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Right Hand
Left Hand
S Position your lef t hand on the fr ont han-
dlebar so it is in a straight line with your
ri ght hand on the rear handle when
making bucking cuts. Stand slight ly to
the left sid e of the saw to keep your
body from being in a direct li ne wit h the
cutti ng chain.
S Stand wit h your weigh t evenly bal an ced
on both feet.
S Do not overreach. You could be draw n
or thrown of f balance and lose contro l.
S Do not cut above shoulder height. It is
diff i cult to maintain control of saw above
shoulder height.
KICKBACK S AF ETY FEATURES
WARNING: The following features
are included on your saw to help reduce
hazard of kickback; however, such fea-
tures will not totally eliminate this dan-
ger. Do not rely only on safety devices.
Follow all safety rules to help avoid kick-
back and other forces which can result
in serious injury.
S Hand Guard: designed to reduce the
chance of your lef t hand contacting the
chain if your hand slips off the front han-
dlebar.
S Position of fr ont and rear handlebars:
designed with distance between han-
dles and “in-l i ne” wit h each other. The
spr ead and “in-line” position of t he
hands provided by this design work to-
gether to give balance and resistance in
controlling the pivot of the saw back to-
war d the oper ator if kickback occurs.
S Reduced-Kickback Guide Bar: de-
signed with a small radius tip which re-
duces the size of the kickback danger
zone. This type bar has been demon-
str ated to signifi cant l y reduce the num-
ber and seriousness of kickbacks when
tested in accordance with ANSI B175.1.
Large Radius
Tip Guide Bar
Small Radius
Tip Guide Bar
S Low Kickback Chain has met kickback
perf orm ance requi rement s when tested
on the representative sample of these
chain saws specified in ANSI B175.1.
Low
ickback Chain
Contoured Depth Gauge
Elongated Guard Link
Deflects Kickback Force
And Allows Wood To
Gradually Ride Into Cutter
CHAIN BRAKE AND CKA ANGLE
S Chain Brake: designed to stop the
chain in the event of kickback.
WARNING: WE DO NOT REP-
RESENT AND YOU SHOULD NOT ASSUME
THA T THE CHAIN BRAKE WILL PROTECT
YOU IN THE EVENT OF A KICKBACK.
Kick-
back is a light ning fast action which throws
the bar and r otat i ng chain back and up to-
ward t he operator. Kickback can be
caused by al lowing contact of the bar tip in
the danger zone wi t h 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
rapi dly back toward the operator. Eit her of
the se event s may cause you to l ose con-
tr ol of the saw which could result in serious
inj ur y or even death.
DO NOT RELY UPON
ANY OF THE SAFETY DEVICES BUILT INTO
YOUR SA W. YOU SHOULD USE THE SAW
PROPERL Y AND CAREFULLY T O AVOID
KICKBACK.
Reduced--kickback guide
bars and low--kickback saw chains re-
duce the chance and magnitude of kick-
back and are recommended. Your saw
has a low kickback chain and bar as ori gi-
nal equipment. Repairs on a chain brake
should be made by an authorized service
dealer. Take your unit to the place of pur-
chase or to your nearest authori zed ser-
vice dealer.
WARNING: Comput ed Kickback
Angle(CKA)listedonyoursawandlisted
in the following CKA Table represents the
angle of kickback your bar and chain
combinations will have when tested in ac-
cordance with CSA and ANSI standards.
Com puted angles repr e sented in the CKA
column indicate total energy and angle
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