Use and Care Manual

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English
 Contact with a “live” wire will make exposed metal parts
of the tool “live” and shock the operator.
•        
 Read thoroughly and understand completely all
instructions in this manual.
•      make sure saw chain is not
contacting any object.
• 

 A chain saw is intended for two-handed use
only.
• 
• 

• 
• 
•         
 because slender material may catch the saw chain and
be whipped toward you or pull you off balance.
WARNING: Some dust created by power sanding, sawing,
grinding, drilling, and other construction activities contains chemicals
known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects or
other reproductive harm. Some examples of these chemicals are:
•leadfromlead-basedpaints,
•  
crystalline silica from bricks and cement and other masonry
products, and
•arsenicandchromiumfromchemically-treatedlumber.
Your risk from these exposures varies, depending on how often you
do this type of work. To reduce your exposure to these chemicals:
work in a well ventilated area, and work with approved safety
equipment, such as those dust masks that are specially designed to
filter out microscopic particles.
•        

       
Allowing dust to get into your mouth, eyes, or
lay on the skin may promote absorption of harmful chemicals.
WARNING:

 Always use NIOSH/OSHA approved
respiratory protection appropriate for the dust exposure. Direct
particles away from face and body.

 The process of cross cutting a felled tree or log into lengths.
 A device used to stop the saw chain when the
trigger is released.
   - A chain saw without the saw chain
and guide bar.
  The toothed part that drives the
saw chain.

 The process of cutting down a tree.
  The final cut in a tree felling operation made on
the opposite side of the tree from the notching cut.
  The support handle located at or toward the front of
the chain saw.
     A structural barrier between the front
handle of a chain saw and the guide bar, typically located close
to the hand position on the front handle.
  A solid railed structure that supports and guides the
saw chain.
     Enclosure fitted over guide bar to
prevent tooth contact when saw is not in use.
   The backward or upward motion, or both of the
guide bar occurring when the saw chain near the nose of the
top area of the guide bar contacts any object such as a log or
branch, or when the wood closes in and pinches the saw chain
in the cut.

 The rapid pushback of the saw which can occur
when the wood closes in and pinches the moving saw chain in the
cut along the top of the guide bar.
    The rapid upward and backward