Oregon CS1500-091 User Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
OREGON® CHAIN SAW
MODEL CS1500-091
F/N 570773 - AC 0614
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SYMBOLS AND LABELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CHAIN SAW NAMES AND TERMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SAFETY RULES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
GENERAL POWER TOOL SAFETY WARNINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
WORK AREA SAFETY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
ELECTRICAL SAFETY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PERSONAL SAFETY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
POWER TOOL USE AND CARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SERVICE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
CHAIN SAW SAFETY WARNINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
CAUSES AND OPERATOR PREVENTION OF KICKBACK . . . . . . . . . 10
KICKBACK SAFETY DEVICES ON THIS SAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
STORAGE, TRANSPORTING, AND DISPOSAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
PREPARING FOR USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
WHAT’S IN THE BOX? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
CHECKING THE FRONT HAND GUARD POSITION . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
FILLING THE BAR AND CHAIN OIL RESERVOIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
TENSIONING THE SAW CHAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
OPERATING THE CHAIN SAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
GENERAL OPERATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
POWER CORD USE AND CARE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
CUTTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SHARPENING WITH POWERSHARP® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
INSPECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
MAINTAINING THE GUIDE BAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
REPLACING A WORN SAW CHAIN AND SHARPENING STONE . . . . 25
REPLACING A WORN GUIDE BAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
REPLACING A WORN CHAIN TENSIONING GEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
REPLACING THE DRIVE SPROCKET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
TENSIONING THE SAW CHAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
TROUBLESHOOTING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SPECIFICATIONS AND COMPONENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
WARRANTY AND SERVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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Oregon CS1500-091 Specifications

General

Brand	Oregon
Model	CS1500-091
Category	Chainsaw
Language	English