The spurs should always be placed firmly against the
wood before
starting
a cut
(ill. 14) and should be kept
against the wood
until the cut is completed. Failure to
keep the spurs firmly against the
wood during the entire
cut
could
cause
the
saw to react
violently
and could result
in serious injury or death to
the operator.
Warning!
Be
sure to keep the chain properly
tensioned. A chain
which "sags" or is too loose could jump off the
bow and
result
in serious injury to the operator.
Felling with a bow
bar is dangerous,
because it
is
more
difficult
to
follow
safe
felling techniques.
Cut only one log at
a time.
A chain catcher which
has been removed
to
allow mount-
ing
of a
bow guide
must
be
reattached when remounting
the regular guide bar.
Devices for reducing the
risk of kickback injury
STIHL recommends the use of the STIHL Quickstop chain
brake
on your powerhead with green labeled reduced
14 kickback bars and low kickback chains.
Quickstop chain brake
STIHL
has developed a chain
stopping system designed
to reduce the risk of injury in certain kickback situations.
It
is
called a Quickstop chain brake. The Quickstop is availa-
ble as
standard equipment
on your
STIHL chain
saw
and
is available for installation on most older STIHL saws. Ask
your dealer to
retrofit your older model saw with a chain
brake.
When a kickback occurs, the guide bar may rotate around
the front handle.
If
the cutting position
is such that the
operator's left hand is
gripping the front handle behind the
hand guard, and it the left hand
rotates
around the front
handle and contacts the front hand guard, which is the
Quickstop activating lever, this contact will activate the
Quickstop (see ill. 15). The chain brake on most new model
STIHL chain saws can
also be activated by inertia. See the
chapter entitled "Chain Brake" of
your
Owner's
Manual.
Warning!
Never operate your chain saw without a front
hand guard.
In a
kickback situation
this guard
helps
protect
your left
hand
or
other
parts
of
your
body. In
addition, removal of
the
hand guard on a saw
equipped with
a
chain brake will
deactivate the chain brake.
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