "in-line" with each other.
The spread and "in-line" position of
the hands provided by this design
work together to give balance
and
resistance
in controlling the pivot of
the saw back toward the operator if
kickback occurs.
• Reduced-Kickback
Guide Bar: de-
signed with a small radius tip which
reduces the size of the kickback
danger zone. This type bar has been
demonstrated
to significantly
reduce
the number and seriousness
of kick-
backs when tested in accordance
with ANS! B175.1.
I_-_
Small Radius
_
_._"_&
Tip Guide Bar
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• Low Kickback
Chain has met kick-
back performance
requirements
when tested on the representative
sample
of these chain saws speci-
fied in ANSI B175.1.
Low Kickback Chain
Contoured Depth Gauge
,_1_:_... _,_
Elongated Guard Link
_
Deflects Kickback Force
_
And Allows Wood To
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Gradually Ride Into Cutter
CHAIN BRAKE AND CKA ANGLE
• Chain Brake:
designed
to stop the
chain in the event of kickback.
,4I_ WARNING:
WE DO NOT REP-
RESENT AND YOU SHOULD NOT AS-
SUME THAT THE CHAIN BRAKE WiLL
PROTECT YOU IN THE EVENT OF A
KICKBACK. Kickback
is a lightning fast
action which throws the bar and rotat-
ing chain back and up toward the op-
erator.
Kickback
can be caused
by al-
lowing contact of the bar tip in the
danger zone with any hard object.
Kickback
can also be caused by
pinching the saw chain along the top
of the guide bar. This action may push
the guide bar rapidly back toward the
operator.
Either of these events may
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