Use and Care Manual

ENGLISH
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OPERATION
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WARNING: To reduce the risk of serious personal
injury, turn unit off and remove the battery pack
before making any adjustments or removing/
installing attachments or accessories. An
accidental start-up can causeinjury.
Installing and Removing the Battery Pack
(Fig. K, L)
NOTE: For best results, make sure your battery pack is
fullycharged.
To install the battery pack
7
into the tool handle, align the
battery pack with the rails inside the tool’s handle and slide
it into the handle (Fig. K) until the battery pack is firmly
seated in the tool and ensure that it does notdisengage.
To remove the battery pack from the tool, press the release
button
15
and firmly pull the battery pack out of the tool
handle (Fig. L). Insert it into the charger as described in the
charger section of thismanual.
Fig. K
7
Fig. L
15
Proper Hand Position (Fig. A, M)
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WARNING: To reduce the risk of serious personal injury,
ALWAYS use proper hand position as shown.
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WARNING: To reduce the risk of serious personal
injury, ALWAYS hold securely in anticipation of a
suddenreaction.
Proper hand position requires the left hand on the front
handle
13
, with the right hand on the rear handle
12
.
Fig. M
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Operating the Chain Saw (Fig. A, N–O)
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WARNING: Read and understand all instructions.
Failure to follow all instructions listed below
may result in electric shock, fire and/or serious
personalinjury.
• Guard Against Kickback which can result in severe
injury or death. See Important Safety Instructions
Guard Against Kickback, to avoid the risk
ofkickback.
• Do not overreach. Do not cut above chest height.
Make sure your footing is firm. Keep feet apart.
Divide your weight evenly on bothfeet.
• Use a firm grip with your left hand on the front
handle
13
and your right hand on the rear
handle
12
so that your body is to the left of the
guidebar.
• Do not hold chain saw by front hand guard/
chain brake
3
. Keep elbow of left arm locked so
that left arm is straight to withstand akickback.
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WARNING: Never use a cross-handed grip (left
hand on the rear handle and right hand on the
fronthandle).
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WARNING: Never allow any part of your body to
be in line with the guide bar
4
when operating the
chainsaw.
• Never operate while in a tree, in any awkward
position or on a ladder or other unstable surface.
You may lose control of saw causing severeinjury.
• Keep the chain saw running at full speed the entire
time you arecutting.
• Allow the chain to cut for you. Exert only light
pressure. Do not put pressure on chain saw at
end ofcut.
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WARNING: When not in use always have the
chain brake engaged and batteryremoved.
On / Off Switch
Always be sure of your footing and grip the chain saw firmly
with both hands with the thumb and fingers encircling
bothhandles.
To turn the unit on, ensure chain brake is not engaged. Slide
the lock off lever
2
, shown in FigureN, and squeeze the
trigger switch
1
. Once the unit is running, you may release
the lock off lever.
In order to keep the unit running you must continue to
squeeze the trigger. To turn the unit off, release thetrigger.
NOTE: If too much force is applied while making a cut
the saw will turn off. To restart saw, you must release the
trigger switch
1
before the saw will restart. Begin your cut
again this time with less force. Allow the saw to cut at its
ownpace.
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WARNING: Never attempt to lock a switch in the
ONposition.