Kickback Safety Features; Chain Brake - Craftsman 358.360881 Instruction Manual

• Position your left h and o nthe front
handlebar soitisinastraight line with
your right hand o nthe rear h andIe
when m aking bucking cuts. Stand
slighfiy tothe left s ide ofthe saw to
keep y our body f rom being i na
direct
line with the cutting chain.
• Stand with your weight evenly bal-
anced on both feet.
• Do not overreach. You couId be drawn
or thrown off balance and lose control.
• Do not cut above shoulder height. It is
difficuIt to maintain control of saw
above shoulder height.
KICKBACK SAFETY FEATURES
AIL
_IbWARNING: The following features
are included on your saw to help reduce
hazard of kickback; however, such fea-
tures wtll not totally eliminate this danger.
Do not rely only on safety devices. Fol-
low all safety rules to help avoid kick-
back and other forces which can result
in serous injury,
• Front Hand Guard: designed to reduce
the chance of your left hand contact-
ing the chain if your hand slips off the
front handlebar.
• Position of front and rear handlebars:
designed with distance between han-
dles and "in-tlne" with each other. The
spread and "in-line" position of the
hands provided by this design work
together to give balance and resis-
tance in controlling the pivot of the
saw back toward the operator if kick-
back occurs.
• Reduced-Kickback Guide Bar: de-
signed with a small radius tip which
reduces the size of the kickback dan-
ger zone on the bar tip. This type bar
has been demonstrated to significantly
reduce the number and seriousness of
kickbacks when tested in accordance
with ANSi B175.1.
_ Small Radius
Tip Guide Bar
LarooB dius
Tip Guide Bar
• Low-Kickback Chain: has met kick-
back performance requirements when
tested on a representafive sample of
chain saws below 3.8 cubic inch dis-
placement specified in ANSI B175.1.
Low-Kickback Chain
Contoured Depth Gauge
_,_ longated Guard Link
deflects kickback
force and allows
wood to gradually
ride into Cutter
CHAIN BRAKE
• Chain Brake: designed to stop the
chain in the event of kickback.
IIWAI_NINIJ: 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 ai-
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 ofthese events may
cause you to lose control of the saw
which could result in serious injury or
even death. DO NOT RELY UPON ANY
OF THE DEVICES BUILT INTO YOUR
SAW. YOU SHOULD USE THE SAW
PROPERLY AND CAREFULLY TO AVOID
KICKBACK. Reduced-kickback guide
bars and low-kickback saw chains re-
duce the chance and magnitude of
kickback and are recommended. Your
saw has a iow kickback chain and bar
as original equipment. Repairs on a
chain brake should be made by an au-
thorized Sears Service Center. Take
your unit to the place of purchase or to
your nearest Sears Service Center.
• Tip contact in some cases may cause
a lightning fast reverse REACTION,
kicking guide bar up and back toward
operator.
• Pinching the saw chain along the top
of the guide bar may push the guide
bar rapidly back toward the operator.
• Either of these reactions may cause
you to lose control of the saw which
could result in serious injury. Do not
rely exclusively upon safety devices
built into your saw.