Chainsaw Brake; Chain Brake - Eckman ECS01 Instruction Manual

2. Keep the left arm as straight as possible.
3. Keep weight on both feet.
● The machine should only be used under reliable support conditions. The machine should be held to the right of
the body at a slight distance.
● The chain needs to be moving at full speed before coming into contact with the wood. When this has been
achieved, the machine should be fixed to the wood using dogs. During cutting this support should be used as
a lever
Felling trees
●To fell trees, observe all the safety regulations and proceed as follows:
The chainsaw may be used to fell only trees which are smaller in diameter than the length of the bar and chain. If the
saw chain gets jammed, release it using a wooden wedge.
●Felling trees is dangerous and requires practice. If you are inexperienced, do not try to teach yourself but seek
professional training.
Falling direction:
-First estimate the direction of fall, taking into account the centre of gravity of the crown and the wind direction.
Switch on the chain saw and saw an undercut in the tree in the direction of fall and then -
- make a horizontal cut (back cut) on the side opposite to the undercut. Make the undercut: This will give the tree
a direction and guidance.
-Check the direction of fall: If you have to correct the undercut, always re-cut over the entire width.
-Call now "Timber! "
-Only now make the back cut, which must be higher than the sole of the undercut. Insert wedges in time.
-Leave the wedge in place as it will function as a hinge. If you cut through the wedge, the tree will fall randomly.
-Fell the tree by driving a wedge into the back cut, not by sawing through it.
When the tree falls, step back and watch the crown.
Wait for the crown to stop swinging. Do not continue working under branches which have got stuck

Chain brake

In the event of kick-back, the chain brake will be actuated via the front finger guard. The front finger guard is pushed
forwards by the back of the hand and this causes the chain brake to stop the chain saw, or rather the motor, within
0.15 s (picture A, 1).
Releasing the chain brake
To be able to use your chain saw again, you must release the saw chain again. First, switch off the chainsaw. Then
push the front finger guard back into the vertical position until it locks in place (picture A,0). The chain brake is now
fully functional again.
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