DeWalt DCM575 User Manual

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ENGLISH
• Stop the chain saw before setting itdown.
• Do not cut vines and/or small underbrush.
• Use extreme caution when cutting small size brush and
saplings because slender material may catch the saw chain
and be whipped toward you or pull you offbalance.
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WARNING: Some dust created by power sanding, sawing,
grinding, drilling, and other construction activities
contains chemicals known to the State of California to
cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm.
Some examples of these chemicals are:
• lead from lead-based paints,
• crystalline silica from bricks and cement and other
masonry products, and
• a rsenic and chromium from chemically-treatedlumber.
Your risk from these exposures varies, depending on how often you
do this type of work. To reduce your exposure to these chemicals:
work in a well ventilated area, and work with approved safety
equipment, such as those dust masks that are specially designed
to filter out microscopicparticles.
• Avoid prolonged contact with dust from power sanding,
sawing, grinding, drilling, and other construction activities.
Wear protective clothing and wash exposed areas with soap
and water. Allowing dust to get into your mouth, eyes, or lay
on the skin may promote absorption of harmfulchemicals.
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WARNING: Use of this tool can generate and/or disburse
dust, which may cause serious and permanent respiratory
or other injury.
Chainsaw Names and Terms
• Bucking - The process of cross cutting a felled tree or log intolengths.
• Motor Brake - A device used to stop the saw chain when the
trigger isreleased.
• Chain Saw Powerhead - A chain saw without the saw chain
and guidebar.
• Drive Sprocket or Sprocket - The toothed part that drives the
sawchain.
• Felling - The process of cutting down atree.
• Felling Back Cut - The final cut in a tree felling operation made
on the opposite side of the tree from the notchingcut.
• Front Handle - The support handle located at or toward the
front of the chainsaw.
• Front Hand Guard - A structural barrier between the front
handle of a chain saw and the guide bar, typically located
close to the hand position on the fronthandle.
• Guide Bar - A solid railed structure that supports and guides
the sawchain.
• Guide Bar Scabbard - Enclosure fitted over guide bar to prevent
tooth contact when saw is not inuse.
• Kickback - The backward or upward motion, or both of the guide
bar occurring 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 pushback of the saw which can
occur when the wood closes in and pinches the moving saw
chain in the cut along the top of the guidebar.
• Kickback, Rotational - The rapid upward and backward
motion of the saw which can occur when the moving saw
chain near the upper portion of the tip of the guide bar
contacts an object, such as a log orbranch.
• Limbing - Removing the branches from a fallen tree
• Low-Kickback Chain - A chain that reduces the kickback
performance requirements. (when tested on a representative
sample of chain saws.)
• Normal Cutting Position - Those positions assumed in
performing the bucking and fellingcuts.
• Notching Undercut - A notch cut in a tree that directs the tree’sfall.
• Rear Handle - The support handle located at or toward the
rear of thesaw.
• Reduced Kickback Guide Bar - A guide bar which has been
demonstrated to reduce kickbacksignificantly.
• Replacement Saw Chain - A chain that reduces the kickback
performance requirements when tested with specific
chainsaws.
• Saw Chain - A loop of chain having cutting teeth, that cut the
wood,and that is driven by the motor and is supported by the
guidebar.
• Ribbed Bumper - The ribs used when felling or bucking to pivot
the saw and maintain position whilesawing.
• Switch - A device that when operated will complete or interrupt
an electrical power circuit to the motor of the chainsaw.
• Switch Linkage - The mechanism that transmits motion from
a trigger to theswitch.
• Switch Lockout - A movable stop that prevents the
unintentional operation of the switch until manuallyactuated.
Intended Use
Your DeWALT DCM575 Chainsaw is ideal for pruning
applications and cutting logs up to 35cm indiameter.
Residual Risks
In spite of the application of the relevant safety regulations
and the implementation of safety devices, certain residual risks
cannot be avoided. These are:
• Impairment ofhearing.
• Risk of personal injury due to flyingparticles.
• Risk of burns due to accessories becoming hot
duringoperation.
• Risk of personal injury due to prolongeduse.
Electrical Safety
The electric motor has been designed for one voltage only.
Always check that the battery pack voltage corresponds to the
voltage on the rating plate. Also make sure that the voltage of
your charger corresponds to that of yourmains.
Your DeWALT charger is double insulated in
accordance with EN60335; therefore no earth wire
isrequired.
If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by a
specially prepared cord available through the
DeWALT
serviceorganisation.

DeWalt DCM575 Specifications

General

Brand	DeWalt
Model	DCM575
Category	Chainsaw
Language	English