Use and Care Guide

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SAFETY INFORMATION
• Only use replacement bars and chains
specied by the manufacturer. Incorrect
replacement bars and chains may cause chain
breakage and/or kickback.
• Follow the manufacturer’s sharpening and
maintenance instructions for the saw chain.
Decreasing the depth gauge height can lead to
increased kickback.
Additional Safety Warnings
• Push and Pull (Fig. e) – The reaction force
is always opposite to the direction the chain is
moving where wood contact is made. Thus, the
operator must be ready to control the PULL when
cutting on the bottom edge of the bar, and the
PUSH when cutting along the top edge.
Low Kickback Saw Chain
The rakers (depth gauges) ahead of each cutter
can minimize the force of a kickback reaction by
preventing the cutters from digging in too deeply at
the kickback zone. Only use a replacement chain
that is equivalent to the original chain or has been
certied as a low kickback chain per ANSI B175.1.
A low kickback tooth saw chain is a chain that
has met the kickback performance requirements
of ANSI B175.1 (American National Standard for
Power Tools - Gasoline-Powered Chainsaws-Safety
Requirements) when tested on the representative
sample of chainsaws below 3.8 c.i.d. specied in
ANSI B175.1.
CAUTION
• As saw chains are sharpened during their useful
life, they lose some of the low kickback qualities
and extra caution should be used.
e
b
kickback
danger zone
c
Kickback
Pinch
d
Grip with
thumb below
handle