28 – English
MAINTENANCE
TOP PLATE FILING ANGLE
See Figure 35.
CORRECT30°-Fileholdersaremarkedwith
guidemarks to align file properlyto produce
correcttopplateangle.
LESSTHAN30°-ForCrossCutting.
MORETHAN30°-FeatheredEdgeDullsQuickly.
SIDE PLATE ANGLE
See Figure 36.
CORRECT-80° Producedautomaticallyifcor-
rectdiameterfileisusedinfileholder.
HOOK-“Grabs”anddullsquickly.Increases
potentialofKICKBACK.
Resultsfromusingafilewithdiametertoosmall,
orfileheldtoolow.
BACKWARDSLOPE - Needs too muchfeed
pressure,causes excessive wear to bar and
chain.
Resultsfromusingafilewithdiametertoolarge,
orfileheldtoohigh.
DEPTH GAUGE CLEARANCE
See Figure 37 - 39.
The depthgauge should be maintainedat a
clearanceof.025in.Useadepthgaugetool
forcheckingthedepthgaugeclearances.
Everytimethechainisfiled,checkthedepth
gauge clearance.
Useaflatfileandadepthgaugejointertolower
allgauges uniformly. Depth gauge jointers are
availablein.020in.to.035in.Usea.025in.depth
gaugejointer.Afterloweringeachdepthgauge,
restoreoriginalshapebyroundingthefront.Be
carefulnottodamageadjoiningdrivelinkswith
theedgeofthefile.
Depthgaugesmustbeadjustedwiththeflatfilein
thesamedirectiontheadjoiningcutterwasfiled
withtheroundfile.Usecarenottocontactcutter
facewithflatfilewhenadjustingdepthgauges.
LUBRICATING HOLE
MAINTAINING THE GUIDE BAR
See Figure 40.
CAUTION:
Makesurethechainhasstoppedandthebat-
terypackhasbeenremovedbeforeyoudoany
workonthesawtoavoidaccidentalstartingor
contactwiththemovingchainthatmayresult
in injury.
Propermaintenancewillmaximizetheusefullife
oftheguidebar.
Each day of use:
Cleanthebarandcheckforwearanddamage.
Featheringorburringofthebarrailsisanormal
processof bar wear, but such faults should be
smoothedwithafileassoonastheyoccur.
Each week of use:
Reversetheguidebaronthesawtodistribute
thewear.
Lubricatethesocketattheendoftheguidebar
usingagreasesyringeinthelubricatinghole.
Turntheguidebarandcheckthatthelubrication
holesandchaingroovearefreefromimpurities.
A bar with any of the following faults should be
replaced immediately:
FIG. 40
FIG. 41