Common Chain Saw Terms; Left Side; Right Side; Bar Tip Guide - Craftsman 358.341140 Operator's Manual

Left Side
Front Handle
Saw Chain.
Manual Oiler Control
Switch Lockout
Rear Handle
Guide Bar
Power Cord
Right Side
_o_'nting Pad
/_ Sprocket J _- Spocket Guide
Bar Tip Guide - An attachmentthat
may be providedon the end of the guide
bar to preventthe chain at the end of the
_uide bar from contactingthe wood.
cking- The process of cross cutting
a felled tree or log into lengths.
Chain Brake -A device used to stop
the chain saw.
Chain Saw Powerheed - A chain saw
without the saw chain and guide bar.
Clutch - A mechanism for connecting
and disconnectinga driven member to
and from a rotatingsource of power.
Ddve Sprocket or Sprocket - The
toothed part that drives the saw chain.
• -elling- The process of cutting down a
tree.
Felling Back Cut --The final cut in a
tree felling operation made on the op-
posite of the tree from the notchingun-
dercut.
Front Handle - The support handle lo-
cated at or toward the front of the chain
saw.
Front Handle Guard - A structuralbar-
der between the front handle of a chain
saw and the guide, typ!callylocated
dose to the hand position on the front
.handle and sometimes employed as an
=aGtivating lever for a chain brake.
Guide Bar- A solid railed structure that
supports and guides the saw chain.
Kickback- The backward or upward
motion,or both of the guide bar occur-
ring when the saw chain near the nose
of the top area of the guide bar contacts
any object such as a log or branch, or
when the wood closes in and pinches
the saw chain in the cut.
Kickback, Pinch - The rapid push-
back of the saw which can occurwhen
the wood closes in and pinches the
moving saw chain in the cut along the
top of the guide bar. _
Kickback, Rotational The rapid up-
ward and backward motionof the saw
which can occur when the moving saw
chain near the upper porllon of the tip of
the guide bar contacts an object, such
as a log or branch.
Low-Kickback Chain - A chain that
complieswith the kickbackperfor-
mance requirements of ANSI
B175.1-1991 when tested on a repre-
sentative sample of chain saws.
Normal Cutting Position _'nThose
positionsassumed in performing the
bucking and fellingcuts. '
Notching Undercut - A notch cut in a
tree that directs the tree's fall.
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